Home Alone and its sequel have become such a staple of the Christmas holiday season that you can say “Merry Christmas, you filthy animal!” and get the reference not seeing it as an insult. The movie was originally just intended to be a silly family-friendly slapstick comedy that might make a few bucks here andContinue reading “Is There A ‘Home Alone’ Curse?”
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‘Dashing Through The Snow’ But No Laughs At All Along The Way
Earlier this year, The Last of Us was criticized for how it incorrectly portrayed 10 miles west of Boston in an establishing shot. The show is filmed in Calgary and other Alberta locations which are more than 10 miles west of Boston. In the last 10-15 years as the Georgia Film Commission has turned theContinue reading “‘Dashing Through The Snow’ But No Laughs At All Along The Way”
Why ‘Elf’ Is A Horror Movie
When Will Ferrell first premiered on Saturday Night Live in the Fall of 1995, he appeared in a skit where he played a seemingly normal American dad who screams to his kids off-screen to “Get off the shed!” It wasn’t a funny skit. Ferrell had done this skit as his audition before the writers improvedContinue reading “Why ‘Elf’ Is A Horror Movie”
‘Casino’ Deals Gangsters, Cowboys And Good Ole Boys For A Mafia Jackpot
There’s a scene in Casino that sums up exactly what it was like 50 years ago in Las Vegas back when the Italian Mafia ruled the scene. Sam “Ace” Rothstein (Robert DeNiro) is meeting with a county commissioner, Pat Webb (L.Q Jones). Ace wears flashy, loud suits and clothing while Webb is a good oleContinue reading “‘Casino’ Deals Gangsters, Cowboys And Good Ole Boys For A Mafia Jackpot”
Albert Brooks Delves Further Into His ‘Life’ In HBO Documentary
Albert Books is an acquired taste of comedy. He’s the type of actor where many people have probably heard his voice on The Simpsons and Finding Nemo,but probably won’t want to sit through one of his movies for 10 minutes. He’s the subject of a documentary on HBO Albert Brooks: Defending My Life. I rememberContinue reading “Albert Brooks Delves Further Into His ‘Life’ In HBO Documentary”
‘Quiz Lady’ Scores
Sandra Oh has been acting for decades and she’s mostly been considered a drama actress. This is thanks to roles on Grey’s Anatomy and Killing Eve where she was nominated for Primetime Emmys numerous times. But she started out in comedies before she was a household name in the 1997 movie Bean and the HBOContinue reading “‘Quiz Lady’ Scores”
‘Dead Reckoning’ Shows Mission: Impossible Franchise Still Much Alive
The Mission: Impossible franchise seemed to running on empty following the lackluster and very confusing third movie, which was the first movie J.J. Abrams directed. In my opinion, this is the weakest mostly because I feel it was made as a conclusion rather than just a regular entry. Also, casting Philip Seymour Hoffman as theContinue reading “‘Dead Reckoning’ Shows Mission: Impossible Franchise Still Much Alive”
‘Addams Family Values’ Is A Delightful Treat For Thanksgiving Leftovers
Sometimes sequels are better made but don’t get the recogntion they deserve until many years later. A movie like Addams Family Values is a wonderful improvement over the original The Addams Family movie mainly because it has a darker sense of humor in how it handles the Addams in a modern-day world where they areContinue reading “‘Addams Family Values’ Is A Delightful Treat For Thanksgiving Leftovers”
‘Chopping Mall’ Makes A Killing For Black Friday
Even though the movie had already been shown in test markets by the time Short Circuit hit theaters in the spring of 1986, Chopping Mall is the answer to what would happen if they took the Slasher/Dead Teenagers genres and mashed them up with murdering robots. What if Johnny Five blew people’s heads off asContinue reading “‘Chopping Mall’ Makes A Killing For Black Friday”
‘Blue Beetle’ The Diamond In The Rough Of The Failed DCEU
Blue Beetle seems to be the DCEU answer to something like Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings or the first Ant-Man. Take a comic book character that doesn’t get a lot of attention and churn out a nice superhero movie that is fun and leaves you entertained. It’s nowhere near the level ofContinue reading “‘Blue Beetle’ The Diamond In The Rough Of The Failed DCEU”
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