Leprechaun opened in the dead of winter in 1993. The commercials advertising this movie made it out to be a straight horror movie about a murdering leprechaun terrorizing people. By this time, horror of all kind was in a slump. Even though The Silence of the Lambs had won many Oscars the year before, itContinue reading “‘Leprechaun’ Has A Pot Of Gold Schlock”
Category Archives: Movie Flashback
‘My Cousin Vinny’ Set The Precedent On Legal Comedies
Thirty years have passed since My Cousin Vinny opened in the mid-March 1992 to rave reviews. On first glance, it seems like the typical fish-out-of-water comedy about cultural differences between an inexperienced lawyer from New York City and a murder case about the wrongfully accused in the Deep South. It would be easy for thisContinue reading “‘My Cousin Vinny’ Set The Precedent On Legal Comedies”
Shyamalan Using ‘Old’ Techniques In Latest Thriller
Why do people hate M. Night Shyamalan so much? Even Alfred Hitchcock made some bad movies. Ever seen Rope which is long and tedious even at just 80 minutes? Or how about Topaz and Family Plot seemed like someone trying to be Hitchcock. Hook is considered Steven Spielberg’s worst movie but people still love it.Continue reading “Shyamalan Using ‘Old’ Techniques In Latest Thriller”
‘West Side’ Presents Same Story, Different Delivery
Jean Luc-Godard once said “The only way to criticize a movie is to make another movie.” I’ve never seen the original Oscar-winning West Side Story. I do know that it would be hard to make it in this day and age with the white-washing of the characters as they did in 1961. And also, itContinue reading “‘West Side’ Presents Same Story, Different Delivery”
‘9 To 5’ Shows Changes Still Need To Be Made To The Workforce
If Office Space was a rallying wake-up cry to Gen Xers who going to have to be forced to sit in cubicles at meaningless jobs for meager wages, then 9 To 5 was the Great Mother that birthed office comedies. Released in 1980 at a time in which many women had entered the workforce forContinue reading “‘9 To 5’ Shows Changes Still Need To Be Made To The Workforce”
‘Candyman’ Leaves Sour Taste Of The Original
One time in college, I was visiting a friend’s house outside of Atlanta and I noticed a candy bowl on a baker’s rack near the wall. I grabbed a piece and ate it. It tasted terrible. I don’t remember if I managed to swallow it or spat it back out in my hand. Either way,Continue reading “‘Candyman’ Leaves Sour Taste Of The Original”
The Candy Man Can And Did
It’s crazy to think John Candy was my age, 43, when he passed away on this date, March 4, 1994. He was filming Wagon’s East, a not-so-good movie Candy reportedly didn’t like doing. He had also filmed Canadian Bacon, Michael Moore’s only feature film, a satirical look at a new Cold War between America andContinue reading “The Candy Man Can And Did”
Futility Of War Buried In Pro-Nationalism Of ‘Red Dawn’
Like most Gen Xers during the Reaganeighties, there was this silly threat that the Soviet Union was going to nuke America and everyone who supported this theory to prove it was the toughest kid on the street. Ironically, by the time Red Dawn premiered in the summer of 1984, the USSR was running on fumes.Continue reading “Futility Of War Buried In Pro-Nationalism Of ‘Red Dawn’”
There Are No Small Roles, Only Small Actors
You may not know the name Ned Eisenberg, but you probably remember his face. He was the textbook actor for “that guy who was in that movie that was out last year.” With a resume as long as the Baja Penisula, Ned Eisenberg who passed away on Feb 27 from cholangiocarcinoma, a cancer of theContinue reading “There Are No Small Roles, Only Small Actors”
‘Copshop’ Sells The Best Of Tarantino Wannabe Merchandise
Copshop stars Gerard Butler and Frank Grillo as two criminals facing off against each other and other killers and cops in a movie that seems all to familiar to anyone who remembers the endless crime action thrillers that came out after Quentin Tarantino became a household name more than 25 years ago. Butler and GrilloContinue reading “‘Copshop’ Sells The Best Of Tarantino Wannabe Merchandise”
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