A movie like Holidays is like a potluck dinner at a family get-together. You don’t really know what you should eat but you’re sure you’re not going to like most of what you choose. Anthologies are like that. They usually have a few good segments, a few not so good and a few you can totally avoid. I wouldn’t say they’re bad, but the filmmakers are usually restrained by a time frame that hurts the story telling. It’s no surprise that theContinue reading “‘Holidays’ A Potluck That Offers Few Goodies And The Rest Can Be Avoided”
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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”
‘Chasing Chasing Amy’ Almost Seems Like It’s Chasing Ghosts
It is possible for a movie, TV show or book that seems groundbreaking on its release gets dated very poorly over the years. When Chasing Amy opened in theaters in the spring of 1997, it seemed at the time having a movie focusing on LGBTQIA characters in a more positive light than what they’re knownContinue reading “‘Chasing Chasing Amy’ Almost Seems Like It’s Chasing Ghosts”
‘That ’90s Show’ Is Still Fly
That ’90s Show has managed to move pass a legacy show and get its own touch. But it’s managed to do more than just be a reunion series like Murphy Brown or Roseanne. It’s nothing new. In the 1980s with the evolution of first-run syndication, TV production companies brought back the Beaver, the gang fromContinue reading “‘That ’90s Show’ Is Still Fly”