A gritty and unflinching look at the gang wars plaguing Los Angeles, Dennis Hopper’s Colors received praise from some critics for its fearless portrayal of gang life, while others accused Hopper of exploiting the increasing violence. The controversy grew after…
“Warner Bros. Home Entertainment provided me with a free copy of the DVD I reviewed in this Blog Post. The opinions I share are my own.” In February of 2016, Netflix released the first season of Fuller House, a sequel…
It took a few years, but Doctor Strange has finally entered the Marvel Cinematic Multiverse by way of a self-titled origin story. Though saddled with mandatory elements, the story offers enough ingenuity and excitement to keep viewers engaged. For those…
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Released in the summer of 1988, Poltergeist III was the last and least effective of the original films. Young Heather O’Rourke passed away before the movie was completed, casting a pall over the entire production. After her death, the ending…
Seven years after fashion designer Tom Ford made his impressive directorial debut with A Single Man based on the Christopher Isherwood novel, he turns to another novel, “Tony and Susan, “as the basis for his latest film, Nocturnal Animals, a…
The one-time strained, occasionally strange, but loving bond between Debbie Reynolds and Carrie Fisher, the Hollywood mother/daughter duo who passed away within a day of each other in December of 2016, is on Bright Lights, a film by Fisher Stevens…
I’ve been a fan of both Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin for as long as I can remember. 9 to 5, the 1980 film they co-starred in, alongside Dolly Parton, remains a personal favorite. So naturally, I had high hopes…
Based on the novel by James M. Cain, Mildred Pierce is the type of bleak, melodramatic film that it’s star Joan Crawford excelled in–tough as nails–a woman who could take care of herself, but is alluring enough to always have…
Being a teenager is rough; thank goodness, I don’t ever have to go through those years again. As a teenager, back when the John Hughes scripted Pretty in Pink (1986) came out, I related to Duckie (Jon Cryer) the most….