MICHAEL WINNER DIRECTS CHARLES BRONSON IN 'DEATH WISH'

<p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiYbaChH4HKKV2DsEUgSfKBKg2dORohHbuqSTpqvl5hjwznWcvqAHoItyiAyBK8dJPRo4Fn7egyuhpfsSLsJ1xBT7HqL-1k-8WMxQlR7Nr4-uRb37XKk-sm23oZW_fTbYVZIYmNMypTx2QC-yE9PkZD-FxGbiRYtogbQvpehLu3kJrJcH8jh-dwyFCO4_n/s1092/later%202%202.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="654" data-original-width="1092" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiYbaChH4HKKV2DsEUgSfKBKg2dORohHbuqSTpqvl5hjwznWcvqAHoItyiAyBK8dJPRo4Fn7egyuhpfsSLsJ1xBT7HqL-1k-8WMxQlR7Nr4-uRb37XKk-sm23oZW_fTbYVZIYmNMypTx2QC-yE9PkZD-FxGbiRYtogbQvpehLu3kJrJcH8jh-dwyFCO4_n/s16000/later%202%202.jpeg"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Title: DEATH WISH Year: 1974 Rating: *****</u></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Of director Michael Winner and actor Charles Bronson's crime-trilogy spanning three consecutive years from 1972 to 1974... centering on hit-men for THE MECHANIC and cops in THE STONE KILLER... the most popular was saved for last as DEATH WISH centers on a vigilante — ironically a cross between lawman and assassin... </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>It's also more skillfully directed and acted: specifically providing tough guy Charles Bronson... also a former character-actor dating back to the 1950's... a comparably grounded and vulnerable (starring) role...</p><p><span></span></p>

action, body count, charles bronson, christopher guest, death wish, edward grover, exploitation, hope lange, jeff goldblum, michael winner, seventies, steven keats, stuart margolin

MICHAEL WINNER DIRECTS CHARLES BRONSON IN 'DEATH WISH'

Title: DEATH WISH Year: 1974 Rating: ***** Of director Michael Winner and actor Charles Bronson's crime-trilogy spanning three consecuti...

CYNDI LAUPER & JEFF GOLBLUM 'VIBES' PETER FALK & JULIAN SANDS

<p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq2vWk51Szpap0pLdKzKQCbdm7KbcEP-Kw8Kfi6z10tLyXMQ846gUjsbkUaLp1BiYT-V5MLLlHL3DBs-L-YJ7uCJnVDkWmPoSdLUd7MVCE2JWYSqUUizAqdnZLog-cIbunqNvQHZosMRJV5DLA8h29TnvORMLkF5E9mnAXxJmy8qq9SFNCg3Y5cRUHnOzH/s2128/Screen%20Shot%202023-06-28%20at%2012.02.59%20AM.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1274" data-original-width="2128" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq2vWk51Szpap0pLdKzKQCbdm7KbcEP-Kw8Kfi6z10tLyXMQ846gUjsbkUaLp1BiYT-V5MLLlHL3DBs-L-YJ7uCJnVDkWmPoSdLUd7MVCE2JWYSqUUizAqdnZLog-cIbunqNvQHZosMRJV5DLA8h29TnvORMLkF5E9mnAXxJmy8qq9SFNCg3Y5cRUHnOzH/s16000/Screen%20Shot%202023-06-28%20at%2012.02.59%20AM.jpeg"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Title: VIBES Year: 1988 Rating: ***</u></td></tr></tbody></table><p>It's a shame this comedy/adventure, about two slacker city folk with psychic powers, bombed so hard in  theaters because Cyndi Lauper – the 1980's icon who sang about girls wanting to have fun – is a pretty good actress, sharing the right amount of lightweight chemistry with fellow psychic (and really nice guy) Jeff Goldblum and rogue con-artist Peter Falk, who tricks the duo into finding his kidnapped son when he's actually seeking a mysterious pyramid of light on a mountaintop... </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Here's where the film, after establishing the likable characters in New York and then their hijinx in a small Ecuador town, goes downhill: once they reach the destination, there's nothing more to build: But Lauper's presence alone making the decent parts, and even the boring ones, somewhat worthwhile. And it's no surprise that WARLOCK actor Julian Sands is a worthy adversary...</p><p><span></span></p>

cyndi lauper, eighties, jeff goldblum, julian sands, michael lerner, peter falk, peter jason, romantic comedy

CYNDI LAUPER & JEFF GOLBLUM 'VIBES' PETER FALK & JULIAN SANDS

Title: VIBES Year: 1988 Rating: *** It's a shame this comedy/adventure, about two slacker city folk with psychic powers, bombed so har...

