Caligula is a horror movie. It’s a lot of things, but good is not one of them. It’s pornography and by that I mean, it’s the textbook definition. I’m not talking about all the scenes of nudity or unsimulated sexual scenes are meant to be arousing. It’s the definition of pornography as having no artisticContinue reading “‘Caligula’ A Pornographic Biopic Of Epic Awfulness, Filth And Horror”
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‘Rosaline’ Retelling Of Romeo And Juliet Probably Looked Better On Paper
In 1966, Tom Stoppard wrote Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead taking two supporting characters from Hamlet and making them the protagonists. In 1990, he turned it into a movie that had some charm but seemed to waddle through its premise after the halfway mark. Did it play as a parody or was it supposed toContinue reading “‘Rosaline’ Retelling Of Romeo And Juliet Probably Looked Better On Paper”
The Failed Romance Between Poe And Finn In ‘The Force Awakens’
When Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens premiered during the Christmas season of 2015, most people were anticipating the next level in the saga. George Lucas had sold Lucasfilms and the properties to Disney in 2012 for over $4 billion. J.J. Abrams was the writer and director and all we knew was that theContinue reading “The Failed Romance Between Poe And Finn In ‘The Force Awakens’”
‘Till’ Has A Great Performance That’s Overshadowed By Tired Cliches, Tropes
I’ve always been of the opinion that a subject matter shouldn’t warrant universal praise. Till has a 98 percent rating of 172 reviews on RottenTomatoes.com. On imdb.com, user reviews average 7.2. The list of awards, recognition and nominations for the movie and its lead actress Daniel Deadwyler are way too much to list. Yet, IContinue reading “‘Till’ Has A Great Performance That’s Overshadowed By Tired Cliches, Tropes”
‘History Of The World Part 1’ Has Divided Fans Of Mel Brooks For Decades
In just under four years in the mid 1970s, Mel Brooks directed four comedies that received great reviews and performed well at the box office. Even though Silent Movie and High Anxiety didn’t earn as much at the box office as Blazing Saddles or Young Frankenstein, they were still modest success. So, the big questionContinue reading “‘History Of The World Part 1’ Has Divided Fans Of Mel Brooks For Decades”
‘My Bloody Valentine’ Original Is For Those Who Have A Love For Slashers
The original 1981 My Bloody Valentine is a slasher that is so notorious for pushing the envelope, rumors have persisted for decades that some original footage that had to cut is lost forever. To capitalize on the slasher craze as movies like Halloween and Friday the 13th had become popular, Canadian movie producers scooped upContinue reading “‘My Bloody Valentine’ Original Is For Those Who Have A Love For Slashers”
‘Fall’ Has Great Visuals, But A Plot With Its Head Is In The Clouds
Fall is a movie about two young woman who enjoy mountain climbing going to climb a decommissioned B67 TV tower in the Mojave Desert and everything goes just smoothly. End credits. I’m just joking. Of course, something goes wrong. Something always goes wrong. And since they’re mountain climbers for fun, there’s a prologue where aContinue reading “‘Fall’ Has Great Visuals, But A Plot With Its Head Is In The Clouds”
‘Black Panther: Wakanda Forever’ Has Its Moments But Stuck In Phase Four Malaise
I commend Marvel Studios and their parent company, Disney, for not recasting the role of T’Challa following the death of Chadwick Boseman in 2020. He had played the role in four movies and made it his own. It would’ve been wrong in every way to recast it. That being said, I feel Black Panther: WakandaContinue reading “‘Black Panther: Wakanda Forever’ Has Its Moments But Stuck In Phase Four Malaise”
Toxic Masculinity On Full Display In ‘The Most Hated Man On The Internet’
I may have heard the name Hunter Moore over a decade ago, but I had forgotten the whole scandal at the center of Netflix’s three-part docuseries The Most Hated Man on the Internet. I had seen people like Hunter Moore before. I had gone to school with them. I had worked with them. Moore wasContinue reading “Toxic Masculinity On Full Display In ‘The Most Hated Man On The Internet’”
‘Bloody’ Good Remake Of Valentine Horror/Slasher Classic
They say the best way to criticize a movie is to make a better movie. No one was calling for a remake of the 1981 horror/slasher classic My Bloody Valentine. But as the old saying goes, “What’s old is new again.” The 3-D format had become popular again around the end of the 2000s andContinue reading “‘Bloody’ Good Remake Of Valentine Horror/Slasher Classic”
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