Category Archives: Movie Reviews

Weird Al Has Got It All On ‘UHF’

Recently, it was announced the Weird Al Yankovic biopic would be released in November on the Roku Channel. Daniel Radcliffe is playing the legendary musician and comic. I had almost forgotten that Yankovic made his only starring feature role in UHF that was released this month in 1989. Unfortunately for Yankovic, the movie came andContinue reading “Weird Al Has Got It All On ‘UHF’”

Saying Goodbye To Two Veteran Actors

Paul Sorvino and David Warner both appeared in the 1997 action comedy Money Talks, but I’m not sure they appeared in the same scene together. They had both guest-starred on Star Trek: The Next Generation. Sorvino and Warner both recently passed away leaving with them both an impressive resume that included many iconic movies thatContinue reading “Saying Goodbye To Two Veteran Actors”

‘The Gray Man’ Lacks Any Colorful Characters Or Plot

The Russo Brothers (Joe and Anthony) had some big expectations after they’re back-to-back success of Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers:Endgame. I’d argue they basically boosted abilities of the MCU with their hit films Captain America: The Winter Soldier (the best so far) and Captain America: Civil War (which seemed like a pseudo-Avengers movie). They weren’tContinue reading “‘The Gray Man’ Lacks Any Colorful Characters Or Plot”

‘Sleepaway Camp’ Has Little Thrills But One Helluva Twist

By the fall of 1983 when Sleepaway Camp was released, slasher movies were beginning their downturn. It’s easier to see this is a lower knock-off of Friday the 13th, itself an attempt to cash in on the success of Halloween. At this point, filmmakers had to have an ace up their sleeve to keep itContinue reading “‘Sleepaway Camp’ Has Little Thrills But One Helluva Twist”

‘Deliverance’ Still Plays The Game 50 Years Later

What’s so scary about a movie like Deliverance isn’t that one scene we’re all familiar with but another in which the main character, Ed Gentry (Jon Voight), kills a person who may or may not be dangerous. Ed is one of four people from the metro Atlanta area up in north Georgia on a canoeContinue reading “‘Deliverance’ Still Plays The Game 50 Years Later”

‘Ms. Marvel’ Is Proof The MCU Is Jumping The Shark

It’s only been three years since Avengers: Endgame but it seems like much longer as every time we turn around there is a MCU movie or TV series with no end in sight to what it all means. I think the biggest mistake was using the word “Endgame” as it signifies an ending. But sinceContinue reading “‘Ms. Marvel’ Is Proof The MCU Is Jumping The Shark”

‘I Want You Back’ Is A RomCom For Grown-Ups

I Want You Back is an appropriate title. It’s a flashback to an era in which adult couples in comedies acted like adults, well mostly, in movies. It was before the 2000s where they began to despise each other for no other reason then plot find themselves in love in the final act because ofContinue reading “‘I Want You Back’ Is A RomCom For Grown-Ups”

Hello Muddah, Hello Faddah, Wake Me Up From A ‘Summer Camp Nightmare’

Summer Camp Nightmare is a misleading title especially for a movie released in 1987 as the slasher craze had ruled movie theaters earlier that decade. Even the movie poster art is misleading with one featuring a drawing of a woman screaming (as above), another with a photo of a young woman brandishing a knife. IfContinue reading “Hello Muddah, Hello Faddah, Wake Me Up From A ‘Summer Camp Nightmare’”

Grim Future Awaits ‘A Boy And His Dog’

Hopefully, we’re nowhere near the dystopia wasteland that is 2024 that is the setting for A Boy and his Dog. World War IV has happened and both America and the Soviet Union has launched all nuclear missile from the silos and not much is left of human civilization, at least in America. Some humans stillContinue reading “Grim Future Awaits ‘A Boy And His Dog’”