Clint Eastwood has never done a real straight horror movie. His first movie as a lab tech in one single scene Return of the Creature was more of a monster movie. Play Misty for Me and Tightrope are more erotic psychological thrillers. And even the Dirty Harry movies are more focused on action thrills thanContinue reading “‘Pale Rider’ Is Eastwood’s Supernatural Western Masterpiece”
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South Park’s Mockery Of Canada Seems More Timely With Classic Episode, Guy
Almost from the beginning of their run, South Park co-creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone seemed to have been poking fun of Canada in one form or another. They had Canadians Terrence and Phillip who were popular with the South Park children for their constant flatulence. This led to one of their most controversial episodesContinue reading “South Park’s Mockery Of Canada Seems More Timely With Classic Episode, Guy”
‘Emilia Perez’ Suffers From Its Own Identity Crisis
There’s three ways to make a movie with the focal point around a transgender person – the good, the bad and the ugly. In 2018, A Fantastic Woman won the Best Foreign Language Oscar and it focused on the life of a woman who was the partner of a deceased older man and became criticizedContinue reading “‘Emilia Perez’ Suffers From Its Own Identity Crisis”
‘Spamalot Diaries’ Is The Book Equivalent Of You Just Had To Be There
I’ve been a big Monty Python fan for over 30 years. Little did I know that some of my favorite movies as a kid like A Fish Called Wanda and Yellowbeard which I saw in the 1980s had that Pythonesque humor to it. (Ok, Yellowbeard is not so good once you get older.) And IContinue reading “‘Spamalot Diaries’ Is The Book Equivalent Of You Just Had To Be There”
‘Fallen’ Is A B-Movie With A-List Cast That Has Risen To Cult Classic Status
Sometimes, a movie like Fallen comes along that has an impressive cast with an fascinating premise, you just wonder what the hell went wrong. Well, if you look at the time frame in which the movie was release, that can answer a lot of the questions. It was released in the middle of January 1998Continue reading “‘Fallen’ Is A B-Movie With A-List Cast That Has Risen To Cult Classic Status”
‘Back In Action’ Lacking In Much Action And Originality
Back in Action had become more famous for the behind the scenes real-life drama that probably had the rest of the cast and crew worried if it could be finished at all. Jamie Foxx had been hospitalized in April 2023 while working on the movie in Atlanta. His family and close friends did a greatContinue reading “‘Back In Action’ Lacking In Much Action And Originality”
‘Super/Man’ Documentary Will Make You Believe Anybody Can Soar High
During one of the interviews in the documentary Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story that hits hard is when Glenn Close says she thinks Robin Williams would still be alive if Reeve was still alive. While Williams was suffering from Lewy body dementia at the time of his death, I will have to agree with herContinue reading “‘Super/Man’ Documentary Will Make You Believe Anybody Can Soar High”
‘Running Man’ A Sensational Warning Of A Future Closely Approaching
Note: This post does contain spoilers to this and other movies. One the surface, a movie like 1987’s The Running Man seems to be more of a typical Arnold Schwarzenegger action fare. But under the surface is a satire and maybe a warning of a future that seems vastly approaching to a reality. Now thatContinue reading “‘Running Man’ A Sensational Warning Of A Future Closely Approaching”
‘Queer’ Is Quite Straight
I’m going to be brutally honest here. Just because a movie, TV show or literary work covers a subject matter that is (or in this case) was hardly ever discussed, it doesn’t make it automatically great. William S. Burroughs was part of the Beat Generation, but we have to wonder was he consider good becauseContinue reading “‘Queer’ Is Quite Straight”
David Lynch Made Avant-Garde Cinema/TV Mainstream
I’ve often said even when David Lynch made a bad movie, it was still a lot better than some other director’s best movies. I remember watching the 2002 Academy Awards telecast and very briefly there was a shot of Lynch standing next to Robert Altman as they were casually talking. It was one of thoseContinue reading “David Lynch Made Avant-Garde Cinema/TV Mainstream”
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