On TV, George Wendt was just another character actor when he stepped into the role of Bostonian Norm Peterson, a portly 30-something with a laissez-faire attitude and sardonic wit on Cheers. His line, “It’s a dog-eat-dog world and I’m wearing Milkbone underwear” is one of the best lines ever written not just in TV butContinue reading “George Wendt’s Dark Side In First ‘House’ & ‘Masters Of Horror’ Episode”
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‘The 4:30 Movie’ Is Just A 99 Cent Bargain Bin Flick
The problem with The 4:30 Movie is it’s too busy winking at itself with an overload of The Chris Farley Show‘s “Hey, remember when…” pop culture nostalgia as well as a foolish mockery of things to come. Yeah, yeah, yeah. It might seem funny for people in 1986 to say a Batman movie would neverContinue reading “‘The 4:30 Movie’ Is Just A 99 Cent Bargain Bin Flick”
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’”
‘Companion’ A Sci-Fi Expose Of Toxic Relationships And Gaslighting
It’s very easy for a movie like Companion to miss the mark with the same stuff we’ve seen before. I don’t blame Warner Bros. Discovery who distributed the movie through New Line Cinema for dumping it in late January. Companion is the ying to the yang that was Subservience, which opened in September of lastContinue reading “‘Companion’ A Sci-Fi Expose Of Toxic Relationships And Gaslighting”
A QV For ‘Frankenhooker’
In April, Katy Perry went from just being an entertainer to being a punchline following her “flight” in that Blue Origin space penis. Rather than just move away from the spotlight and let things die off, she ended up going on tour looking like Frankenhooker meets the drunk girl at a bar/party that everyone wantsContinue reading “A QV For ‘Frankenhooker’”
‘SNL’ Skit Did Go Too Far
Mel Brooks, one of the Kings of Comedy, once said: “Tragedy is when I cut my finger. Comedy is when you fall in an open sewer and die.” The line means that as long as it doesn’t happen to me, it won’t hurt as much. Saturday Night Live has pushed the envelope in its 50Continue reading “‘SNL’ Skit Did Go Too Far”
‘The Rule of Jenny Pen’ Terrifying Thriller With Great Social Commentary
As he nears 80 later this year, John Lithgow’s range and versatility has catapulted him to an A-lister that can also work more comfortably in roles for character actors. At the start of career, he seemed unlikely to be anything but a character actor with that receding hair line, 6-foot-4 stature and a face thatContinue reading “‘The Rule of Jenny Pen’ Terrifying Thriller With Great Social Commentary”
‘Dexter: Original Sin’ Needs Repentance
I was a big fan of the original run of Dexter. Even when the series ran off the rails those last few seasons, I was still tuning in. There was really no way they were going to top John Lithgow as the Trinity Killer. But like a lot of people, I didn’t care for thatContinue reading “‘Dexter: Original Sin’ Needs Repentance”
‘Howling II’ Is Quite The Hoot
The Howling franchise has been one of the most strangest franchises in movie history. Along with the Hellraiser and Amityville movies, they seem to be trying to bank on name recognition. However, the first Howling movie divided people in 1981 but has received better recognition over the years. Directed by Joe Dante and a scriptContinue reading “‘Howling II’ Is Quite The Hoot”
‘Final Destination’ Hits Silver Anniversary 25 Years Later
The basic concept behind Final Destination is so fascinating because like all good horror movies, it touches on fears a lot of people have such as fear of flying and fear of our own immortality. There’s always concerns about the dangers of air travel. Timing is everything and this movie just happened to be releasedContinue reading “‘Final Destination’ Hits Silver Anniversary 25 Years Later”
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