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”
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The Original ‘Fantastic Four’ Finally Gets The Spotlight
In a world where it seems there’s superhero fatigue, at one time, movie producers really didn’t see the point in doing a superhero movie. And there was a good reason – they really didn’t have a good track record. While the first two Superman movies were well-made and received, popularity was waning. Superman III wasn’tContinue reading “The Original ‘Fantastic Four’ Finally Gets The Spotlight”
We’ll Probably Never Know Jimmy Hoffa’s True Horrible Fate
Today is July 30. While that might not be a popular date, it was the day that 50 years ago in 1975 that Jimmy Hoffa Sr. disappeared near the Machaus Red Fox in the Detroit suburban community of Bloomfield Township, Mich. Eyewitnesses saw him and even chatted with him. Yet, little did Hoffa and anyoneContinue reading “We’ll Probably Never Know Jimmy Hoffa’s True Horrible Fate”
Double Bogey For ‘Happy Gilmore 2’
Granted the first Happy Gilmore wasn’t the best movie ever. But considering it’s an Adam Sandler movie, it’s probably one of his best…in the Happy Madison universe that is. Sandler has done some fine work as a serious actor and even in comedy movies where his entourage have no involvement. I think many critics justContinue reading “Double Bogey For ‘Happy Gilmore 2’”
‘I Know What You Did Last Summer’ Is A Bizarro Scooby-Doo Thriller
I don’t blame the late Lois Duncan for being upset over how her novel was changed from a young adult thriller into a slasher movie. But she still cashed the checks. When the movie opened in the Fall of 1997, people in my dorm at Georgia Southern University thought it was a direct sequel toContinue reading “‘I Know What You Did Last Summer’ Is A Bizarro Scooby-Doo Thriller”
‘The Amateur’ Is The ‘Cannonball Run’ Of Spy Espionage Thrillers
The Amateur is one of those movies that is so dull and boring you realize most people in the cast probably did it for a nice paycheck. The budget is $60 million but the action sequences are sloppy and forgettable. The director, James Hawes, has been directing mostly TV shows and TV movies, which explainsContinue reading “‘The Amateur’ Is The ‘Cannonball Run’ Of Spy Espionage Thrillers”
‘Late Show With Stephen Colbert’ Cancelation Is Not An Odd Coincidence
Nowadays, it seems just about anyone with some recording material and a website domain name can become a podcast celebrity. Times change and we as a a society have to change with them. Therefore, I can see that we may be in the autumn years of the talk show format. Do we really need celebritiesContinue reading “‘Late Show With Stephen Colbert’ Cancelation Is Not An Odd Coincidence”
‘Sinners’ Is A Jim Crow Southern Gothic Version Of ‘From Dusk Till Dawn’
Every now and again, a movie like Sinners comes around. Everyone seems to rave about it but I don’t see it. I don’t know why it’s been so hard for filmmakers in the last 10-15 to make good vampire movies. Maybe the Twilight franchise and True Blood series ruined it all. The last good vampireContinue reading “‘Sinners’ Is A Jim Crow Southern Gothic Version Of ‘From Dusk Till Dawn’”
‘Captain America: Brave New World’ Still Has Same Old MCU Problems
The main problem with Captain America: Brave New World is you can clearly tell which scenes were added after principal photography ended. While it’s not uncommon for many movies to have tweaks here and there and additional scenes shot to clear up plot holes, this movie feels like a Chose Your Own Adventure book thatContinue reading “‘Captain America: Brave New World’ Still Has Same Old MCU Problems”
‘Uncle Sam’ Is A Film Flam
A movie like Uncle Sam resides during that strange period in the 1990s where slasher flicks were relocated from independent movie theaters to a certain section of the video rental shops and aired on Showtime while the network was still trying to find its footing as the next HBO but couldn’t break away from theContinue reading “‘Uncle Sam’ Is A Film Flam”
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