Talk To Me might have worked better as part of an horror anthology. There are some creepy moments and surprises that come up on you. Unfortunately, the twin brothers, Danny and Michael Philippou, also known as RackaRacka, can’t maintain the momentum for a full feature movie. Set in the South Australia capital of Adelaide, itContinue reading “‘Talk To Me’ Gets Muddled”
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‘Office Space’ At 25: It’s Done More Than Just The Bare Minimum
Office Space is one of those movies whose target audience was a bit too young to fully understand or appreciate the context. Most Gen Xers and Millennials were still in school or college. There might have been some older Gen Xers in the early stages of office work. But the late 1990s weren’t no whereContinue reading “‘Office Space’ At 25: It’s Done More Than Just The Bare Minimum”
‘Footloose’ At 40: Still Too Outrageous To Be Enjoyed
Footloose was released 40 years ago today. And I have never been able to sit through it. I remember my mom rented it for us to watch one evening and then we all got bored during the chicken race scene with the tractors. I was more fascinated by how Kevin Bacon’s Ren McCormack had theContinue reading “‘Footloose’ At 40: Still Too Outrageous To Be Enjoyed”
‘Tremors’ Shakes Up Horror Genre
A movie like Tremors shouldn’t be as good as it is. Released during the winter of 1990, it was typically reserved for the bottom of the barrel of movies. Tremors boasted a nice cast of Kevin Bacon, Fred Ward, Reba McEntire and Michael Gross. It had also been scheduled to be released during the FallContinue reading “‘Tremors’ Shakes Up Horror Genre”
‘The Beanie Bubble’ Bursts Lacking The Stuffing Of A Better Biopic
I remember the infamous crash in the metro-Atlanta area in the summer of 1999 when a truck carrying Beanie Babies spilled its cargo all over Interstate 285. The freeway that surrounds the city is known for its heavily traveled semi trucks. Because you can shave off a lot of time in theory going from oneContinue reading “‘The Beanie Bubble’ Bursts Lacking The Stuffing Of A Better Biopic”
‘The Family Plan’ Is A No Contact
Mark Wahlberg’s evolution from a himbo rapper in the early 1990s who was always walking around dropping his pants to appear in advertisements for Calvin Klein to an Oscar-nominated movie star is a fascinating one. For a man who in his youth seemed on the path of being another Boston-area criminal in and out ofContinue reading “‘The Family Plan’ Is A No Contact”
Check Out ‘A Nashville Wish’
One of the biggest joys in life is seeing people I know or grow up with being successful in whatever endeavors they take in life. I’ve known Kaileigh Bullard since she was a young teenager in a small town outside of Tulsa with dreams of stardom in her eyes. Kaileigh will be starring in theContinue reading “Check Out ‘A Nashville Wish’”
‘Greatest Beer Run Ever’ Is Skunked
I think it was when Siskel & Ebert were reviewing the movie Buddy in which Rene Russo played real-life Gertrude Lintz who raised a gorilla from a baby. They said that some stories are better to read about in a magazine or book than they are to see in a movie. The Greatest Beer RunContinue reading “‘Greatest Beer Run Ever’ Is Skunked”
How Toby Keith Ruined Country-Western Music
I know we’re not supposed to speak ill of the dead but someone like Toby Keith basically brought it upon himself. I never cared for country-western music. I watched Hee Haw and my grandfather and uncle both played in bands and enjoyed the music. But it never was something I really liked. However, the greatsContinue reading “How Toby Keith Ruined Country-Western Music”
‘Dumb Money’ Is A Dumb Movie
Usually January is a long dull month. But lately, it’s become of the most eventful months of the year. In 2021, the Jan. 6 insurrection coup attempt happened. Then for the next two weeks leading up to the inauguration of President Joe Biden, there was military service members sleeping in hallways and garages in theContinue reading “‘Dumb Money’ Is A Dumb Movie”
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