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”
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‘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”
‘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”
‘FUBAR’ Keeps Fudging Up
FUBAR is the type of series an actor makes after a rough patch and has lost their standing many years earlier. One month away from his 78th birthday, Arnold Schwarzenegger has been a testament to his catchphrase “I’ll be back.” When Last Action Hero bombed, he did True Lies and got a temporary career resurgence.Continue reading “‘FUBAR’ Keeps Fudging Up”
‘Deathtrap’ Falls Into Own Trap Unable To Break Out Of Stage Style
Movies that are based on plays are often a tough sale. A Few Good Men and Steel Magnolias were able to expand past the dimensions of a stage play yet still tell the same story. Then, you have movies like Brighton Beach Memoirs or even Fences which you could tell were trying too hard toContinue reading “‘Deathtrap’ Falls Into Own Trap Unable To Break Out Of Stage Style”
RIP Gailard Sartain
With a name like Gailard Sartain, you’re either going to be a southern lawyer/politician or an actor. Good thing for Sartain, he took the latter. A native of Tulsa, he started out working for the local TV station KOTV and then along with an unknown Gary Busey, they began to develop programs. This was makeContinue reading “RIP Gailard Sartain”
‘Rocky Horror Picture Show’ Turns 50
Earlier this year, A Minecraft Movie made a lot of noise because people are getting “too rowdy” during a scene where the audience sings along and throws popcorn at the screen. It makes me wonder what the whole purpose of the movie-going experience is supposed to be. As someone who grew up on Mystery ScienceContinue reading “‘Rocky Horror Picture Show’ Turns 50”
‘What Keeps You Alive’ Has A Plot That Is Dead On Arrival
I’ve often thought horror/thriller movies have the best poster art. At one time people used to use originality in all poster art. Look at The Exorcist, Jaws, Back to the Future, or Platoon to name a few. Now it’s just a collection of the big names who are in the cast with the position andContinue reading “‘What Keeps You Alive’ Has A Plot That Is Dead On Arrival”
‘House Of My Mother’ A Memoir Of Abuse And Horrors
According to Judd Apatow, one of the reasons his show Freaks and Geeks failed is because NBC refused to allow a website to be created. It was 30 years ago when I first saw a http link used in an advertisement for the digitally remastered VHS boxed set of the Star Wars trilogy. The InternetContinue reading “‘House Of My Mother’ A Memoir Of Abuse And Horrors”
Is ‘King Of The Hill’ Cursed?
Let me start off by saying, I would like to express my condolences to actor the family and friends of actor Jonathan Joss. The actor who was most famously known for voicing John Redcorn on King of the Hill. Another recurring role was as Ken Hotate on Parks and Recreation. Joss was reportedly shot byContinue reading “Is ‘King Of The Hill’ Cursed?”
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