Greta is one of those rare movies that benefits from how bad it is. What’s odd, though, is that the film, helmed by director Neil Jordan (who is no slouch, having made both The Crying Game and Interview With the Vampire), has moments … Continue reading Movie Review: Greta (2019)
My last thread/essay about sobriety was everything I had expected it to be: The commentary was warm, receptive and, most of all, supportive. The “State of the Avocado” update continues to move toward that trend and makes this one of … Continue reading No More Stinkin’ Fun At All: A Sobriety Thread
Last night at the New Beverly Cinema, I was lucky enough to catch a triple feature of films directed by Katt Shea. She was in attendance briefly, gave a little bit of backstory on these films and how they came … Continue reading Katt Shea Triple Feature: Poison Ivy (1992), Streets (1990) and Stripped to Kill (1987)
After last month’s Holmes & Watson, I wasn’t too thrilled with the idea of another Blank & Blank buddy picture also featuring John C. Reilly as the other Blank of the title. Holmes & Watson was so bad that it made me question … Continue reading Movie Review: Stan & Ollie (2018)
I recently decided to go sober, just a little over five weeks ago. After much dabbling in drinking less or even taking long, extended breaks, I decided, shit, it’s time to just part ways with alcohol completely. Part of sobriety, … Continue reading A Beginner’s Guide to Teetotaling
My guilty pleasure is the type of comedy you can turn your brain off to and just enjoy without having to think. Will Ferrell has a fair amount in his filmography I can point to that aren’t great, maybe even not … Continue reading Movie Review: Holmes & Watson (2018)
Editor’s Note: Feel free to post as big or as small of a list as you would like below but please keep your lists contained to these posts and do not open up your own or fill up the OT … Continue reading The Pits: Best in Miscellaneous 2018 – Nominations
With every episode of King of the Hill dropping on Hulu, returning to streaming since being dropped from Netflix many years ago, I wanted to start doing some more regular explorations of what made this show so great. Based on a … Continue reading The Complicated Father-Son Relationship of Hank and Bobby Hill
Some mild spoilers may follow. If you’re dead set on seeing this and want to go in without knowing a thing, I’d skip this review. If you’re mildly curious, read on, I don’t spoil any of the twists or surprises … Continue reading Movie Review: Suspiria (2018)
In King of the Hill, the four men who drink beer in the alley—Hank, Dale, Bill and Boomhauer—are all from broken families in one way or another. Hank has an abusive, alcoholic father suffering from PTSD. His mother is aloof … Continue reading Friendship as Family in Arlen is Darlin’
Portrait of Jason is a movie with motives I find to be a bit troubling, but I can’t deny its power. The documentary’s subject, Jason Holliday, a gay black man, a larger-than-life figure, drinks, pops pills and regales the camera … Continue reading TCM Underground: Portrait of Jason (1967)
Macon County Line was one of many movies at the time that had claimed to be based on a true story to attract audiences, but was never based in anything factual. It’s about two brothers, Chris and Wayne Dixon (played … Continue reading TCM Underground: Macon County Line (1974)
The Predator movies and I go way back. I was really young when I saw the first one, probably way too young to be watching it, but my parents were always letting me watch hard-R type stuff with severed limbs and … Continue reading Movie Review: The Predator (2018)
I think the first time I ever became aware of a production company’s involvement behind the scenes of the movies they created was when I became aware of Full Moon Entertainment. Obviously, I knew who Disney was and who Warner … Continue reading Full Moon Entertainment: A Love Letter
After spending so much time reviewing cult flicks and trash picks, I feel weird that I’m so compelled to write a review for Bridge on the River Kwai of all movies. I’d seen it a handful of times as a kid … Continue reading Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
After The Exorcist, the film, came out in 1973, studios and filmmakers were in a mad rush to capitalize on its success. If you look at any given horror title from ’73 through to about ’76, it might have to … Continue reading Something Evil (1972) – Steven Spielberg’s Forgotten Horror Movie
NOTE: This review will contain some mild spoilers. This, I feel, will be a place where I can explore some of the themes of the film without spoiling any of its surprises. I want this to be a review specifically … Continue reading Movie Reviews: Hereditary (2018)
This week on TCM Underground, we travel to the 1950s and 1960s in Japan and get treated to a double feature that goes against the norm and invites us to a frank discussion on sexuality. Both films go into explicit … Continue reading TCM Underground: Funeral Parade of Roses (1969) and Crazed Fruit (1956)
This week’s TCM Underground double feature’s theme is on a pair of rip-offs that followed in the very, very successful wake of Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho. Anatomy of a Psycho (1961) Not content with borrowing just one part of its title from … Continue reading TCM Underground: Anatomy of a Psycho (1961) and Homicidal (1961)
Today, I bring you a very special TCM Underground write-up. Not only was this one of my favorite double-features since I started doing this feature months ago, in just a few short hours I’m flying to Las Vegas and I’m … Continue reading TCM Underground: Alone in the Dark (1982) and Killer Klowns from Outer Space (1988)
When you see that a movie is a Golan-Globus Production in its opening credits, you have no idea what you’re in for. The people behind the Cannon Group were certainly… ambitious. They had a few winners, they had a few … Continue reading TCM Underground: Hercules (1983)
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