Basically built around the question of which were successful enough to prompt sequels. But there are signs of Hollywood’s ongoing structural problems here. As noted in the article, Universal had three successful… Read Article →
For some reason, women’s focus groups did not find the new Beauty and the Beast TV show was romantic as the old one.
“A doctor reanimates the corpse of his mad scientist grandfather, THEN figures out it was a bad idea!” Even for the dedicated genre movie fan like myself, Jerry Warren movies are often… Read Article →
Boy, get rid of the silverfish and then this happens.
This made less domestically than that awful remake of When a Stranger Calls, and that was following the Spider-Man movies. I don’t get it.
[Note the highly misleading poster art. Hope never wears anything like he is pictured here, and Dorothy Lamour certainly never appears in a bathing suit. And I seriously have no friggin’ idea… Read Article →
This scene is quite paneful.
The opening paragraph of the Chicago Tribune review of this film mentions the awkwardness of releasing a film about a neighborhood watch following the Trayvon Martin shooting. “Timing is everything,” Michael Phillips… Read Article →
I briefly considered making a joke about the “Rolling Bones.” I have never come closer to just shuttering the site.
Is this why I’ve always wanted a fez and smocking jacket?* Maybe. [*Seriously, I have. However, good smoking jackets cost way too much dough.]