If you ever want to be an actor, my advice is to get a copy (digital or physical) of Reversal of Fortune and study it. Jeremy Irons was only in his early 40s when he played Claus von Bulow (who was about 15 years older) but you wouldn’t have guessed it. With a little bitContinue reading “‘Reversal Of Fortune’ Is Jeremy Irons’ Masterpiece Of Acting”
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‘Priscilla’ Shows Love Isn’t Tender
Elvis Presley will always be remembered as the greatest entertainment icon of all time. Mainly because as John Lennon said, there was no one before him. He pretty much set the bar. He was the gold standard. The Beatles, Michael Jackson, Beyonce, Taylor Swift. Hell, even Frank Sinatra couldn’t measure up to Elvis. There wasContinue reading “‘Priscilla’ Shows Love Isn’t Tender”
‘Retribution’ For Wasting Time
Thirty years ago, Liam Neeson had rose from being a character actor in movies like The Delta Force and Excalibur to his Oscar-nominated performance as Oskar Schindler in Schindler’s List. Then, in 2008, he took a chance on a silly action thriller, Taken, where he turns into a vengeful father tracking down his daughter who’sContinue reading “‘Retribution’ For Wasting Time”
‘Cursed’ Is Just That
In theatre, it’s considered bad luck to say the name of the play MacBeth. I also think it’s bad luck to use certain words or phrases in a movie or TV show. Rumor has it that the filmmakers behind In the Line of Fire tried to turn “That’s not gonna happen” spoken by Clint Eastwood’sContinue reading “‘Cursed’ Is Just That”
Richard Lewis: Dark Prince Of Comedy
There’s a saying that’s it better to laugh than it is to cry. Richard Lewis lived a life where he turned his own personal pain and neurosis into comedy. Just like another famous comic named Richard (as in Richard Pryor), we laughed because he made us want to laugh. To call Lewis neurotic with hisContinue reading “Richard Lewis: Dark Prince Of Comedy”
How Spike Lee’s ‘Bamboozled’ Is His Bravest Movie With Social Commentary
Spike Lee is one of those filmmakers who isn’t afraid to make audiences mad. And that’s part of the reason I don’t like some of his movies. He seems to be too busy on his soapbox without being a storyteller. When his movies like Summer of Sam, Oldboy and Inside Man don’t focus much onContinue reading “How Spike Lee’s ‘Bamboozled’ Is His Bravest Movie With Social Commentary”
‘BlackBerry’ Does More Than Just Phoning It In
A movie like BlackBerry might just be the perfect example of why some businesses fail, especially those in the tech industry – lack of communication. This is ironic because the purpose of a BlackBerry was an attempt to make communications easier as the 21st Century was looming. In the 1990s, Mike Lazardis (Jay Baruchel) andContinue reading “‘BlackBerry’ Does More Than Just Phoning It In”
‘Glory’ A Bit Flawed 35 Years Later But Still Moving And Important
Growing up in the South, there was so much Civil War Lost Cause foolishness pushed on us that nowadays, many parents would be opposed to their kids taking a field trip to a war memorial. The Reconstruction Era has been horribly retold to others as a period of failure when instead it was actually aContinue reading “‘Glory’ A Bit Flawed 35 Years Later But Still Moving And Important”
‘Blue Velvet’ Is Chilling Look At Horrors Of Small-Town America We Ignore
With the second part of Dune scheduled for theaters on March 1, it’s hard to believe that someone thought an avant-garde director like David Lynch could make a worthy movie that would appeal to the masses and loyal fans. Denis Villeneuve has more of the abilities to do this. The failure of the movie promptedContinue reading “‘Blue Velvet’ Is Chilling Look At Horrors Of Small-Town America We Ignore”
‘Expend4bles’ Is Detestable
Almost 10 years after The Expendables 3 seemed to kinda wrap the franchise up by adding some new characters, it seemed we had seen the last of them. And the third movie had one hell of a cast that there was no way to top it even though it was flawed. It might have workedContinue reading “‘Expend4bles’ Is Detestable”
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