There’s not a school child alive who’s had some teacher or educator throw some book in front of them talking about how great it was only for them to struggle to get through it. Even now in 2023, I wonder why most schools still don’t teach many works that have been printed since the 1960s.Continue reading “‘Reading Rainbow’ At 40”
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‘Randall Scandal’ Exposes Inflated Ego Of Hollywood Producer, Big Surprise
You have to take some of The Randall Scandal:Love, Loathing & Vanderpump with a grain of salt. The documentary on Hulu through the LA Times Studio doesn’t have any interviews of Randall Emmett, a profilic Hollywood producer, to argue the allegations against him. But what you do have is a systemic pattern that has beenContinue reading “‘Randall Scandal’ Exposes Inflated Ego Of Hollywood Producer, Big Surprise”
‘FUBAR’ Is Just That
The Netflix series FUBAR could’ve been a great series. It could’ve been one of those series that appeals to all audiences, especially those who grew up on the action movies of its star Arnold Schwarzenegger. But the series falls apart early and spends the rest of its time trying to play catch-up. My main complaintContinue reading “‘FUBAR’ Is Just That”
‘Love & Death’ Delves Further Into Texas Homicide Case That Won’t Die
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”
‘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?”
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