CHARLES BRONSON IN THE MODERN NOIR TEMPLATE OF 'ST. IVES'

<p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5fCtZxuQvtwKMcPRhz2fSO8uHNEyhlNcZXjtKzw4R0y02CTzc0-odA4uBDi57agFdzk3V3rRLhjwJCUGTbmmFVmJBl-bo9ZpzZrtnj3t9fOucytX7KyOtMD-SoxePFIZV1KRudZ1XLwboGSe29wva77xXMtbQW2qh49qepVU7kAf1-gYgjwu3RCM9gA/s962/Screen%20Shot%202022-08-25%20at%2010.23.50%20PM.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="474" data-original-width="962" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5fCtZxuQvtwKMcPRhz2fSO8uHNEyhlNcZXjtKzw4R0y02CTzc0-odA4uBDi57agFdzk3V3rRLhjwJCUGTbmmFVmJBl-bo9ZpzZrtnj3t9fOucytX7KyOtMD-SoxePFIZV1KRudZ1XLwboGSe29wva77xXMtbQW2qh49qepVU7kAf1-gYgjwu3RCM9gA/s16000/Screen%20Shot%202022-08-25%20at%2010.23.50%20PM.jpeg"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>ST. IVES Stars: Charles Bronson, John Houseman, Jacqueline Bisset Year: 1976 Rating: ***1/2</u></td></tr></tbody></table><p>The second of two Charles Bronson vehicles after DEATH WISH where Jeff Goldblum plays a member of a gang trio, this time as Hood #3 instead of Freak #1 for ST. IVES, a deliberately nostalgic gumshoe throwback liken to THE BIG SLEEP (ignited by the popularity of CHINATOWN) with Bronson as the snoopy, rough yet vulnerable Humphrey Bogart type, only a crime writer instead of private eye...</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>And, given a broad task by millionaire John Houseman to find some important papers within 1970's Downtown Los Angeles, Bronson's titular Ives roams from one location to another in the typical Noir fashion...<br></p><p><span></span></p>

action, charles bronson, crime, dana elcar, gumshoe, harry guardino, j. lee thompson, jacqueline bisset, jeff goldblum, john houseman, lynn borden, neo noir, seventies, thriller

CHARLES BRONSON IN THE MODERN NOIR TEMPLATE OF 'ST. IVES'

ST. IVES Stars: Charles Bronson, John Houseman, Jacqueline Bisset Year: 1976 Rating: ***1/2 The second of two Charles Bronson vehicles after...

DIRECTOR JOHN LANDIS EIGHTIES NEO-NOIR OF 'INTO THE NIGHT'

<p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuVyIH_kUIfWmtDeFRr9OWVAt-uXjeLJZRPBU-ejJOtoHEeaVK6tl93TMBwsY7v8kAimtmsnd9S1IDJ1qqjpA3-HDnIzN9NxtqaxaDqe5Ws8dk6HL3c6kIVRRi0n6paRNyqfzqarkG6aGVe6snexSCeTe-lRluvKspveSsrxk0wRne49gzJgkmbYB2PYJl/s1820/Screen%20Shot%202026-08-04%20at%2012.27.48%20AM.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="980" data-original-width="1820" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuVyIH_kUIfWmtDeFRr9OWVAt-uXjeLJZRPBU-ejJOtoHEeaVK6tl93TMBwsY7v8kAimtmsnd9S1IDJ1qqjpA3-HDnIzN9NxtqaxaDqe5Ws8dk6HL3c6kIVRRi0n6paRNyqfzqarkG6aGVe6snexSCeTe-lRluvKspveSsrxk0wRne49gzJgkmbYB2PYJl/s1600/Screen%20Shot%202026-08-04%20at%2012.27.48%20AM.jpeg"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Title: INTO THE NIGHT Director: John Landis Year: 1986 Rates: ****1/2</u></td></tr></tbody></table><p>The same year Martin Scorsese took a break from edgy dramas to make the humorously frantic neo noir AFTER HOURS, John Landis broke from full-comedy for his own active noir, INTO THE NIGHT, and both have a passive male thirty-something within the lively depths of an enigmatic big city albeit Los Angeles instead of New York...<br></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Meanwhile the most intriguing sequences occur before the hopelessly cheated-on insomniac Jeff Goldblum, as morosely spaced-out aerospace engineer Ed Okin, gets thrust into blind adventure with jobless model Diana played by the incredibly gorgeous Michelle Pfeiffer... a flaky pawn whose connection gets murdered in an airport parking lot, where Ed's possibly awaiting a quick flight that co-worker Dan Aykroyd said would...</p><p><span></span></p>

action, adventure, art evans, clu gulager, dan aykroyd, david bowie, eighties, irene pappas, jeff goldblum, john landis, kathryn harrold, michelle pfeiffer, neo noir, stacey pickren, thriller

