Hollywood is an incestuous industry. There’s always more than one TV show or movie following a certain premise. Disaster movies about volcanoes, comets and asteroids and biopics about Christopher Columbus and Steve Prefontaine have been making the roads for decades. And you can see similarities between plots that don’t look like they should be similarContinue reading “‘Love & Death’ Delves Further Into Texas Homicide Case That Won’t Die”
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‘Muppets Mayhem’ Is One Heckuva Jam
I remember reading someone saying that when they went to go see The Muppets, the 2011 movie, they were looking around the theater only to discover more adults in the audience than kids. I noticed the same thing in 2007 when I saw The Simpsons movie on opening night. People grew up on the Muppets,Continue reading “‘Muppets Mayhem’ Is One Heckuva Jam”
‘Money Shot’ Blows A Good Topic
I want to make a documentary about documentary filmmakers and their desire to always focus on the bad part of the porn industry. With the exception of Inside Deep Throat and the Pornucopia series that was on HBO back in the mid-2000s, there’s often a Puritan conservative slant against the industry. Money Shot: The PornHubContinue reading “‘Money Shot’ Blows A Good Topic”
‘Waco: The Aftermath’ Is Too Jumbled To Make A True Impact
Waco: The Aftermath is a five-part series that is on Showtime that feels like it was rushed into production to air in time for the 30th anniversary of the day the Branch Davidian seige when the compound burned down with many people inside. The question has remained since then what really happened. A three-part docuseriesContinue reading “‘Waco: The Aftermath’ Is Too Jumbled To Make A True Impact”
‘Snowfall’ Turned The Crack Epidemic Into A Shakespearen Crime Drama
WARNING: This contains a lot of spoilers! Snowfall is a rarity in current TV. It’s a TV show that actually got a whole lot better with each season. In the olden days, some popular shows had rough starts. Look at the first season of Cheers (which went on for 11 seasons and aired its finalContinue reading “‘Snowfall’ Turned The Crack Epidemic Into A Shakespearen Crime Drama”
Anna Nicole Smith Doc Exploits While Accusing Others Of Exploitation
The Netflix documentary Anna Nicole Smith: You Don’t Know Me is two hours of stuff we probably already knew. Smith has been deceased for over 16 years, which was longer than she was active. So, why do something like this now? Filmmaker Ursula Macfarlane assembles some people who were close to Smith as talking-head interviewees.Continue reading “Anna Nicole Smith Doc Exploits While Accusing Others Of Exploitation”
‘Seinfeld’ Finale Still Disappoints 25 Years Later: What Is The Deal?
If you were to look up “disappointment” in a dictionary, you’d find a picture of the Seinfeld series finale next to the definition. The final episode aired 25 years ago May 14, 1998. A reported 76 million houses tuned in and there’s probably more who watched it. There was no DVR. People were at homeContinue reading “‘Seinfeld’ Finale Still Disappoints 25 Years Later: What Is The Deal?”
CNN Knew It Was A Snake
There’s a saying that you never serve a drunk an alcoholic drink. CNN didn’t just serve a drunk an alcoholic drink, they tipped Trump up and had him do a keg stand. They funnelled some hard core stuff down his throat. They knew exactly what they were doing. Bringing in 3.1 million viewers (probably aContinue reading “CNN Knew It Was A Snake”
Why Corporate America Should Be (And Quite Possibly Is) Scared Of WGA Strike
The Writers Guild of America has been on strike for about 10 days now. It’s the first time in almost 16 years. For many of them, they are fighting for better residuals of the shows on the streaming services they write for. Sadly, some haven’t even got much for their efforts. If someone gets aContinue reading “Why Corporate America Should Be (And Quite Possibly Is) Scared Of WGA Strike”
‘Mandalorian’ Season Three Follows More Coherent Storyline, Dividing Fans
The Mandalorian may the be the best Star Wars series. The first two seasons seemed to follow more episodic plotlines heading up to a showdown between Din Djarin (Pedro Pascal) and Moff Gideon (Giancarlo Esposito) who has become the main villain of the series. And then Luke Skywalker showed up to help save the dayContinue reading “‘Mandalorian’ Season Three Follows More Coherent Storyline, Dividing Fans”
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