A movie like Love Lies Bleeding is a reminder of one of those gritty crime dramas that permeated art house theaters in the 1990s when many filmmakers had discovered the popularity of the works of Jim Thompson and used the popularity of Quentin Tarantino to tell their own crime thrillers. The main characters aren’t reallyContinue reading “‘Love Lies Bleeding’ A Gritty Thriller With Surreal Imagery”
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Yabba-Dabba-Don’t! ‘The Flintstones’ At 30 Still A Rocky Adaptation
Picture it, mid-June 1993. Thousands, if not millions flocked to the movie theaters to see Jurassic Park. The juggernaut Hollywood blockbuster defined the summer of 1993. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s Last Action Hero made the foolish mistake of opening the week after. Even though the Governator said that Jurassic Park had moved its release date to JuneContinue reading “Yabba-Dabba-Don’t! ‘The Flintstones’ At 30 Still A Rocky Adaptation”
‘Freddy’s Revenge’ Is The Strangest Nightmare On Elm Street
Note: This post is about horrors/thrillers with an emphasis on the LGBTQIA community for June’s Pride Month. There are some movies that you can tell were just rushed into production to strike while the iron is hot. The first Nightmare on Elm Street had been produced on a very thin shoe-string budget for New LineContinue reading “‘Freddy’s Revenge’ Is The Strangest Nightmare On Elm Street”
‘Once Upon A Time In America’ At 40, Still A Conflicted Masterpiece
Sergio Leone is mostly remember for his western. He was basically the John Ford of the Spaghetti Western genre, a somewhat misleading term for some good movies. Spaghetti Westerns were known for being filmed in the Iberian Peninsula or Mediterranean area and featured mostly Italian and other European actors. The most famous one is TheContinue reading “‘Once Upon A Time In America’ At 40, Still A Conflicted Masterpiece”
‘Silent Night’ Full Of Sound And Fury Signifying Not Nothing
John Woo has been directing movies longer than most of the cast in Silent Night have been alive. But in 1986, he made a name for himself with A Better Tomorrow, a story of friendship, loyalty and family caught in the crossfires of law enforcement and the triads of organized crime. The movie was alsoContinue reading “‘Silent Night’ Full Of Sound And Fury Signifying Not Nothing”
‘Miller’s Girl’ Is About As Erotic As Marjorie Taylor Greene Naked On A Cold Day
There’s been so much talk in the media about Miller’s Girl that I was expecting something more. For the most part, it plays like a Red Shoe Diaries episode that has been stretched out to an hour and a half and there’s no sex. Sorry. If you don’t want to read this blog any further,Continue reading “‘Miller’s Girl’ Is About As Erotic As Marjorie Taylor Greene Naked On A Cold Day”
‘The Iron Claw’ Can’t Find The Right Grasp On Its Own Story
The Iron Claw is a problematic movie. I wanted to really like it more. But Sean Durkins, who wrote and directed the movie, can’t really find the right angle to tell the story. It’s about the Von Erich family of wrestlers told mainly through the eyes of Kevin (Zac Efron in a great reserved role),Continue reading “‘The Iron Claw’ Can’t Find The Right Grasp On Its Own Story”
‘Tulsa King’ Allegations Represent A Universal Workplace Issue
This past week, the production of the TV show Tulsa King, which is filming in Georgia instead of Oklahoma, has faced allegations that its star Sylvester Stallone and director Craig Zisk were upset over the appearance of the background extras. Reportedly, they didn’t like that one actor was using a cane. And Stallone has beenContinue reading “‘Tulsa King’ Allegations Represent A Universal Workplace Issue”
O.J.’s Legacy Will Forever Create Debate
It was almost 30 years ago when I was getting ready one morning to go to the Driver’s Ed summer school. It was the second day of the two-week course and I was sitting in the living room of the house I grew up in when I glanced over and saw a copy of theContinue reading “O.J.’s Legacy Will Forever Create Debate”
‘The Matrix’ At 25: How It Changed Sci-Fi And Action Movies
T.S. Elliott famously stated “Good writers borrow; great writers steal.” And Aaron Sorkin also updated this by stating “Good writers borrow from other writers. Great writers steal from them outright.” The first I ever heard of The Matrix was during the 1999 Super Bowl where the images of Keanu Reeves bending over backwards as bulletsContinue reading “‘The Matrix’ At 25: How It Changed Sci-Fi And Action Movies”
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