Say It Loud, Say It Proud
There comes a time in everyone’s life when the burden of pretending to be something you are not becomes too onerous. And so it was with me and SHARKNADO. Yes, … Continue reading
Taking to the Airwaves
When I’m not seeing movies, writing about movies, editing audio interviews about movies, I can sometimes be found talking about movies with the Divine Maureen Langan on San Francisco’s ABC … Continue reading
TRANSFORMERS: AGE OF EXTINCTION — Proving Money Can’t Save A Bad Movie
Perhaps Michael Bay was worried that this might be the last Transformers movie ever, hence the “extinction” in the title, and, further hence, being the reason that he packed the … Continue reading
April is Not the Cruelest Month
At some point during the month of January I am moved to refute T.S. Eliot’s assertion that April is the cruelest month (“The Waste Land” 1922). He, of course, was … Continue reading
Head Berry John Wilson — 2014 Razzie Awards
Whenever I am trapped at a bad movie, one that makes me want to retch up my pancreas, I have the solace of knowing that sooner or later it will … Continue reading
The Long Strange Journey of Michael Cera and Sebastian Silva on the Way to CRYSTAL FAIRY.
I’m not quite sure how it happened, but while talking to actor Michael Cera (ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT, JUNO) and director Sebastian Silva (THE MAID, OLD CATS) on June 7, 2013, the … Continue reading
Stallone’s Last Stand?
It was a gutsy thing to do casting Jason Momoa as the villain in BULLET TO THE HEAD, what with star Sylvester Stallone obviously being under the impression that he … Continue reading
The Razzies: The Tart Response to Hollywood Awards Season
I love The Razzies. It’s the only show-biz prize awarded strictly on merit. There is no lobbying for the gold-sprayed, plastic statue of the eponymous fruit. And for a long … Continue reading
GANGSTER SQUAD and Squandered Talent
Imitation may be the sincerest form of flattery, but while GANGSTER SQUAD obviously admires Brian De Palma’s THE UNTOUCHABLES, and tries very, very hard to be a variation on that … Continue reading
Killer Movie Reviews 