Monthly Archives: August 2022

Let’s get an early EARLY jump on Halloween by breaking the rules. Let’s put “The Day After Halloween” out in August. Just like “Easter Sunday!” It’s a no budget indie horror comedy that makes “breaking the rules” one of its … Continue reading →

Friday.

What’s this then? An “all-star romp” featuring Sir Ben Kingsley, John Cleese, Joanna Lumley and the late Bob Hoskins, Diana Rigg and Oliver Reed? Why’d it never earn a US release? And if not, how did Bobcat Goldthwait see it … Continue reading →

“Let’s go get famous.” Sept. 16.

Everything every movie theater on Earth has been doing to try and stave off “going dark” — the upselling of the experience, “reserved seating,” IMAX, RPX and other shake-the-seats sound gimmicks — was kicked right in the teeth by the … Continue reading →

Good intentions run smack into self-indulgence in “MVP,” a slack, sentimental, cliche-and-stereotype-stuffed drama from activist, charitable foundation founder, Green Beret vet and actor Nate Boyer. Boyer directed, co-wrote and stars in this story of a homeless Marine who meets a … Continue reading →

The film’s co-producer was found murdered, handcuffed to a chair two weeks before the film was released. He and a later-imprisoned co-producer made their money from marijuana importation, sales and distribution. The movie was chopped up by studio editors and … Continue reading →

You’re doing a documentary about quarterback turned social justice icon Colin Kaepernick. But Netflix has nailed him down (probably) with an “exclusive rights” deal of some sorts for their “Colin in Black and White” dramatic series, so an interview is … Continue reading →

So aliens have been imprisoning the worst of the worst among their criminals inside human bodies for centuries, solving a big warehousing problem for them and explaining a whole LOT of not-quite-humans scattered amongst humanity. Hellooo, Mister Musk. One of … Continue reading →