A movie like Greedy People is a few script revisions away from being a great black comedy thriller. It’s the type of movie Quentin Tarantino or The Coen Brothers would’ve written and then stuck in a drawer because they couldn’t give it the panache to make at least a few characters likeable. I’m reminded ofContinue reading “‘Greedy People’ Suffers From Its Own Abundance Of Arrogance”
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‘Capricorn One’ A Thrill Ride For Conspiracy Theorists
Did we really go to the Moon? That has been the question since 1969 as skeptics believe that NASA used the same set that Stanley Kubrick used for 2001: A Space Odyssey. This was also enhanced by skeptics believing the Apollo 13 mission disaster was faked to keep public interest in the space program. AndContinue reading “‘Capricorn One’ A Thrill Ride For Conspiracy Theorists”
‘Wolf Man’ Lacks Much Bite
It’s been over 20 years since a filmmaker did anything remotely original with the whole werewolf genre with Dog Soldiers. Since then, we’ve been subjected to the Twilight series and whatever the hell The Wolf of Snow Hollow was supposed to be. Don’t be fooled by the reviews on that latter one, you’ll be rootingContinue reading “‘Wolf Man’ Lacks Much Bite”
‘A Real Pain’ Is Kind Of A Bore And Painful To Watch
There are some actors who seem to constantly play the same type of character over and over mainly because it’s a reflection of how they are in real life. Jesse Eisenberg is one of those actors. While the geeky, nerdy ramblings that he used to do worked perfectly when he was younger, now it justContinue reading “‘A Real Pain’ Is Kind Of A Bore And Painful To Watch”
Be Warned As ‘Watership Down’ Isn’t About Cute Fluffy Bunnies
With it being Easter weekend, hopefully you’re not planning on getting cute fluffy bunnies for your kids. Rabbits take a lot of effort to take care of, just like other pets. And while the Easter Bunny a symbol for the holiday, it really doesn’t make a lot of sense especially when you consider neither rabbitsContinue reading “Be Warned As ‘Watership Down’ Isn’t About Cute Fluffy Bunnies”
Nicky Katt’s Acting Was Both His Craft And His Curse
Born Augustin Islas in Acapulco, Mexico, Nicky Katt started out as a child actor appearing in blink-and-miss it roles in Gremlins and roles on popular TV shows like Fantasy Island and Trapper John, M.D. On the advice of Harvey Korman, he adopted a more Anglicized name like Nicky. He was also a distant cousin ofContinue reading “Nicky Katt’s Acting Was Both His Craft And His Curse”
‘The Island Of Dr. Moreau’ Is A Disaster Movie Of Epic Proportions
Earlier this month, Val Kilmer passed away from complications of pneumonia. He had battled throat cancer in the 2010s resulting in a tracheotomy resulting in the difficulty to speak. Kilmer was considered difficult to work with and one of his most complicated movie productions was The Island of Dr. Moreau, released in 1996. It wasContinue reading “‘The Island Of Dr. Moreau’ Is A Disaster Movie Of Epic Proportions”
‘The Rule of Jenny Pen’ Terrifying Thriller With Great Social Commentary
As he nears 80 later this year, John Lithgow’s range and versatility has catapulted him to an A-lister that can also work more comfortably in roles for character actors. At the start of career, he seemed unlikely to be anything but a character actor with that receding hair line, 6-foot-4 stature and a face thatContinue reading “‘The Rule of Jenny Pen’ Terrifying Thriller With Great Social Commentary”
‘September 5’ Gets The Scoop
I was in the news business for over 10 years. One of the longest days was 9/11. I had been working two months at the Americus Times-Recorder and at the time was the only regular reporter on staff as two others had quit the month before going to other papers. While Americus, Ga. was hundredsContinue reading “‘September 5’ Gets The Scoop”
‘The Day The Earth Blew Up’ Is Out Of This World In Its Excellence
Looney Tunes was the more mature answer to the Disney cartoons of the era. Before the spread of television in the 1950s and 1960s, the cartoons were shown in movie theaters. Even though the Hays Code kept a lot of subject matter very clean, Looney Tunes and its spin-off Merrie Melodies, seemed to mix jokesContinue reading “‘The Day The Earth Blew Up’ Is Out Of This World In Its Excellence”
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