The problem with a movie like War Machine is that it’s two different cliched stories that never do make for an entertaining feature. It’s basically An Officer and a Gentleman meets Predator. It’s the type of movie they used to release in the 1990s and 2000s in movies during the less active months before they were regulated to video rental shops and TBS’ Movies For Guys Who Like Movies. Part ofContinue reading “‘War Machine’ Stalls On Cliches”
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Robert Duvall Rides Into The Sunset As Hollywood’s Last True Cowboy & Outlaw
Guiness Book of World Records once called Robert Duvall the most versatile actor currently working. That was about 40 years ago. I’m sure a lot of other actors (Samuel L. Jackson maybe) have claimed that title since. But even given his body of work up to that time, it was impressive. It was the type of work that an actor would borrow,Continue reading “Robert Duvall Rides Into The Sunset As Hollywood’s Last True Cowboy & Outlaw”
‘Honey Don’t!’ Watch This Movie
Back in the mid-1980s, the Coen Brothers mixed excessive over the top violence with outrageous absurd humor and amazing visual styles that many directors take several films to achieve. And then they split following the release of The Ballad of Buster Scruggs. They said it was over creative differences and Ethan wanted to focus on theater. Joel Coen made TheContinue reading “‘Honey Don’t!’ Watch This Movie”
‘The Pledge’ Showcases Tom Noonan’s Talents Alongside Jack Nicholson
When you’re about 6-foot-5, actors like Tom Noonan’s imposing size were mostly cast as villains and antagonists. Yet his dual role in Last Action Hero both as The Ripper and himself showed that deep down he was just a regular person who got the acting bug and went with it. His brother, John Ford Noonan, was an actor and playwright himself. And hisContinue reading “‘The Pledge’ Showcases Tom Noonan’s Talents Alongside Jack Nicholson”
‘Amazing Stories’ Cartoon Episode Helped Change Prime-Time Animation
An anthology show such as Amazing Stories was never really bound to last long. It seemed more like a lighter, less bleak version of The Twilight Zone, which in itself only lasted five seasons. Yet there are more than three times as many episodes during its original run. Steven Spielberg spearheaded the anthology, creating and developing it as well as acting as a producerContinue reading “‘Amazing Stories’ Cartoon Episode Helped Change Prime-Time Animation”
‘The Simpson’ 800th Episode Airs Today, Will You Be Watching?
To be honest, I haven’t watched The Simpsons on a regular basis in almost a decade. I used to look forward to it but by about the mid-2010s, there were too many cracks. The show had become too self-aware and the jokes weren’t as funny as more. Still, the show stayed on the air. I’dContinue reading “‘The Simpson’ 800th Episode Airs Today, Will You Be Watching?”
‘Valentine’ Turns 25
A movie like Valentine basically asks us to believe that the one character we know is the killer isn’t the killer. In all fairness, David Boreanz only had about two weeks to film all his scenes in this movie and his character of Adam Carr never does really seem to fit the storyline. I don’t doubt there were script changes during filming which meant some of hisContinue reading “‘Valentine’ Turns 25”
‘Jason Takes Manhattan’ Only Briefly In Lackluster ‘Friday the 13th’ Entry
Before Kangaroo Jack deceived a whole generation into believing that the premise of a movie was different than how it was advertised, there was Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan. You could also say the same thing about The Full Monty by the way. By 1989, horror movies were scrapping the bottom of the barrel of filmmaking. Critics detested them. Audiences were staying away.Continue reading “‘Jason Takes Manhattan’ Only Briefly In Lackluster ‘Friday the 13th’ Entry”
‘After Hours’ Showcases Catherine O’Hara’s Great Talents
Born and raised in the Toronto area in an Irish Catholic household, Catherine O’Hara was on SCTV with other greats like John Candy, Rick Moranis, and Eugene Levy. She famously went on to Saturday Night Live in the infamous sixth season which would see Eddie Murphy and Joe Piscopo among others like Gilbert Gottfried and Charles Rocket. She reportedly spent one week working at SNL before leavingContinue reading “‘After Hours’ Showcases Catherine O’Hara’s Great Talents”
‘The Rip’ Is One Of Those Movie That Is For Guys That Like Movies
Some filmmakers get stuck in their formative years and it becomes a reflection on their work no matter how long they live. Quentin Tarantino seems to be stuck in the 1970s. Floyd Mutrux wrote, produced and directed movies that were mostly set in the 1950s and early 1960s. It happens. Your late teens and early 20s are usually those moments when you feel like you’re goingContinue reading “‘The Rip’ Is One Of Those Movie That Is For Guys That Like Movies”
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