They said it couldn’t be done. Steve Gerber’s comic book about a foul-tempered (fowl-tempered? No, that’s too easy), beer-guzzling, cigar-chomping duck simply wouldn’t translate to film. Not even Lea Thompson as the leader of an CONTINUE READING…
Out of all the movie genres out there, we all know how chick flick films have some of the biggest influence in popular culture. Some might think that this genre isn’t really important or valuable CONTINUE READING…
I can’t tell you when The Goonies first debuted on HBO. It had to be sometime in 1986 or maybe even as late as 1987. But either way, it was before we had cable at CONTINUE READING…
Every film lover has a ‘guilty pleasure,’ a movie one enjoys despite what popular opinion says about it. The designation has been applied to films as diverse as Grease and Plan 9 From Outer Space, but one film CONTINUE READING…
In the early 2000s, a captivating fusion of martial arts mastery, urban grit, and forbidden romance ignited the silver screen in Romeo Must Die. Director Andrzej Bartkowiak created a visually stunning Oakland, a concrete jungle CONTINUE READING…
Mardi Gras takes place this year on February 16. Unfortunately, New Orleans (and the surrounding area) has had to cancel most of the Mardi Gras festivities for the 2021 celebration due to COVID-19. At $10.5 billion CONTINUE READING…
Movies and cartoons in the 80s and 90s are inexplicably linked. While some cartoons were adapted to the big screen, either in continuation or as an adaptation, many movies also made the jump to the CONTINUE READING…
When “Put a Little Love in Your Heart” was first released in 1969 it was not intended to be a Christmas song, but it became one for me once it was included in the 1988 CONTINUE READING…
Title role notwithstanding, Santa was primarily a supporting character in 1985’s holiday family feature Santa Claus. Dudley Moore got top billing as an elf named Patch, with John Lithgow taking the role of antagonist B.Z. Saint CONTINUE READING…
Picture James Bond, slightly geekier and with a winged condor suit. Got it? Then you’re ready for Condorman, a goofy action/comedy from Disney, starring the world’s most unlikely superheroic secret agent. Comic book writer/artist Woody Wilkins CONTINUE READING…
White-collar crime is one of the most polarising trends in pop culture in recent years, with films like The Wolf of Wall Street drawing popularity and controversy in equal measures for the way they depict fraudulent criminals. CONTINUE READING…
Cloak & Dagger told the story of the little boy who cried, “Government spies are selling out the country and I have the video game to prove it!” In this loose reworking of 1949’s The Window (which was CONTINUE READING…
Halloween is approaching, and my excitement for the season grows with each passing day. Decorations are up, candy is stocked, and the lights are dimmed. During the Halloween season, one of my favorite activities is CONTINUE READING…
Movies are all around us, millions released and many forgotten. Some make it big at the box office, while others flop. There are few movies that are widely remembered and become pop culture. From memorable CONTINUE READING…
It’s that time of year again, the Season of the Witch. As the air cools and the shadows lengthen, the creaks and thuds you hear in the middle of the night take on a sinister CONTINUE READING…
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