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Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret: Must See
The inaugural and probably most famous Judy Blume novel finally makes its debut on the big screen. I figured it had been at least a made-for-TV thing a couple times but Blume had repeatedly said no to every attempt until … Continue reading
The Return of the Jedi as the header
It’s the movie that gets the least respect in the first trilogy. In many ways, Lucas deserved the grief he received over it but then again Empire was a tough film and story to follow. He could’ve lessened the disappointment if … Continue reading
Welcome May 2023! I stand with the WGA
While the rest of the world celebrates Labour Day (added the ‘u’ since it’s Un-Amerikan), we just go, meh. I think it’s very fitting though. Today the Writers Guild of America goes on strike and I’m behind them all the … Continue reading
Renfield: Must See but not for weak stomachs
Another, way much better movie Universal made after their Horror Universe to compete with MCU, collapsed spectacularly under Tom Cruise’s mummy flick. Their first was that scary invisible man thriller with Elizabeth Moss. Now they go for comedy with Dracula … Continue reading
The D&D Movie: Actually worth seeing
Twenty-three years later, Hollywood has tried again and this time Paramount and Hasbro succeeded in making a film based upon the D&D property with successful; something the overrated Gary Gygax could never do. Now admittedly, I wasn’t seriously onboard because … Continue reading
Ant-Man…Quantamania: Must See, screw the naysayers!
I know I’m late to post this and sadly it’s allegedly MCU’s first major failure or flop or whatever, especially in light of how everybody and their uncle is jumping onboard the “Marvel needs to give it a rest” train. … Continue reading
Not Another Teen Movie
From the Scary Movie team trying to make something as well-made as Airplane! and Mel Brooks’ good streak came a take on all the Teen Romance-Coming-of-Age comedies. It was also Chris Evans’ big debut before he became best known as Captain America … Continue reading
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Tagged Aughts, Comedy, Coming-of-Age, Eighties, John Hughes, Nineties
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Everything Everywhere All at Once: Must See
I saw this last Spring and since it kicked ass at the Oscars®, something I find impossible given how the so-called Academy prefers boring-ass shit released between Christmas and MLK Day. You know…Woody Allen’s navel gazing or people in period-piece … Continue reading
Cast Away
Another movie I decided to watch out of self hate I guess. Given the performance, story line and how a modern-day Robinson Crusoe could pan out; another book which will be modified for the thin-skinned faux liberal peal clutchers; this would’ve … Continue reading
The Three Stooges 2012
I’m not sure who thought making a reboot of these characters was a good idea. Choosing the Farrelly Brothers to direct was the only smart decision as those two are pretty solid with physical comedy as demonstrated in Dumb and Dumber … Continue reading
Casino
I really wanted to see this to scratch a mental itch and what my friends told me was pretty correct, if you’ve seen Goodfellas, there’s little reason to see Casino. It demonstrated how Marty has little right to criticize others, especially when … Continue reading
RIP Raquel Welch
My ex-roomie Paul said Raquel was his first crush. I would have to go with Valerie Perrine for mine around this era, however, I can see her effect because Fantastic Voyage was a staple on WGN. More people tend to list 10,000 … Continue reading
RIP Burt Bacharach
Digging out further thanks to COVID-19 but I can never ignore this awesome gentleman even if his music wasn’t really, directly, my thing. He influenced who I liked and provided a great Monty Python joke in The Meaning of Life. Hang in … Continue reading
Posted in Movies, Music
Tagged Celebrity Obituary, Popular/Mainstream Culture, Seventies, Sixties
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RIP Melinda Dillon
I hate it when Twitter informs me of sad, tragic things and I wasn’t expecting the Hanson Brothers (of Slapshot fame) to be the first to let me know this wonderful actress and person passed away. The announcement was delayed as … Continue reading
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Tagged Celebrity Obituary, Comedy, Eighties, Science Fiction, Seventies
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Infinity Pool: Recommended only for strong stomachs
Before I got COVID-19, I did squeeze in a movie with my brain doctor’s OK. Cronenberg has a son and when it comes to this movie, the acorn doesn’t fall far from the tree! But put the Horror aside for … Continue reading →