Category Archives: Movie Flashback

‘House Of Gucci’ Needs Major Renovations

Lady Gaga’s performance as Patrizia Reggiani is the thread that keeps a movie like House of Gucci watchable which at two and a half hours lags a lot before it finally falls under its own shoddy building materials. If there is one good thing you can say about it, at least the streaming services andContinue reading “‘House Of Gucci’ Needs Major Renovations”

‘Basic Instinct’ Examines America’s Love/Hate With Sex And Violence

Before Basic Instinct hit theaters on this day, March 20, 1992, it was already engulfed in so much controversy, it more or less led to the movie’s success. The plot seemed typical. On the surface it looked like another Alfred Hitchcock knock-off police procedural of a gruff and gritty cop, San Francisco detective Nick CurranContinue reading “‘Basic Instinct’ Examines America’s Love/Hate With Sex And Violence”

‘Miracle Mile’ Presents A Nightmare View Of Imminent Nuclear War

Someone one going into Miracle Mile blindly might at first think it’s a simple quirky boy-meets-girl love story movie. There is absolutely nothing within the first 20 minutes that foreshadows the thrilling majority of the movie. This makes the movie more disturbing how normal everyday events can turn into chaos so fast and unexpected. ForContinue reading “‘Miracle Mile’ Presents A Nightmare View Of Imminent Nuclear War”

‘Leprechaun’ Has A Pot Of Gold Schlock

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”

‘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”