Ok, pop quiz. Name a 1980s action movie featuring a guncrazy white cop being aided by a more controlled black cop in dealing with a terrorist organization in the L.A. area. If you mentioned Die Hard, you wouldn’t be wrong. But I’m referring to the first Lethal Weapon that premiered in theaters almost a yearContinue reading “‘Lethal Weapon’ Gave Us Shane Black’s Love Of Xmas And Violence”
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‘Ernest Saves Christmas’ Is Jim Varney’s Best
It might seem odd to some people that Jim Varney studied Shakespeare at the Barter Theatre. As a young boy, he was able to memorize poems and passages from books and recite them. He soon learn how to imitate the characters he watched on the cartoons and as a teenager got into theater and actingContinue reading “‘Ernest Saves Christmas’ Is Jim Varney’s Best”
‘The Apology’ Deserves A Look
The Apology mostly consists of scenes between two characters in a house on a stormy winter night shortly before Christmas. The feeling of nowhere to go even if you could adds to the parnoia. But this movie is a little different. Darlene Hagen (Anna Gunn) is a middle-aged divorcee and recovering alcoholic who has aContinue reading “‘The Apology’ Deserves A Look”
‘First Blood’ At 40: Stallone Shines In His Other Iconic Role
Don’t laugh, but at one time Sylvester Stallone was considered the next Marlon Brando. Following his role as Rocky Balboa in the Oscar-winning Rocky in 1976, Stallone was being acclaimed for his Oscar-nominated role. He was tapped to write and direct the sequel to Rocky, which was a success at the box office and withContinue reading “‘First Blood’ At 40: Stallone Shines In His Other Iconic Role”
‘The Nutcracker’ Lacks Joy And Excitement
Christmastime and The Nutcracker go hand in hand. Even if you’ve never seen the ballet, you know the tunes such as “The Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairies.” So, it seems almost natural after about 100 years after Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky wrote the music, Hollywood would come calling with a big budget spectacle. There haveContinue reading “‘The Nutcracker’ Lacks Joy And Excitement”
‘Rogue One’ Is Star Wars Fan Fiction
SPOILER ALERT!! The above cool-looking image is not shown in Rogue One despite being used in marketing. As I said in previous posts, I’m no fan of Andor, the Disney-Plus series that is a prequel to the events of Rogue One: A Star Wars Story. And as I have said in previous posts, I’m noContinue reading “‘Rogue One’ Is Star Wars Fan Fiction”
‘Jack Frost’ Does Worse Than Nip At Your Nose In Absurd Horror Comedy
I’m not really sure if the filmmakers of the 1997 slasher horror comedy Jack Frost intended to make the movie the way it was. Maybe it intended to be a creepy thriller about a murdering snowman in the vein of Halloween or Friday the 13th. Word is Renny Harlin, who had made Die Hard 2Continue reading “‘Jack Frost’ Does Worse Than Nip At Your Nose In Absurd Horror Comedy”
‘All Creatures Were Stirring’ Is Like ‘Creepshow’ Ordered From Wish
Horror anthologies are always hit or miss. Look at the V/H/S movies. In my opinion, only the first two Creepshow movies and their cousin Tales from the Darkside: The Movie managed to make every story worthwhile. All Creatures Were Stirring wants to be A Christmas Creepshow, but it ends up looking like something you’d usedContinue reading “‘All Creatures Were Stirring’ Is Like ‘Creepshow’ Ordered From Wish”
‘The Silent Twins’ Is Full Of Sound And Fury Signifying Nothing
The Silent Twins is based on the strange true-crime case of June and Jennifer Gibbons, two twins of Carribean descent who lived in the United Kingdom, mostly in Wales, and were often subject to racism because they were the only black people at their school. For reasons that never make sense and are never exploredContinue reading “‘The Silent Twins’ Is Full Of Sound And Fury Signifying Nothing”
First-Class Talent Get Bumped To Economy Class ‘Ticket To Paradise’
Ticket to Paradise is one of those movies that seems to live in the Nancy Myers world where everyone is very well off financially and seems to have the means and abilities to drop everything they’re doing and travel halfway across the country on a moment’s notice. I give director Ol Parker credit for addingContinue reading “First-Class Talent Get Bumped To Economy Class ‘Ticket To Paradise’”
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