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’”
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‘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”
‘Killer’s Game’ Is A Cheat
A movie like The Killer’s Game seems too be like someone took elements of movies like John Woo’s The Killer, the John Wick movies, and Boss Level and decided to make your standard one-hour and 45-minute action comedy. It’s one of those movies that seems to exist in a world where hired hitmen get paidContinue reading “‘Killer’s Game’ Is A Cheat”
‘The Apprentice’ Is A Wall Street Version Of Frankenstein
With a lot of biopics, you have to take them with a grain of salt. Characters and events are often changed or created for the purpose of a good storyline that can be squeezed into two hours of a movie. The Apprentice is an appropriate title for a movie like this as it examines DonaldContinue reading “‘The Apprentice’ Is A Wall Street Version Of Frankenstein”
‘Monty Python And The Holy Grail’ Celebrates Golden Anniversary At 50
In the two years and three months since Monty Python and the Holy Grail was released in America and the time Elvis Presley died, The King loved the movie so much he reportedly would watch it dozens of time. And people in his inner circle say Presley would walk around Graceland and on tour recitingContinue reading “‘Monty Python And The Holy Grail’ Celebrates Golden Anniversary At 50”
‘A Real Pain’ Is Kind Of A Bore And Painful To Watch
There are some actors who seem to constantly play the same type of character over and over mainly because it’s a reflection of how they are in real life. Jesse Eisenberg is one of those actors. While the geeky, nerdy ramblings that he used to do worked perfectly when he was younger, now it justContinue reading “‘A Real Pain’ Is Kind Of A Bore And Painful To Watch”
Nicky Katt’s Acting Was Both His Craft And His Curse
Born Augustin Islas in Acapulco, Mexico, Nicky Katt started out as a child actor appearing in blink-and-miss it roles in Gremlins and roles on popular TV shows like Fantasy Island and Trapper John, M.D. On the advice of Harvey Korman, he adopted a more Anglicized name like Nicky. He was also a distant cousin ofContinue reading “Nicky Katt’s Acting Was Both His Craft And His Curse”
‘The Island Of Dr. Moreau’ Is A Disaster Movie Of Epic Proportions
Earlier this month, Val Kilmer passed away from complications of pneumonia. He had battled throat cancer in the 2010s resulting in a tracheotomy resulting in the difficulty to speak. Kilmer was considered difficult to work with and one of his most complicated movie productions was The Island of Dr. Moreau, released in 1996. It wasContinue reading “‘The Island Of Dr. Moreau’ Is A Disaster Movie Of Epic Proportions”
‘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”
‘The Day The Earth Blew Up’ Is Out Of This World In Its Excellence
Looney Tunes was the more mature answer to the Disney cartoons of the era. Before the spread of television in the 1950s and 1960s, the cartoons were shown in movie theaters. Even though the Hays Code kept a lot of subject matter very clean, Looney Tunes and its spin-off Merrie Melodies, seemed to mix jokesContinue reading “‘The Day The Earth Blew Up’ Is Out Of This World In Its Excellence”
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