One of the great things about All in the Family and its spin-off The Jeffersons was that Archie Bunker and George Jefferson might have been biased, prejudiced people, but the show used the absurdity of bigotry and bias against them. After a while, both Archie and George learned how to tolerate and even feel compassionContinue reading “‘New Norm’ Shows The Right Can’t Be Intentionally Funny Even If They Tried”
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‘Axel F’ Is True Return To Form For Beverly Hills Cop Franchise
A movie like Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F shouldn’t be as good as it is. It’s not great. There are problems here and there. But for a franchise that was almost surely dead 30 years ago, the fourth entry could’ve easily been a dud. It’s been in development Hell since the late 1990s and wentContinue reading “‘Axel F’ Is True Return To Form For Beverly Hills Cop Franchise”
‘Blown Away’ At 30 Shows It Can Still Ignite Thrills And Suspense
Blown Away should’ve been a surefire summer blockbuster. It stars Jeff Bridges who is always good to watch on screen as well as Tommy Lee Jones, mere months after picking up an Oscar for his role in The Fugitive. It reportedly had one of the biggest practical effects explosions ever on screen that would makeContinue reading “‘Blown Away’ At 30 Shows It Can Still Ignite Thrills And Suspense”
Rest In Peace To Two Great Movie/TV Veterans
For the most part, I can’t tell if famed screenwriter Robert Towne and prolific character actor Bill Cobbs ever worked on the same movie or TV show throughout their decades in the business. Both of them didn’t really get started until their 30s at a time in which many people would’ve given up on theirContinue reading “Rest In Peace To Two Great Movie/TV Veterans”
‘Godzilla X. King’ Feels More Like Planet Of The Apes Rejected Idea
For the past 10 years, the Godzilla/Kong movies had a nice flow to them. The good news was there was only four to them and they got straight to the point. The first one was ok, but it was setting everything up. Then with Kong: Skull Island, the pace sped up. Godzilla King of MonstersContinue reading “‘Godzilla X. King’ Feels More Like Planet Of The Apes Rejected Idea”
Martin Mull’s Dry Humor Entertained Millions For Decades
With a name like Martin Mull, you’re either going to be an ancillary comic-book villain’s sidekick or a character actor/comic with a dry, sharp wit and delivery. It’s a good thing, he chose the latter. The word “mull” is something that you ponder over with great thought. You don’t jump at a decision. And maybe’sContinue reading “Martin Mull’s Dry Humor Entertained Millions For Decades”
Original ‘Hellraiser’ Still Has Such Sights To Show You
Note: This is a post that focuses on horrors/thrillers made with a connection to the LGBTQIA community. “I have seen the future of horror and his name is Clive Barker.” Stephen King quoted this praising Barker’s Book of Blood. This is funny because there really is only five years separating the two famous writers butContinue reading “Original ‘Hellraiser’ Still Has Such Sights To Show You”
‘Remembering Gene Wilder’ Has Flaws But Unforgettable For His Fans
I think what made Gene Wilder so popular with a lot of young people especially with Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory was how there was a childish quality about him. There was a gullible niavete early in his career that made him likeable and even empathetic even though he wasn’t a Hollywood leading manContinue reading “‘Remembering Gene Wilder’ Has Flaws But Unforgettable For His Fans”
‘Brats’ Unpacks The Real Story
The ironic thing of the Brat Pack moniker that sprung up coined by writer David Plum of New York Magazine was that the actors it referred to were just thrust together into a handful of movies in the mid-1980s, but they weren’t very close. On top of that, it was the beginning of the endContinue reading “‘Brats’ Unpacks The Real Story”
Twenty Years Later, ‘Napoleon Dynamite’ Still A Dud
For the 25th anniversary of Airplane!, the team of Jerry Zucker-Jim Abrams-David Zucker (ZAZ) were doing an into to the deleted scenes, which there weren’t many of. Their reasoning was simple, “There’s nothing funny on the cutting room floor.” A movie like Napoleon Dynamite would be 45 seconds long if the filmmakers held true toContinue reading “Twenty Years Later, ‘Napoleon Dynamite’ Still A Dud”
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