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”
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‘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”
‘Pamela: A Love Story’ Is A Candid, Intimate Eye-Opener
Pamela: A Love Story reminds me of The Girl Next Door, a 1999 documentary focusing on the life of porn actress Stacy Valentine. Pamela Anderson was just like Stacy Valentine and probably many, many other women who grew up in towns and communities where people go to church on Sunday and turn July 4 inContinue reading “‘Pamela: A Love Story’ Is A Candid, Intimate Eye-Opener”
‘You People’ Is Offensive To All People
You People wants to be a modern day Millennial version of Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner. We already got this similar reversal premise with the 2005 Guess Who with Bernie Mac and Ashton Kutcher in a more sitcom setting where a white man is dating a black woman and the Mac plays the father whoContinue reading “‘You People’ Is Offensive To All People”
‘Fire Of Love’ Shows Us The Spark That Kept A Couple Together Till The End
Fire of Love is a bittersweet documentary about two people who found something they were both passionate about that it only made sense for them to fall in love and they would be together for the rest of their lives. Maurice and Katia Krafft were two 20-something French students who met studying at the UniversityContinue reading “‘Fire Of Love’ Shows Us The Spark That Kept A Couple Together Till The End”
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