I wanted to like In The Heights. I like musicals. I come from a family with a very musical background. So, I’m not some knuckle-dragging troglodyte or cretin by saying this, but this movie is absolutely horrible and boring. Lin-Manuel Miranda, I think, has been believing his own hype following Hamilton, which I still haven’tContinue reading “‘In The Heights’ Falls Flat In Many Ways”
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‘The Tomorrow War’ Is A Reminder Of Better Movies From Yesterday
Calling a movie The Tomorrow War proves that there isn’t one shred of creativity or originality to be found amid the cliched sci-fi alien invasion action movie. Like some other movies on streaming services this was originally planned to be released in theaters but postponed to Covid. If one thing good came out of theContinue reading “‘The Tomorrow War’ Is A Reminder Of Better Movies From Yesterday”
‘Independence Day’ Takes The Silver In Summer Movie Blockbusters
The image that probably put millions of people in theater seats this month 25 years ago was an alien ship hovering over the White House firing a laser down on it blowing it to smithereens. Who wouldn’t want to see that? I went with my brother and one of his friends and his brother toContinue reading “‘Independence Day’ Takes The Silver In Summer Movie Blockbusters”
Even Freddy Wouldn’t Bother With ‘Fear Street’
I never got into R.L. Stine or Christopher Pike, so I never read the countless Goosebumps and Fear Street or The Last Vampire novels. I would look at them and they seemed such short paperback novels, I wondered what could be there. I was reading Bunnicula books in elementary school and jumped to Stephen KingContinue reading “Even Freddy Wouldn’t Bother With ‘Fear Street’”
‘Terminator 2’ Broke The Mold On Action Movies And Sequels
It was 30 years ago on July 3, 1991 that Terminator 2: Judgment Day hit movie theaters and sequels would never be the same again. The bar had also been lifted on action movies as well. Gone were the days of the Cannon Group action movies that may have had gunfire and explosions but boringContinue reading “‘Terminator 2’ Broke The Mold On Action Movies And Sequels”
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