For some reason, Hollywood keeps making the same damned movies over and over expecting the same outcome. A movie like Evil Dead Rise has no purpose whatsoever. If you want to watch a good Evil Dead movie, I recommend the first three that Sam Raimi made. Not only did the Raimi who was in herContinue reading “‘Evil Dead Rise’ Doesn’t Shine”
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Just When You Thought It Was Safe To Forget About ‘Jaws 2’
When Jaws was released in 1975, it changed Hollywood and the entertainment industry for the last 50 years. Many people often point to the movie as the beginning of the end of the New Hollywood era that had been rising with the end of the Hays Code. It’s ironic because Steven Spielberg was a replacementContinue reading “Just When You Thought It Was Safe To Forget About ‘Jaws 2’”
‘Up In Smoke’ Still Gives Off A Good Buzz Many Years Later
Cheech and Chong had been performing in nightclubs and releasing albums for years by the time their first feature movie Up in Smoke came out. But the question was how would audiences respond to a movie about stoners who are just looking to get high and maybe get laid. Remember this was still 1978 whenContinue reading “‘Up In Smoke’ Still Gives Off A Good Buzz Many Years Later”
‘John Wick: Chapter 4’ Presents An Epic Ballet Of Absurdity And Violence
I hadn’t heard of Sam Peckinpah in 1988 when I saw Extreme Prejudice on HBO one night. I wasn’t even 10 and I remembered the climax as Nick Nolte as a Texas Ranger gets into a shoot-out with his old friend played by Powers Boothe who is now a drug kingpin south of the border.Continue reading “‘John Wick: Chapter 4’ Presents An Epic Ballet Of Absurdity And Violence”
‘Anaconda’ Slithers Through The Waters Of Guilty Pleasures
A movie like Anaconda should have been a disaster. It should have been the type of bad movie a studio makes that bombs so spectacularly executives who greenlit it come to work the Monday after only to find their parking spots painted over. Yet, it didn’t. For a cheesy B-movie like movie released in theContinue reading “‘Anaconda’ Slithers Through The Waters Of Guilty Pleasures”
‘Women Talking’ And Not Much Else
Sarah Polley often makes movies a lot of other filmmakers wouldn’t make. Her directorial debut Away From Her was a completely different (and honest) movie that looked at Alzheimer’s and the effects on a married couple that didn’t have the Lifetime/Hallmark sentiments other movies did. That being said, Women Talking, for which she won anContinue reading “‘Women Talking’ And Not Much Else”
Why ‘Hulk’ Failed And Still Succeeded
When Hulk hit theaters 20 years ago, audiences were excited. After several problems with superhero movies in the 1990s, it seemed Hollywood was finally learning how to make a movie following X-Men in 2000 and Spider-Man in 2002. Marvel hadn’t had too much luck with their characters on screen, i.e. Howard the Duck. And othersContinue reading “Why ‘Hulk’ Failed And Still Succeeded”
‘Interview With The Vampire’ An Allegory For Gay Awakening And Acceptance
Note: This focus will be on horror/thrillers that have featured the LGBTQIA community and/or have themes as June is Pride Month. In the 1970s, when Anne Rice was hired to write the screenplay based on her novel Interview with the Vampire, she was concerned about changing the main character, Louis, from a man to aContinue reading “‘Interview With The Vampire’ An Allegory For Gay Awakening And Acceptance”
The Homoeroticism Of ‘Batman Forever’
By the time Batman Forever hit theaters in June of 1995, the franchise was already running out of steam. Tim Burton had back way from directing the third movie following criticism of Batman Returns. He later admitted that Warner Bros. didn’t want him returning. Burton remained on as a producer. Joel Schumacher had been addedContinue reading “The Homoeroticism Of ‘Batman Forever’”
The Versatility Of Julian Sands
Like most people, I held out hope that Julian Sands, who had been reported missing since January, was still alive. But news came in from authorities in southern California earlier this week that Sands had been reported dead. His body was reportedly found on Mount Baldy in San Gabriel Mountains on the border of SanContinue reading “The Versatility Of Julian Sands”
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