Dear Hollywood Filmmakers…

Next summer, Ridley Scott’s latest movie is opening.  Shockingly, it doesn’t star Russell Crowe.  Starring Denzel Washington, John Travolta and James Gandolfini, this could me the movie that makes people over look the strange, plastic-like sheen that’s coming off of Travolta’s forehead. But, there’s another problem.  It’s a remake…  (wait for it…) of a really …

The Devolution of Hollywood?

Broadly speaking, films tend to reflect the culture that produces them. For example, horror movies when looked at from a distance, plays on our cultural fears. George Romero’s ‘Night of the Living Dead,’ while outwardly appearing as a zombie survivalist movie, took America’s fear of nuclear war and took it to a next step. More …

Get Your Own Damn Ideas, Hollywood: A Musing

The January through the March/April timeframe is a notorious lull for film junkies. Our attention turns away from the theater as Hollywood desperately tries to coax us in with movies like ‘College Road Trip’ or ‘Vantage Point’ (whose trailer only had me curious as to why Forrest Whitaker thinks his career is low enough that …

Gary Busey Still Classy

I am voting that next year if Gary Busey is still alive, we give him a mic at the Oscar’s and then just step back and watch magic happen. Who would you rather watch: Ryan Seacrest ending an interview with Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson by asking to do squats together (though his “are you going …