Every now and again, a movie is released that isn’t favored by many critics and doesn’t do well at the box office but finds its audience, respect and admiration later. The Secret Life of Walter Mitty opened on Christmas Day in 2013 to polarizing reviews. Produced on a huge budget of $90 million, it madeContinue reading “‘The Secret Life Of Walter Mitty’ Is A Wonderful Storytelling Achievement”
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The Filmmaker Who F@#%ing Loves Christmas
For many cinophiles, they don’t care for the Hallmark Christmas movies or whatever family-friendly “instant classic” Disney tries to present each year. No, there’s one filmmaker whose pretty much made it his goal to focus as many movies he can around the holidays. A lot of people may not know the name Shane Black. ButContinue reading “The Filmmaker Who F@#%ing Loves Christmas”
‘Christmas Evil’ A Noteworthy Entry For The Killer Santa Horror Subgenre
There’s just something about Santa Claus that is so creepy when you look at it. He’s an omniscient omniprescient person who is immortal and is able to travel around the world like The Flash (or Quicksilver for the MCU fans) and deliver presents. Popularized in A Visit from St. Nicholas by Clement Clark Moore, he’sContinue reading “‘Christmas Evil’ A Noteworthy Entry For The Killer Santa Horror Subgenre”
‘Mickey’s Christmas Carol’ Turns 40
Disney has done two feature movies of the Charles Dickens’ classic A Christmas Carol. One featured the Muppets and Sir Michael Caine and it’s loved by many. The other featured Jim Carrey as Ebeneezer Scrooge and directed by Robert Zemeckis during his three-dimensional digital animation phase and is considered by some to be too scaryContinue reading “‘Mickey’s Christmas Carol’ Turns 40”
‘Joy Ride’ Fun, Crude Adventure
A movie like Joy Ride probably wouldn’t have been possible a decade ago. It would have been heavily re-written by the production company to include Melissa McCarthy, Kristen Wiig and probably Maya Rudolph. I can almost see some Hollywood bigwig looking at the script and saying, “Let’s make it a sequel to Bridesmaid.” The beautyContinue reading “‘Joy Ride’ Fun, Crude Adventure”
‘Good Burger 2’ Feels Like A Leftover That Stayed In The Fridge Too Long
I was never a big fan of Good Burger. Nor was I really a fan of All That, of which the 1997 movie was based on a skit. By 1994, Nickelodeon had changed from airing a wide range of American, Canadian and British programming to finding its own niche with Millennials. All That was anContinue reading “‘Good Burger 2’ Feels Like A Leftover That Stayed In The Fridge Too Long”
Oh! ‘Krampus’ Might Be Frightful, But Overall It’s Not Too Delightful
Kramus has been a subject of Austro-Bavarian folklore for as far back as the 6th Century. So, it’s a wonder why it took over a 100 years of motion pictures for the creature who punishes naughty children to get its own movie. Sometimes the first of anything isn’t always the best. The Finnish movie RareContinue reading “Oh! ‘Krampus’ Might Be Frightful, But Overall It’s Not Too Delightful”
‘The Nun II’ Doesn’t Have A Prayer
The Nun II made over a quarter of a billion dollars at the box office worldwide. I’m almost wondering if there was a popular trailer showing at the beginning that wasn’t available onine that people went to see and then left. It’s reported people did the same thing for Scary Movie 2 when it hadContinue reading “‘The Nun II’ Doesn’t Have A Prayer”
‘Oppenheimer’ Is One Of The Year’s Best
Oppenheimer is a three-hour biolographical techno-thriller that has grossed over $950 million worldwide. If there is any testament to how audiences would be willing to sit through a movie that has most of its actions in rooms where characters are talking mostly about science, then there is hope for the rest of American cinema. WhileContinue reading “‘Oppenheimer’ Is One Of The Year’s Best”
Ryan O’Neal’s Life Imitated Art Becoming His Own Tragic Love Story
Ryan O’Neal used to be a big name in Hollywood. I’m sure in the 1970s, many American teenage girl had at one time his picture up in their rooms just like his long-time partner, Farrah Fawcett, became a popular pin-up. His boy next door good looks made him the middle-class ying to Robert Redford’s ivyContinue reading “Ryan O’Neal’s Life Imitated Art Becoming His Own Tragic Love Story”
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