By now, you know what to expect when you’re seeing a Guy Ritchie movie. He seems to have a technique that is basically putting a lot of stuff in your face with a lot of British blokes who drop the F-bomb as if it’s punctuation. The trend catapulted him in the late 1990s/early 2000s whenContinue reading “Guy Ritchie’s ‘Fortune’ Experiences ‘Operation’al Exhaustion”
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The Strange Case Of ‘The League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen’
A movie like The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen could have been the best movie of the year or the 2000s. It looked like a whole bunch of fun as a concept. Based on the graphic novels by Alan Moore and Kevin O’Neill, it mainly was about public domain characters like Allan Quartermain, Captain Nemo, Dr.Continue reading “The Strange Case Of ‘The League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen’”
‘Tales From The Hood’ A Maddening Mixture Of Mischief And Macabre
A movie like Tales from the Hood is mostly a horror flick. But just like Alfred Hitchcock, director Rusty Cundieff throws in enough humor and mischief along with the macabre to remind us that it’s still a movie and we need to relax. The movie poster features a skull wearing sunglasses and a gold tooth.Continue reading “‘Tales From The Hood’ A Maddening Mixture Of Mischief And Macabre”
An Easy Pass For ‘Vacation Friends 2’
Adam Sandler has been criticized for choosing to make movies that are in major travel destinations so he can enjoy his days off from filming seeing the sights. It started with 50 First Dates filmed in Hawai’i and Blended was filmed in South Africa and The Do-Over was filmed in the Savannah area. I mean,Continue reading “An Easy Pass For ‘Vacation Friends 2’”
‘The Flash’ Could’ve Been A Smash, Yet Problems Caused It To Crash So It’s Been Moved To Streaming In A Dash
On paper, The Flash could’ve been the thing that kept the DCEU afloat. But even people on the Titanic knew that when the water got too high, they were screwed. And like the Titanic, there were so many things that could’ve kept the franchise going under. The pandemic didn’t help and the release of theContinue reading “‘The Flash’ Could’ve Been A Smash, Yet Problems Caused It To Crash So It’s Been Moved To Streaming In A Dash”
‘Body Bags’ Still Knocks ‘Em Dead
HBO and Showtime have always had a Coca-Cola/Pepsi or Nintendo/Sega rivalry. Even now with the “Streaming Wars” in full swing, Showtime, which is now owned by Paramount Media Networks, was struggling about 30 years ago to rise up to HBO. I still remember when the network would air soft-core porn from Europe on late nightContinue reading “‘Body Bags’ Still Knocks ‘Em Dead”
‘All Of Me’ Is The Great Steve Martin/Carl Reiner Comedy Masterpiece
Steven Martin recently turned 78 and has been working almost non-stop for decades and with the hit TV show Only Murders in the Building has talked of slowing down. If there’s someone who’s deserving of some time for himself, it’s Martin. Since he was in his early 20s, he’s been writing on TV shows, winningContinue reading “‘All Of Me’ Is The Great Steve Martin/Carl Reiner Comedy Masterpiece”
‘A Fish Called Wanda’ At 35
One of the things I like so much about A Fish Called Wanda is that it’s one of the few movies, if any, that can claim the distinction of causing a death. I’m not talking about all that Moral Majority B.S. that sprung up when psychopaths saw movies like Child Play 3 and Natural BornContinue reading “‘A Fish Called Wanda’ At 35”
The Problem With White Savior Tropes
This past week, there’s been a huge back and forth between Michael Oher and the Tuohy Family over proceeds from the 2009 movie The Blind Side and the book on which the movie is based. Oher, who played college football at Ole Miss and then went on professionally to play for the Baltimore Ravens, TennesseeContinue reading “The Problem With White Savior Tropes”
Why ‘Snakes On A Plane’ Hit Turbulence
Snakes on a Plane should’ve been a hit. And everyone knows following this year’s Cocaine Bear, the concept seems to benefit from the Internet. On the surface, it looked like a perfect marriage of 1970s disaster movies, most notably the Airport movies, with the When Animals Attack flicks following Jaws. It weas the type ofContinue reading “Why ‘Snakes On A Plane’ Hit Turbulence”
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