Who Was Michael J. Pollard?
Do you remember the guy in that classic motorcycle movie Little Fauss and Big Halsy? How about the academy award-nominated co-star of Bonnie and Clyde? Okay, do you remember that episode of Star Trek, the original series, where they go to a planet that is…
De-Aging is Distracting and Unnecessary
With the recent release of “The Irishman” and “Gemini Man,” a lot of the entertainment media has focused the discussion of those films on de-aging. For those who don’t know, De-aging is where you take an older actor and then through the magic of computer…
The Black Hole (1979) Review – Disney Goes Dark In Its First PG Film
Walt Disney’s response to Star Wars is The Black Hole “The Black Hole” opens with some dark music as a space ship slowly crosses the screen that houses the crew, and the robot, that is not RTD2 because this robot talks and floats. His name…
A Review of the Documentary “Gaza”
“Gaza” draws you in, thinking the strip doesn’t look that bad, and then shows you it is that bad. Imagine living in a place that is 25 miles long and 7 miles wide, and is populated by 2 million people and growing. Then add to…
Horrible Histories: The Movie – Rotten Romans Review
What works as a TV show does not necessarily work as a movie. Whenever I attend a movie screening, I try to watch it from the point of view of the target audience. That way I’m giving it as fair of a review as possible….
A Review of Child’s Play 2019 – Chucky 2.0 Fails a Software Update
In an era of reboots and sequels, can Child’s Play live up to the original? I watched the original “Child’s Play” many years ago and enjoyed it at the time. But then again, I was much younger and easier to scare. When going into the…
A Review of the Documentary Movie Diego Maradona
“Diego Maradona” is an insightful look into how we build our heroes up, only to tear them down. Told with archived footage and voice-over interviews director Asif Kapadia opens “Diego Maradona” with an 80 style montage of a car following another car, that cuts back…
A Review of the Movie Late Night – Cultural Commentary and Some Heart
Cranky old TV host hires a bubbly young writer because she “hates women,” and some stuff happens as they learn from each other to be better people. “Late Night” follows talk show host Katherine Newbury (Emma Thompson) who has Molly Patel (Mindy Kaling) hired as…
