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Back in 1978 and 1994 and early as a decade ago, before TV networks realized they could have big hits with summer shows, many networks would take their less-desirable shows and stick them in slots normally reserved for more popular shows. It’s called “burning off” and it still is popular even though not as usedContinue reading “Nothing To ‘Fear’ In This Installment”

In the past week, two influential filmmakers have died. While many people may not think of Richard Donner or Robert Downey Sr. in the same vein as Alfred Hitchcock, Steven Spielberg, Cecil B. DeMille, Martin Scorsese, Akira Kurosawa, Stanley Kubrick, or Francios Touffait, they both helped change American cinema for the past 50 years. RichardContinue reading “That’s A Wrap! Fade Out For Two Very Influential Filmmakers”

I’m not sure how much of No Sudden Move can be reviewed without giving away some of the plot twists. Some critics have even not listed some of the cast even though I will because I don’t think it matters. Brendan Fraser plays a middle man who hires three criminals played by Don Cheadle, BenecioContinue reading “‘No Sudden Move’ Zigs And Zags In One Helluva Ride”

A few weeks ago, I attended a ceremony honoring bicyclists who participated in the Remember The Removal for the Cherokee Nation. I don’t want to post pics here because I don’t want to dishonor the efforts people or make them feel they’re being associated with this post. Also, I showed up late and didn’t getContinue reading “July 4 And Independence Day Means Something Different To Everyone”

Rosemary’s Baby came out 53 years ago and I’ve probably seen it twice, even though I owned a VHS copy I bought for $2 back in the late 1990s at a Blockbuster. I just didn’t think it was that great of a horror movie. Maybe I had seen many other horror movies made within theContinue reading “Prognosis Negative For ‘False Positive’”

I suffer from severe chronic back pain and over the last five years have developed arthritis in my hands and knees among other places. As I type this, my hands are aching. There’s a line from the 2019 movie Joker that goes, “The worst part about having a mental illness is people expect you toContinue reading “Life Is A Constant Journey, Never A Final Destination”

I knew going into the Netflix action thriller The Ice Road to expect nothing more than an action road B-movie. But Holy Shih Tzu, this is awful with every minute slowing dwindling away with bad dialogue and a bad script. Set in northern Manitopa, a diamond mine collapses trapping about two dozen miners. Laurence FishburneContinue reading “‘The Ice Road’ Hits Too Many Bumps”

Going into the Summer of 1991 was an odd year for American movies. The month of May had produced two movies with different outcomes no one anticipated. First off, a little road movie called Thelma and Louise starring Susan Sarandon and Geena Davis had struck a nerve among many filmgoers and people who hadn’t seenContinue reading “Why ‘The Rocketeer’ Crashed”

I didn’t know who Iliza Shlesinger is going into the recently released Netflix movie Good on Paper, but she doesn’t have talent and charisma. I just wish she had been in a better movie. Much to my surprise, she was also in Spenser Confidential, a movie I watched but only remembered enough to recall itContinue reading “‘Good On Paper’ Lives Up To Its Title”

Even though the MCU is now in Phase 4, it still feels like they’re trying to do a review of Phase 3. Earlier in January, WandaVision dropped and despite a few rough beginnings ended up becoming a well-made series that parodied American TV while at the same time focusing on how people deal with lossContinue reading “‘Loki’ Is A Low-key Addition To The MCU That Is Just OK”