Category Archives: Movies

Movies in Theaters and on our TV

RIP Grant Imahara

Posted on July 17, 2020 by Steve

A belated farewell to Grant! A person who helped push the boundaries of Science and Science Fiction! Most of us will always remember him for his contributions to Mythbusters until the network decided to cut the budget. Seems that White Trash Under … Continue reading →

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RIP Ennio Morricone

Posted on July 6, 2020 by Steve

Ennio was probably one of the biggest composers before John Williams, namely due to his head start. Like many, I’m more familiar with his Westerns that made Clint Eastwood into a bigger star and then contributing to John Carpenter’s remake … Continue reading →

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RIP Carl Reiner

Posted on June 30, 2020 by Steve

So many comedy patriarchs are leaving us lately, I’m starting to feel like my grandparents who I thought were obsessed with obituaries during the Seventies and Eighties. To say Carl Reiner was a legend is an understatement. The man helped … Continue reading →

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RIP Joel Schumacher

Posted on June 22, 2020 by Steve

Joel was often mocked and reviled for what he did in Batman Forever and Batman & Robin, I recall there’s a joke in Robot Chicken in which a convention goer calls him History’s Greatest Monster. However, he did helm a few well-loved films before … Continue reading →

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The Cooler

Posted on June 21, 2020 by Steve

While Jennifer is walking me through all the Netflix-available seasons of Shameless, she introduced me to this movie I somehow overlooked a couple decades ago. I dig movies set in Las Vegas with two exceptions…The Hangover, not funny; Leaving Las Vegas, super … Continue reading →

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RIP Iam Holm

Posted on June 19, 2020 by Steve

Ian will be remembered by me for all the support characters he provided to numerous favorite movies of mine. The duplicitous science officer Ash in Alien, the rival restaurant owner Pascal in Big Night, Bilbo Baggins in Lord of the Rings, greedy head … Continue reading →

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Rocketman

Posted on June 11, 2020 by Steve

When it comes to a Biography or Auto-Biography movie, this is more like it! Right away the tagline says, “The only way to tell his story is to live his Fantasy.” Even if it weren’t Elton John, this should’ve been … Continue reading →

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Good Boys

Posted on June 3, 2020 by Steve

Hollywood dips into the Superbad/Booksmart well one more time with Tweeners and the results are predictable. All the best jokes were wasted in the trailer. Did I mention these are the morons who gave us the unfunny Sausage Party? Well, I … Continue reading →

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Sierra Burgess is a Loser

Posted on May 24, 2020 by Steve

John Hughes would’ve been proud of this high school take on Cyrano de Bergerac and I loved it because Sierra killed off a couple common tropes in its storytelling. I’m also stoked to see Stranger Things‘ breakout actress Shannon Purser getting a … Continue reading →

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Kiss me Patrick Swayzeeeeeee!

Posted on May 23, 2020 by Steve

This week, the excellent people at Super 7 Toys replaced my Bride of Frankenstein figure because the first one’s arm broke right off. Then I got goofy with joy and decided to have her demand a kiss from Patrick Swayze … Continue reading →

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1980: The Empire Strikes Back hits theaters

Posted on May 21, 2020 by Steve

The best of the nine core Star Wars movies made its debut in American theaters. It was the most anticipated film in my life that’s for sure. Empire opened on a Wednesday night too which was a big deal in 1980; new … Continue reading →

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Sorry to Bother You

Posted on May 19, 2020 by Steve

On the surface, Sorry appears to be a standard comedy about how working-class people are getting screwed out of their homes in the San Francisco/Oakland area. Instead I was pleasantly surprised to discover how Sorry is a cousin of Idiocracy. How so? It seems in … Continue reading →

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RIP Fred Willard

Posted on May 17, 2020 by Steve

Fred will be dearly missed. He was an incredibly funny guy who never left anything on the bench when he performed. He was also a comedians comedian, an inspiration to his peers and the generations who followed (Tim and Eric … Continue reading →

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Killing Them Softly

Posted on May 13, 2020 by Steve

Killing was a rather mediocre Crime movie set around the final days of the 2008 election. There’s so much yapping, you’d think David Mamet wrote this but it’s loosely based upon a book I’m not going to look up. Brad Pitt … Continue reading →

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Bad Company

Posted on May 5, 2020 by Steve

Besides being the first movie to use the title Bad Company (the name reappeared in 1995 and 2002, both as modern Action flicks), we can also blame the 1972 period piece for giving the AOR band its name; Paul Rodgers loved … Continue reading →

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