For the most part, Thanksgiving is the red-headed stepchild of pop culture where most of the holiday focuses on bickering families and stupid fights. I don’t care for movies like Home for the Holidays and only memorable for the fact that Robert Downey Jr. has admitted he was so whacked out on drugs and alcoholContinue reading “Thanksgiving On The Screen Isn’t Always A Turkey”
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‘Jungle Cruise’ Flows To Familiar Spots
I forgot where I saw it but someone online referred to Jungle Cruise as Jumanji Cruise and I can’t unsee it. As a matter of fact, I was thinking the same thing earlier this year when I saw the commercials for the Disney adventure movie. And why not? It’s apparent that Dwayne “The Rock” JohnsonContinue reading “‘Jungle Cruise’ Flows To Familiar Spots”
‘Blow-up’ A Movie About What You Think You See
Blow-up, directed by Michelangelo Antonioni, was one of the movies that was released in the mid to late 1960s that proved that filmmakers couldn’t be limited to the restrictions of the very conservative and very critical MPAA Production Code, aka the Hays Code. A movie like this would’ve never been able to have been madeContinue reading “‘Blow-up’ A Movie About What You Think You See”
‘Dune’ Has Great Visuals And Casting But The Grains From The Earlier Version Still Linger
I’m the best and worst person to be interviewing the latest version of Dune, directed by Denis Villeneuve. I was never a big fan of Dune, either the book or the 1984 version that was directed by David Lynch. It took me years to sit through it. You see, back in 1984, when it hitContinue reading “‘Dune’ Has Great Visuals And Casting But The Grains From The Earlier Version Still Linger”
Why ‘Back To The Future’ Is A Great Trilogy
Today is Nov. 5. If you’re a fan of Back to the Future, you know today is the day that Marty McFly (Michael J. Fox) accidentally went back in time to this date in 1955 in the fictional town of Hill Valley, Calif. Marty’s friend, Dr. Emmett Brown (Christopher Lloyd) punched the date in hisContinue reading “Why ‘Back To The Future’ Is A Great Trilogy”
‘To Die For’ Toxic Femininity Or Female Empowerment?
One of the biggest Oscar snubs ever was Nicole Kidman for To Die For in 1995. Her performance as Suzanne Stone-Maretto may just the first time she was recognized as an actress and not the wife of a movie star. And now, she’s more recognized as a movie star than who she is married to.Continue reading “‘To Die For’ Toxic Femininity Or Female Empowerment?”
No Electric Boogaloo For ‘Grizzly II’
The history behind the production of Grizzly II: Revenge is far greater than anything in the movie which stars three Oscar Winners and several other big name actors. Originally considered a sequel to Grizzly, one of the many man vs. nature thrillers that came out after the success of Jaws, the movie began production underContinue reading “No Electric Boogaloo For ‘Grizzly II’”
‘Halloween’ Still Frightening Decades Later
There’s a lot of scary moments in the 1978 horror classic Halloween, but to me the most scary doesn’t involve Michael Myers. In the third act, Laurie Strode (Jamie Lee Curtis) has discovered the murdered bodies of her friends in the house across the street from the one where she’s babysitting. She’s also been attackedContinue reading “‘Halloween’ Still Frightening Decades Later”
‘The Crow’ Showed Brandon Lee Would’ve Been A Big Star
“If” is the middle word in “life” and you can always left to wonder what would’ve happened only if. I’ve gotten to the point of realizing there’s no reason to wonder what would’ve happened if something had gone one way other than it did. Sometimes if the door swings the other way, it can beContinue reading “‘The Crow’ Showed Brandon Lee Would’ve Been A Big Star”
‘The Hollywood Knights’ Is A Different Halloween Movie
Even though it’s not scary or has nothing to do with ghosts or goblins, The Hollywood Knights is in the vein as a Halloween movie as Die Hard is a Christmas movie. And I’m saying this as someone who loves both movies. Set on Halloween night in 1965, the plot focuses on the titular characters,Continue reading “‘The Hollywood Knights’ Is A Different Halloween Movie”
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