Michael Bay seems to be one of those guys who looks like he gets a helluva joy out directing the movies he makes. When he burst on the scene in the mid-1990s, he looked like he should be the action hero of his own movies. He was like a young hotshot with that hair, thoseContinue reading “‘Ambulance’ Takes Viewers On Mr. Bay’s Wild Ride”
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‘Jackass 4.5’ Rises Below Vulgarity
The best thing to say about Jackass 4.5 is what Mel Brooks told a woman who wasn’t a fan of his movie The Producer and called it vulgar. Brooks responded that the movie “rises below vulgarity.” Released recently on Netflix, the documentary-style movie like all previous Jackass point 5s is part behind the scenes lookContinue reading “‘Jackass 4.5’ Rises Below Vulgarity”
The Day Tom Cruise Went Nucking Futs
I remember a moment from my teenage years in which I had to excuse myself to the restroom as I was seeing a movie at the movie theater in the town I grew up in northwest Georgia. There I was washing my hands as some younger kid came in. I was in high school asContinue reading “The Day Tom Cruise Went Nucking Futs”
‘Chip ‘N Dale’ Rescues Live-Action/Animated Movie Genre
Chip ‘n Dale’s Rescue Rangers wasn’t a TV show that I was really interested in. I don’t know why. I was at that age I guess where things change. I had liked Duck Tales and Muppet Babies but I was in what they call now my tweens when the show began. I may have caughtContinue reading “‘Chip ‘N Dale’ Rescues Live-Action/Animated Movie Genre”
How ‘Popcorn’ Gave Horror Viewers A Taste Of Metafiction
By the time the 1980s ended, the horror genre was practically on every film critic’s shitlist. After a decade of the slasher genre with the Halloween, Friday the 13th and Nightmare on Elm Street movies along with dozens of knock-offs, the 1990s started with a clean slate. If you changed the name of the subgenre,Continue reading “How ‘Popcorn’ Gave Horror Viewers A Taste Of Metafiction”
May The Memory Of Vangelis Be Eternal
You may not know the name Vangelis. But you probably remember the scene in Chariots of Fire in which a bunch of young men in white shorts and T-shirts run barefoot along the shores of the beach. Vangelis won the Oscar for his musical score of the movie mixing classical piano with synthesizer sounds. TheContinue reading “May The Memory Of Vangelis Be Eternal”
Fred Ward: Usually A Character Actor, Sometimes A Leading Man
Fred Ward was basically born too late. If he had been born a generation younger, he would’ve been along with other actors of the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s, such as Broderick Crawford, Fredric March and Ray Miland. They were actors playing men who had been through a lot in their lives and had the scarsContinue reading “Fred Ward: Usually A Character Actor, Sometimes A Leading Man”
‘Firestarter’ Fizzles Faster Than Damp Crumbled Kindling Paper
When the two best things you can say about the latest version of Firestarter is that it’s not as long as the 1984 version and they’ve cast a real Indigenous Native American this time, you know it’s not going to be good. Blumhouse tackles an updated version of the Stephen King novel, which I didn’tContinue reading “‘Firestarter’ Fizzles Faster Than Damp Crumbled Kindling Paper”
‘Black Hole’ Sucks All Excitement Out Of Disney Sci-Fi Movie
Sci-fi space movies were nothing new when Star Wars became a huge hit in 1977. But, every major studio and production company pulled out all the stops with the knock-offs. Roger Corman did Battle Beyond the Stars. On TV, we had Buck Rogers and Battlestar Galactica. Even Mork & Mindy came about because of StarContinue reading “‘Black Hole’ Sucks All Excitement Out Of Disney Sci-Fi Movie”
‘Lost City’ Reboots ‘Romancing The Stone’ For New Generation
You can’t go into The Lost City without thinking almost immediately that it seems like a reboot/remake of Romancing the Stone, the surprise 1984 hit that rebuilt Michael Douglas’ career as a leading man and made Kathleen Turner the star she became. Originally thought to be a disaster, Robert Zemeckis, the director of that movie,Continue reading “‘Lost City’ Reboots ‘Romancing The Stone’ For New Generation”
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