Growing up outside of Atlanta in the 1980s and 1990s, Freaknik drew mixed opinions depending on your demographic and how tolerant you were. As Atlanta and many other towns and cities in the South were home to Historically Black Colleges and Universities, it was an event that was bound to happen eventually. By the 1980s,Continue reading “‘Freaknik’ Misses A Lot Of Beats”
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‘True Detective: Night Country’ Shines In Extraordinary Fashion
I missed the first season of True Detective with Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson and stayed away from the second season upon hearing the criticism. But the third season which took place in northwestern Arkansas, a couple hundred miles away from my doorstep intrigued me. I must admit the flashing through different time frames asContinue reading “‘True Detective: Night Country’ Shines In Extraordinary Fashion”
‘Lover Stalker Killer’ Is A True Fatal Attraction
True-crime is everywhere it seems. Podcasts, internet sleuths and TV shows fill the landscape. However, a documentary like Lover Stalker Killer, streaming on Netflix, may seem like it’s a basic run-of-the-mill story, but Dave Kroupa, the man at the center of the story is your basic run-of-the-mill mechanic. Maybe that’s why these true-crime stories appealContinue reading “‘Lover Stalker Killer’ Is A True Fatal Attraction”
RIP M. Emmet Walsh, The Character Actor Who Was In That Movie You Saw
At one point, Roger Ebert had said that he had never seen a bad movie with M. Emmet Walsh. The character had over 230 acting credits to his name according to imdb.com. However, his manager said he was actually in 119 feature films and about 250 TV productions. He did comedies, dramas, horror, fantasy, sci-fiContinue reading “RIP M. Emmet Walsh, The Character Actor Who Was In That Movie You Saw”
True-Crime Sleuths Scrutinized In ‘They Called Him Mostly Harmless’
In the past 10-15 years, true-crime has become so popular with podcast, most notably Serial, that even a popular comedy series Only Murders in the Building works both as a criticism of the fans as well as a clever appreciation. What is it that makes us search for clues and think we know more thanContinue reading “True-Crime Sleuths Scrutinized In ‘They Called Him Mostly Harmless’”
‘Suburban Screams’ Provides Little True-Crime Terror
When John Carpenter made Halloween almost 50 years ago, he and Debra Hill were tapping into the myth of the safety of suburbia. Originally titled The Babysitter Murders, it was an exploitation movie that they filmed fast and cheap, sometimes even filming without permits and everyone including Jamie Lee Curtis had more than one jobContinue reading “‘Suburban Screams’ Provides Little True-Crime Terror”
‘Bitconned’ Worth Its Weight
While watching Bitconned, the documentary on Netflix, about a cryptocurrency scam, I had to stop it to double-check I wasn’t watching a mockumentary. Everything about it seemed to preposterous to be based on a true-crime case. But it’s the real deal Holyfield. Centra Tech was a cryptocurrency formed in south Florida in the 2010s byContinue reading “‘Bitconned’ Worth Its Weight”
‘Lessons In Chemistry’ Serves A Dish That’s Worth Learning
There is one scene in the TV series Lessons in Chemistry that’s directed and acted in such a way, it’s so wonderful. Elizabeth Zott (Brie Larson) bursts into the office of TV producer Walter Pine (Kevin Sussman), and begins to chide him for not providing an adequate school lunch for his daughter and suspecting thatContinue reading “‘Lessons In Chemistry’ Serves A Dish That’s Worth Learning”
Oscar’s Most Cringeworthy Moments
As glamourous and star-studded the Academy Awards can be, it doesn’t mean every year, things go off without a hitch. Part of the problem is that a producer has a radical idea that backfires in the worse way. Famed producer Allan Carr basically sunk his career 35 years ago when he opened with an actressContinue reading “Oscar’s Most Cringeworthy Moments”
‘Oppenheimer’ To Win Big, I Predict
With the Oscars being held on Sunday, March 10, I predict Oppenheimer to be the big movie to win. I’ve been watching the Oscars since the late 1980s and you begin to notice a few things. A lot of times, it’s a combination of excellence, critical favorites, popularity, a touch of how movies performed atContinue reading “‘Oppenheimer’ To Win Big, I Predict”
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