A movie like Cannibal! The Musical is amateurish but not everyone gets it the right the first time. With the exception of Orson Welles, Harper Lee and the Coen Brothers, many filmmakers, writers and actors have to find their groove through trial and error. Reportedly after seeing a rough cut of Boxcar Bertha, John CassavetesContinue reading “‘Cannibal! The Musical’ An Appetizer Of What To Come From Future Stars”
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‘Nightbitch’ Is A Shaggy Dog
Nightbitch is one of those movies from the moment you see the trailers you could tell it’s probably not going to be as good as it thinks it is. I hate to use the word “pretentious” a lot, but this is that type of movie. I haven’t read the book by the same name byContinue reading “‘Nightbitch’ Is A Shaggy Dog”
‘Soul Man’ Works And Doesn’t Work To Find The Right Groove
There might not be any time frame for a movie like Soul Man ever to be made without it being controversial. But that’s part of the reason the movie works…and doesn’t work. White people have appropriated every other culture, the controversy over Kendrick Lamar at the recent Super Bowl halftime show as well as BeyonceContinue reading “‘Soul Man’ Works And Doesn’t Work To Find The Right Groove”
The Curious Case Of ‘So I Married An Axe Murderer’
In Hollywood, you’re only as hot as your last movie. Very few actors and filmmakers have the clout to bounce back from a disaster of movie so easily in the grand scheme of things. After the surprise hit Wayne’s World released during February of 1992, Mike Myers was a hot commodity. So, it was noContinue reading “The Curious Case Of ‘So I Married An Axe Murderer’”
‘Trigger Warning’ Has Hits And Misfires
A movie like Trigger Warning is the type of B-movie schlock you’d run across in a video rental place 20 years ago and wonder why someone like Jessica Alba would do it. And then you realize you hadn’t seen Jessica Alba in anything for a while. This is her first movie in five years sinceContinue reading “‘Trigger Warning’ Has Hits And Misfires”
‘The Substance’ Mixes Dark Comedy Body Horror And Social Commentary
Getting old is something that happens to a lot of people, but people still like to look young. Male pattern baldness and grey hairs are just two of the things that can make us look older than what we are. But even Hollywood actors and celebrities face the scorn of executives who really just wantContinue reading “‘The Substance’ Mixes Dark Comedy Body Horror And Social Commentary”
‘Pale Rider’ Is Eastwood’s Supernatural Western Masterpiece
Clint Eastwood has never done a real straight horror movie. His first movie as a lab tech in one single scene Return of the Creature was more of a monster movie. Play Misty for Me and Tightrope are more erotic psychological thrillers. And even the Dirty Harry movies are more focused on action thrills thanContinue reading “‘Pale Rider’ Is Eastwood’s Supernatural Western Masterpiece”
‘Slingshot’ Slowly Backfires
Slingshot comes from the mind of Nathan Parker, the son of famed filmmaker Alan Parker, whose first credited movie Moon was an impressive science-fiction movie in which Sam Rockwell plays a maintenance man at automated mining facility on the moon who discovers someone who seems to be a more able version of himself. It justContinue reading “‘Slingshot’ Slowly Backfires”
‘Emilia Perez’ Suffers From Its Own Identity Crisis
There’s three ways to make a movie with the focal point around a transgender person – the good, the bad and the ugly. In 2018, A Fantastic Woman won the Best Foreign Language Oscar and it focused on the life of a woman who was the partner of a deceased older man and became criticizedContinue reading “‘Emilia Perez’ Suffers From Its Own Identity Crisis”
‘Fallen’ Is A B-Movie With A-List Cast That Has Risen To Cult Classic Status
Sometimes, a movie like Fallen comes along that has an impressive cast with an fascinating premise, you just wonder what the hell went wrong. Well, if you look at the time frame in which the movie was release, that can answer a lot of the questions. It was released in the middle of January 1998Continue reading “‘Fallen’ Is A B-Movie With A-List Cast That Has Risen To Cult Classic Status”
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