Category Archives: Movie Flashback

One of the biggest misunderstood movies of the past few decades is Falling Down, released on Feb. 26, 1993. On the surface, this movie seems to be about a simple man, Bill Foster (Michael Douglas) who gets enough of people’s intimidation and pushes back. Except that’s not what the movie is really about. It’s aboutContinue reading “‘Falling Down’ Is About A Powder Keg That Erupts Before Our Eyes”

Mention Bill Paxton and most people will think of his role in Aliens in which he was the outrageous Marine Private Hudson. His roles throughout the 1980s had him playing goofy or obnoxious characters in Weird Science and Predator 2. And that’s the way he was heading going into the 1990s until he was castContinue reading “‘One False Move’ Was Bill Paxton’s Best Moment”

The Green Knight is an awful movie. I’m not going to be easy. It’s distributed by A24, which should tell you before the credits roll what you’re in for. And I must admit, for a while, it did seem like it was going to be a nice Game of Thrones meets Excalibur type of movieContinue reading “‘The Green Knight’ Is A Royal Mess”

When it comes to horror movies, creature features and body horror always seem to be less popular than supernatural or psychological horror. Antlers, released in 2021, after almost a year of sitting on the shelf due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Scott Cooper directs and co-writes a screenplay based on the short story “The Quiet Boy”Continue reading “‘Antlers’ Pokes Through Some Creature Feature/Body Horror Stalemate”

Werewolves Within wants so badly to be the dark comedic horror flicks that Sam Raimi and especially Edgar Wright made bank on, but I found myself actually rooting for the mostly absent werewolf halfway through. This movie seems like a demo of a far better movie that needed a lot more work and a littleContinue reading “‘Werewolves Within’ Gives Little To Howl About”

When Groundhog Day opened in February of 1993, most films released during this time were known as a dumping ground of movies that studios were burning off to fulfill contractual obligations. Or maybe some TV actor had filmed a movie over summer hiatus and this was when it was released to take advantage of FebruaryContinue reading “How ‘Groundhog Day’ Became A Classic”

While we may never see a collaboration between Joel and Ethan Coen again as Ethan has said he’s grown tired of filmmaking and has retired somewhat, almost everything they’ve done in their career spanning four decades can’t compare to their first movie, Blood Simple., about murder in the Austin, Texas area. I think one ofContinue reading “‘Blood Simple.’ Remains The Coen Brothers’ Best Work”

By the time Scream opened in theaters more than 25 years ago during the Christmas holiday season, no one probably was expecting it to be a big hit. Horror movies by the mid-1990s had become a step up, just barely, from porno movies and whatever Pauly Shore and SNL spinoff movies that were being released.Continue reading “How ‘Scream’ Changed Horror, For Better And For Worse”

I only watched the movie Crime Story because a friend of mine from college was in it as an extra. Appearing as an extra in movies like these might help boost some into the local economy, but this movie is so awful, it’s an assault on the tax incentives from the Georgia Film Commission. RichardContinue reading “‘Crime Story’ A Waste Of Time, Talent And Tax Incentives”