I remember waking up on Aug. 31, 1997 to the news that Diana Spencer, aka Princess Diana, had been killing in a car wreck in Paris. The news was horrifying as a long list of accusations and conspiracy theories were already spreading while her body was still warm. And this was during the early daysContinue reading “The Day We Lost Princess Di”
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‘The War Of The Roses’ Breaks The American Beauty Of Thorny Marriages
I had intended to do a different movie for this post but decided with recent events to focus on something else. Just a reminder, this post may contain spoilers. The War of the Roses is one of the best satirical black comedies ever. What makes it work is the era in which it was released.Continue reading “‘The War Of The Roses’ Breaks The American Beauty Of Thorny Marriages”
‘Never Flinch’ Never Rises To Top Of Stephen King’s Best Works
Sometimes, writers find their supporting and secondary characters are the more fascinating ones than the main protagonists and the main villains. In the Stephen King universe, there have been numerous characters that have come and went. Take how King introduced us to Sheriff George Bannerman in The Dead Zone only to kill him off asContinue reading “‘Never Flinch’ Never Rises To Top Of Stephen King’s Best Works”
In America, School Athletics Play You
The news story over the construction of a $62 million football stadium in the Atlanta suburb of Buford, Ga. might have been a bigger story if it wasn’t too common. Yes, many school districts spend a fortune on sporting arenas and venues. It’s not just football stadiums, but also basketball gymnasiums, baseball fields and evenContinue reading “In America, School Athletics Play You”
‘Ghost Stories’ A Jolly Good Scare
It’s hard to review a movie like Ghost Stories, as it starts out one way and turns into something else. I like movies that do that…only if it is done right. (Side eye to Sorry to Bother You.) The movie begins by focusing on Philip Goodman (Andy Nyman), a famous professor and TV presenter, livingContinue reading “‘Ghost Stories’ A Jolly Good Scare”
‘Sally’ Takes Us On A Quick Ride Through Astronaut’s Life
Sally Ride passed away 13 years ago this month. She was the first American woman astronaut to fly in space. One of the lines of dialogue spoken in The Right Stuff about the Mercury 7 was how they hadn’t achieved anything except being named the Mercury 7 as none had gone into space at thatContinue reading “‘Sally’ Takes Us On A Quick Ride Through Astronaut’s Life”
‘House Of My Mother’ A Memoir Of Abuse And Horrors
According to Judd Apatow, one of the reasons his show Freaks and Geeks failed is because NBC refused to allow a website to be created. It was 30 years ago when I first saw a http link used in an advertisement for the digitally remastered VHS boxed set of the Star Wars trilogy. The InternetContinue reading “‘House Of My Mother’ A Memoir Of Abuse And Horrors”
Rest In Power, Morris! We’ll See You Later ‘Alligator’
By 1980, the whole Man vs. Animal genre that had become popular with the success of Jaws had gone stale. The giant rabbit movie Night of the Lepus had been released in 1972 and the 1976 adaptation of The Food of the Gods was already in production before Jaws was released. But movies like KingdomContinue reading “Rest In Power, Morris! We’ll See You Later ‘Alligator’”
25 Years Of “More Cowbell”
Saturday Night Live has been on the air for 50 years. And in that time, there have been some good skits, some awesome skits and some horrible skits. What makes some of the skits so memorable is the simplicity of them. Take Steve Martin singing and dancing to “King Tut” and then having popular saxophonistContinue reading “25 Years Of “More Cowbell””
‘Kiss Kiss Bang Bang’ The Movie You Need To See To Believe
The one thing you can always say about a movie written by Shane Black is that he knows how to make an outrageous story believable and fun to watch. His friend and sometimes collaborator Fred Dekker said the Transylvania castle opening of The Monster Squad was written by Black as a full-blown siege with Dr.Continue reading “‘Kiss Kiss Bang Bang’ The Movie You Need To See To Believe”
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