Category Archives: Movie Reviews

‘Sally’ Takes Us On A Quick Ride Through Astronaut’s Life

Sally Ride passed away 13 years ago this month. She was the first American woman astronaut to fly in space. One of the lines of dialogue spoken in The Right Stuff about the Mercury 7 was how they hadn’t achieved anything except being named the Mercury 7 as none had gone into space at thatContinue reading “‘Sally’ Takes Us On A Quick Ride Through Astronaut’s Life”

‘Captain America: Brave New World’ Still Has Same Old MCU Problems

The main problem with Captain America: Brave New World is you can clearly tell which scenes were added after principal photography ended. While it’s not uncommon for many movies to have tweaks here and there and additional scenes shot to clear up plot holes, this movie feels like a Chose Your Own Adventure book thatContinue reading “‘Captain America: Brave New World’ Still Has Same Old MCU Problems”

‘Uncle Sam’ Is A Film Flam

A movie like Uncle Sam resides during that strange period in the 1990s where slasher flicks were relocated from independent movie theaters to a certain section of the video rental shops and aired on Showtime while the network was still trying to find its footing as the next HBO but couldn’t break away from theContinue reading “‘Uncle Sam’ Is A Film Flam”

‘Deathtrap’ Falls Into Own Trap Unable To Break Out Of Stage Style

Movies that are based on plays are often a tough sale. A Few Good Men and Steel Magnolias were able to expand past the dimensions of a stage play yet still tell the same story. Then, you have movies like Brighton Beach Memoirs or even Fences which you could tell were trying too hard toContinue reading “‘Deathtrap’ Falls Into Own Trap Unable To Break Out Of Stage Style”

Spend Some Time At Centennial Park

Centennial Park located in downtown Atlanta was originally designed as a tourist attraction during the 1996 Summer Olympics. But it would soon become the infamous site of a terrorist attack by Eric Rudolph. It would also set off a media frenzy in which Richard Jewell, a security guard would be blamed for the attack. HisContinue reading “Spend Some Time At Centennial Park”

‘Predator: Killer Of Killers’

It’s amazing how one franchise has become so successful when all it might have been was a joke about about another franchise. Following Rocky IV, a comment was made that for the fifth Rocky movie, the Italian Stallion would have to fight an alien. The rumor is that screenwriting brother duo Jim and John ThomasContinue reading “‘Predator: Killer Of Killers’”

RIP Gailard Sartain

With a name like Gailard Sartain, you’re either going to be a southern lawyer/politician or an actor. Good thing for Sartain, he took the latter. A native of Tulsa, he started out working for the local TV station KOTV and then along with an unknown Gary Busey, they began to develop programs. This was makeContinue reading “RIP Gailard Sartain”

‘Rocky Horror Picture Show’ Turns 50

Earlier this year, A Minecraft Movie made a lot of noise because people are getting “too rowdy” during a scene where the audience sings along and throws popcorn at the screen. It makes me wonder what the whole purpose of the movie-going experience is supposed to be. As someone who grew up on Mystery ScienceContinue reading “‘Rocky Horror Picture Show’ Turns 50”

‘Mickey 17’ Out Of 100

I’m sure he wasn’t the first director and he won’t be the last, but I call it The Michael Cimino Syndrome. Whenever a director wins a Best Director Oscar, they decide to have a far more grandiose follow-up and it fails extraordinarily. Five years ago, Bong Joon Ho became a household name and a majorContinue reading “‘Mickey 17’ Out Of 100”