By the mid-1980s, top brass at Disney was faced with a dilemma. Do they continue to make just family movies or do they branch out and do what all the other movie studios have done and embraced the change that has been happening since the late 1960s? It didn’t help matters that many of their top animators left with Don Bluth who went on toContinue reading “‘Return To Oz’ Presented A Wickedly Different View 40 Years Ago”
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‘Alien: Earth’ Is Another Bug Hunt
Alien is considered one of the classics of the sci-fi/horror genre and its sequel Aliens is a well-made companion movie. How good? Even Paul Reiser’s own mother was glad that his character, Carter Burke, got what was coming to him. A third Alien movie was inevitable. Unfortunately, that was Alien 3, which almost caused DavidContinue reading “‘Alien: Earth’ Is Another Bug Hunt”
‘Jimmy Kimmel Live’ May Still Have Some Life Left In It
It never surprises me that the people who denounced “cancel culture” and screamed “Fuck your feelings!” have always been the most insensitive. Decades ago, it was “America: Love it or Leave it!” during the Vietnam War era. Following 9/11 as the Wars in Iraq and Afghanistan raged on, people screamed, “If you don’t like it,Continue reading “‘Jimmy Kimmel Live’ May Still Have Some Life Left In It”
Entertainment Business Bias On Full Display A Lot Lately
John Boyega, who played Finn in the last three Star Wars movies went on to say how racially bias the SW enterprise is. I have to agree with him. Over 10 years ago when the first trailer dropped, there was a lot of criticism over the fact that he was even in the movie. AndContinue reading “Entertainment Business Bias On Full Display A Lot Lately”
‘Alien: Romulus’ Is More Of The Same
Fade In Studio Exec 1: So, what’s your movie idea? Filmmaker: Here me out, a sequel to Alien, but a prequel to Aliens. Studio Exec 2: Aren’t people tired of the franchise? I mean, that last one had Danny McBride, for chrissakes! Filmmaker: No! We’ll just keep a small cast this time of people. ButContinue reading “‘Alien: Romulus’ Is More Of The Same”
‘The Acolyte’ Is Not Your Father’s Star Wars, So Get Over It
By now, Star Wars has become the science-fiction franchise to hate. No one really talks shit about Star Trek or Doctor Who. And let’s be honest, that first season of Star Trek: Picard wasn’t the best. And if you take all the original Star Trek movies, only half of them are any good. They usedContinue reading “‘The Acolyte’ Is Not Your Father’s Star Wars, So Get Over It”
‘IF’ Lacks A Lot Of Fresh Imagination, Just Re-Imagining Existing Stories
A movie like IF comes around every 10 years or so. It’s a movie that looks so appealing and amazing in the trailer, you can’t wait until it opens. And then you see it and leave the theaters upset. IF had a 53 percent drop in its second weekend. And even for Memorial Day Weekend,Continue reading “‘IF’ Lacks A Lot Of Fresh Imagination, Just Re-Imagining Existing Stories”
‘Jim Henson Idea Man’ Is A Fluffy Love Letter To The Filmmaker/Puppeteer
Jim Henson has been dead now over 34 years. That’s almost as long as he was active. He passed away at the age of 53. Maybe it was because he had about 20 or so more years left in him and wasn’t able to fully see the advance of special effects by Industrial Light andContinue reading “‘Jim Henson Idea Man’ Is A Fluffy Love Letter To The Filmmaker/Puppeteer”
‘The Phantom Menace’ At 25
In the history of American Cinema, very few movies have been as anticipated as Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace. With the popularity of the Internet in the 1990s, more and more people began to talk about the possibility of the much-rumored prequel movies. The first time I ever saw a URL was whenContinue reading “‘The Phantom Menace’ At 25”
‘The Last Repair Shop’ Is A Perfect Tune-Up For Music Lovers
I went into The Last Repair Shop expecting something different. As a person who performed in the concert and marching bands through middle school and high school, I support anything that supports the arts. But the short documentary directed by Ben Proudfoot and Kris Bowers takes a different angle by focusing on the Los AngelesContinue reading “‘The Last Repair Shop’ Is A Perfect Tune-Up For Music Lovers”
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