Not all holiday movies are really that good or successes on their original runs. It’s a Wonderful Life was a box office bomb that bankrupted the just started production company, Liberty Films. A Christmas Story got mediocre reviews but was a financial success at the box office. But for some reason, MGM, the studio distributingContinue reading “‘Santa Claus’ Movie Remains Mostly Forgotten”
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‘Planes, Trains and Automobiles’ Is The Quintessential Thanksgiving Movie
On the previous post, I left out Planes, Trains and Automobiles because I felt the movie deserved its own post. Of all the John Hughes movies he directed, this was his masterpiece. Considering the difficulties that happened during filming, it’s a wonder the movie turned out so well. It also showcased John Candy in hisContinue reading “‘Planes, Trains and Automobiles’ Is The Quintessential Thanksgiving Movie”
Thanksgiving On The Screen Isn’t Always A Turkey
For the most part, Thanksgiving is the red-headed stepchild of pop culture where most of the holiday focuses on bickering families and stupid fights. I don’t care for movies like Home for the Holidays and only memorable for the fact that Robert Downey Jr. has admitted he was so whacked out on drugs and alcoholContinue reading “Thanksgiving On The Screen Isn’t Always A Turkey”
Harry In ‘Home Alone’ Was Really A Cop
Home Alone has been one of the most treasured Christmas holiday movies over the past 30 years, but one thing I’ve noticed about the movie in recent years changes things when you think about the movie. When we first meet Joe Pesci’s character Harry, he’s standing in the main foyer of that huge house theContinue reading “Harry In ‘Home Alone’ Was Really A Cop”
‘Blow-up’ A Movie About What You Think You See
Blow-up, directed by Michelangelo Antonioni, was one of the movies that was released in the mid to late 1960s that proved that filmmakers couldn’t be limited to the restrictions of the very conservative and very critical MPAA Production Code, aka the Hays Code. A movie like this would’ve never been able to have been madeContinue reading “‘Blow-up’ A Movie About What You Think You See”
Why ‘Back To The Future’ Is A Great Trilogy
Today is Nov. 5. If you’re a fan of Back to the Future, you know today is the day that Marty McFly (Michael J. Fox) accidentally went back in time to this date in 1955 in the fictional town of Hill Valley, Calif. Marty’s friend, Dr. Emmett Brown (Christopher Lloyd) punched the date in hisContinue reading “Why ‘Back To The Future’ Is A Great Trilogy”
‘To Die For’ Toxic Femininity Or Female Empowerment?
One of the biggest Oscar snubs ever was Nicole Kidman for To Die For in 1995. Her performance as Suzanne Stone-Maretto may just the first time she was recognized as an actress and not the wife of a movie star. And now, she’s more recognized as a movie star than who she is married to.Continue reading “‘To Die For’ Toxic Femininity Or Female Empowerment?”
No Electric Boogaloo For ‘Grizzly II’
The history behind the production of Grizzly II: Revenge is far greater than anything in the movie which stars three Oscar Winners and several other big name actors. Originally considered a sequel to Grizzly, one of the many man vs. nature thrillers that came out after the success of Jaws, the movie began production underContinue reading “No Electric Boogaloo For ‘Grizzly II’”
‘Halloween’ Still Frightening Decades Later
There’s a lot of scary moments in the 1978 horror classic Halloween, but to me the most scary doesn’t involve Michael Myers. In the third act, Laurie Strode (Jamie Lee Curtis) has discovered the murdered bodies of her friends in the house across the street from the one where she’s babysitting. She’s also been attackedContinue reading “‘Halloween’ Still Frightening Decades Later”
‘The Crow’ Showed Brandon Lee Would’ve Been A Big Star
“If” is the middle word in “life” and you can always left to wonder what would’ve happened only if. I’ve gotten to the point of realizing there’s no reason to wonder what would’ve happened if something had gone one way other than it did. Sometimes if the door swings the other way, it can beContinue reading “‘The Crow’ Showed Brandon Lee Would’ve Been A Big Star”
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