A movie like The Long Kiss Goodnight completes the unofficial decade-long trilogy of Christmas Action Thrillers that began with Lethal Weapon, unseasonably released in the spring of 1987 and continued with Die Hard in the summer of 1988. (Yeah, I know Die Hard 2 takes place on Christmas Eve too, but this is a farContinue reading “Merry Xmas, Motherf@$#ers! ‘Long Kiss Goodnight’ Explodes With A $h!tload Of Holiday Cheer”
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A Fantastic Festivus To The Rest Of Us
Happy Festivus to all those out there. Thank you for reading and subscribing. And now the airing of grievances: That’s all. Have a Fantastic Festivus, a Merry Christmas, a Happy Hanukkah and a Kicking Kwanzaa!
Dear God! ‘Dear Santa’ Is Awful
Dear Santa is one of those movies that is about a good 15-25 years overdue. And it represents everything that is wrong with the movies made by Peter and/or Bobby Farrelly – they’re always too longer than they should be. At an hour and 43 minutes with credits, this movie would’ve been cut by 20Continue reading “Dear God! ‘Dear Santa’ Is Awful”
‘Eyes Wide Shut’ 25 Years Later Still Divides Kubrick’s Fans
One thing I’ve always liked about Stanley Kubrick’s movies is how they grow on you after repeated viewings. Only, I didn’t like Spartacus, but I understand there were problems between Kubrick and Kirk Douglas which caused Kubrick to leave Hollywood and live the rest of his life in England. Kubrick loved chess so much thatContinue reading “‘Eyes Wide Shut’ 25 Years Later Still Divides Kubrick’s Fans”
‘Beetlejuice Beetlejuice’ Doesn’t Produce The Same Magic As Original
The first Beetlejuice was a rare lightning in a bottle movie that came out at the right time and appealed to mass audiences. The mixture of madness, macabre and musical numbers made the movie a surprise hit which was helped with Michael Keaton’s madcap performance. Keaton only has 17 minutes of screen time in theContinue reading “‘Beetlejuice Beetlejuice’ Doesn’t Produce The Same Magic As Original”
‘Speak No Evil’ Offers No Originality
Speak No Evil is your basic people meet other people while vacationing only to discover they may be weird and even malicious in their nature. This was done with a nice cleverness and twist with the 2009 movie A Perfect Getaway. This movie is a remake of the Danish movie also titled Speak No Evil.Continue reading “‘Speak No Evil’ Offers No Originality”
Justice For Todd And Margo
I have a question to ask you – What exactly did Todd and Margo Chester do in National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation to do be villainized and suffer the burnt of Clark Griswold’s mayhem? I’ll wait. Can’t think of anything, can you? When we first see Todd and Margo (Nicholas Guest and Julia Louis-Dreyfus), they areContinue reading “Justice For Todd And Margo”
‘Nutcrackers’ Is Unadulterated Pap
By now as we put a close on 2024, it should be evident that streaming services have become the dumping grounds for bad movies. Usually, studios did this in January. But why wait until the new year when you can just dump it on a streaming service and get the write off for the nextContinue reading “‘Nutcrackers’ Is Unadulterated Pap”
‘Runaway’ Stumbled 40 Years Ago, But The Future Is Now
The question of what came first – the chicken or the egg can apply to many science-fiction movies. Did people read Jules Verne and become inspired to make submarines and spaceships or was Verne just expanding on what others were designing? Submersibles date back 300 years before Verne wrote 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea. WhatContinue reading “‘Runaway’ Stumbled 40 Years Ago, But The Future Is Now”
‘Hot Frosty’ Dunks Holiday RomComs In Subtle Silly Satire
Hot Frosty is one of those movies where you can’t fathom if it’s intended to be taken seriously or meant as a parody of the Hallmark Christmas holiday movie genre. It’s set in one of those towns that really look densely populated but have enough of an infrastructure to have a lot of amenities. TheyContinue reading “‘Hot Frosty’ Dunks Holiday RomComs In Subtle Silly Satire”
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