By the time, Once Bitten opened in theaters in mid-November 1985 (two weeks after Halloween for some reason!), Rock Hudson had been dead for about six weeks. The HIV/AIDS crisis had entered into the homes of Middle Americans (aka conservative Christian WASPs). Charlatans like Jerry Falwell was still calling it a plague for gay peopleContinue reading “‘Once Bitten’ An Allgory Of The HIV/AIDS Crisis In The 1980s”
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‘The Lord Of The Rings’ Animated Feature Remains Divided Among Tolkein Fans After 35 Years
It’s been less than 20 years since Peter Jackson’s epic adaptation of The Lord of the Rings into a trilogy of movies hit theaters. The spectacle of doing three movies at such great lengths through New Line Cinema, which was still considered an independent studio, was a risk that would’ve bankrupted the studio and torpedoedContinue reading “‘The Lord Of The Rings’ Animated Feature Remains Divided Among Tolkein Fans After 35 Years”
‘The Rapture’ Explores Religious Faith
The Rapture is one strange movie. It begins like a soft-core porn you’d use to find on Skinemax. It even has the sets and a young David Duchovny appears during his Red Shoe Diaries days. It then transitions into a faith movie before spiraling down into a psychological thriller and ending as a drama aboutContinue reading “‘The Rapture’ Explores Religious Faith”
‘Critters 2’ Takes A Bite Out Of Easter
The first Critters movie was a surprise. Despite being considered a rip-off of Gremlins (which it isn’t), the movie about these furry little aliens with a huge appetite who crash land on Earth, was a hit with critics and audiences. Roger Ebert gave it three stars in a positive review and it scored over $13Continue reading “‘Critters 2’ Takes A Bite Out Of Easter”
‘The Outwaters’ Dries Up Quickly
There was a Family Guy episode in which Brian Griffin is a seeing-eyed dog for blind people at a theater screening The Blair Witch Project. A movie like The Outwaters wouldn’t need someone to tell what would happen on screen because someone with perfect 20/20 vision couldn’t make it out. As a matter of fact,Continue reading “‘The Outwaters’ Dries Up Quickly”
‘The Inhabitant’ Deserves The Axe
You know a movie is going to be bad when it doesn’t even have a Wikipedia page. This means that no one bother to write a brief summary of the movie and I’m talking about a brief summary that sounds like a kid trying to bluff a book report when they definitely ddn’t read it.Continue reading “‘The Inhabitant’ Deserves The Axe”
‘One Cut Of The Dead’ Is A Zomcom Of Slapstick Madness
Warning: This contains spoilers A movie like One Cut of the Dead could easily be one of the best and worst zombie movies depending on how you view it. It begins with a 37-minute long poorly made and filmed movie within in a movie as a low-budget Japanese horror production is plagued by real zombies.Continue reading “‘One Cut Of The Dead’ Is A Zomcom Of Slapstick Madness”
‘The Whale’ A Wonderful Study Of Grief, Guilt, Depression And Atonement
The characters who are in The Whale are all suffering from their own guilt, depression and/or grief. Aside from a flashback to a scene at a beach, the entire movie is set in an apartment in an Idaho town near an unnamed college in 2016. This helps make the audience feel they are trapped inContinue reading “‘The Whale’ A Wonderful Study Of Grief, Guilt, Depression And Atonement”
‘Knock At The Cabin’ Has Thrills But Never Rises Above B-Movie Feels
The biggest problem with Knock at the Cabin is that two of the characters we’re supposed to care the most of are never really fleshed out. This movie tries so hard to do so many things that I felt the actors in the said roles are never as indistinquishable. When a filmmaker does something toContinue reading “‘Knock At The Cabin’ Has Thrills But Never Rises Above B-Movie Feels”
‘A Man Called Otto’ Is Boomer White Savior Porn In “Feel Good Dramedy” Clothing
A movie like A Man Called Otto has been made before and probably going to be a rite de passage for many A-lister male actors for a while. Eventually, as they get older, they have to do the misanthropic crumudgeon role. Take Jack Nicholson in About Schmidt or Clint Eastwood in Gran Torino which thisContinue reading “‘A Man Called Otto’ Is Boomer White Savior Porn In “Feel Good Dramedy” Clothing”
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