DIRECTOR JOHN LANDIS EIGHTIES NEO-NOIR OF 'INTO THE NIGHT'

Title: INTO THE NIGHT Director: John Landis Year: 1986 Rates: ****1/2 The same year Martin Scorsese took a break from edgy dramas to make th...

SEQUEL TO 'JURASSIC WORLD' ALSO KNOWN AS 'FALLEN KINGDOM'

<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-YUF8euuyPy7-eHx20jCBiC9-3Wvo2C7kPQ6XHJ7DRkYf2PQ9S9FqOW6Dm3qUNdTnzL-sxr14wdvg5hyZGWW19HohbG7EvuoDPKVaBpzpv9oZmKDJpe2DIdNNbrywm2v2xKP4xc4w2lP0/s1600/06-jurassic-world.w710.h473.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="474" data-original-width="710" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-YUF8euuyPy7-eHx20jCBiC9-3Wvo2C7kPQ6XHJ7DRkYf2PQ9S9FqOW6Dm3qUNdTnzL-sxr14wdvg5hyZGWW19HohbG7EvuoDPKVaBpzpv9oZmKDJpe2DIdNNbrywm2v2xKP4xc4w2lP0/s400/06-jurassic-world.w710.h473.jpg" width="400"></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>YEAR OF RELEASE: 2018</u></td></tr> </tbody></table> The fact that the dinosaurs are the most beloved aspect of the JURASSIC PARK series (or anything combining humans with dinos dating back to the 1950's) has become inner-contagious: Now the main characters not only adore the man-eating-monsters and/or leaf-eating giants that could crush cities given half a chance, but they want to actually save them from a second extinction...<br> <br> That's after four movies where they've done nothing but wreak havoc on a myriad of civilians, and now, suddenly, they're like the kangaroo rat, or whatever endangered species conservationists find more important than humans by outlawing the burning of underbrush to keep the full-blown forest fires less drastic (ask any fireman, they'll tell ya)...<br>

action, adventure, bryce dallas howard, chris pratt, dinosaur, jeff goldblum, new, science-fiction, sequel, ted levine

SEQUEL TO 'JURASSIC WORLD' ALSO KNOWN AS 'FALLEN KINGDOM'

YEAR OF RELEASE: 2018 The fact that the dinosaurs are the most beloved aspect of the JURASSIC PARK series (or anything combining humans ...

BELATED OPENING-WEEKEND REVIEW OF 'HOTEL ARTEMIS'

<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7QFL2oczNy-36TxAJ1rR3D9l4ERa7cZERncObQXBOW92W96ylBboB_0n0K8Iq9ltAOnUwRtGWe34XEaz0szWXuIHJQgKJM31k5vAzmVz-9el4y2b-Us2NBmp7jVhld5b2QgZtGFgHyXKD/s1600/Screen+Shot+2018-06-11+at+1.09.04+AM.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1085" data-original-width="1600" height="271" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7QFL2oczNy-36TxAJ1rR3D9l4ERa7cZERncObQXBOW92W96ylBboB_0n0K8Iq9ltAOnUwRtGWe34XEaz0szWXuIHJQgKJM31k5vAzmVz-9el4y2b-Us2NBmp7jVhld5b2QgZtGFgHyXKD/s400/Screen+Shot+2018-06-11+at+1.09.04+AM.jpg" width="400"></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>But an extremely cool retro paperback poster artwork YEAR: 2018</u></td></tr> </tbody></table> Many have compared HOTEL ARTEMIS to JOHN WICK because of the hotel for criminals, which is just window-dressing here as this dingy palace actually serves as a hospital for injured, high-paying criminal club members, and the plot does sound intriguing but remains a benign foundation for a rushed action-caper just as the hotel itself harbors its crooked clientele... <br> <br> <div style="text-align: left;"> </div> <div style="text-align: left;"> </div> <div style="text-align: left;"> </div> <div style="text-align: left;"> </div> <div style="text-align: left;"> </div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2xKAwpmZ6yONUideNOhLZAG4xS-99WEvsLaS_zt8afh8cMW5aFMeQCIFpYx3cV0-J95j2p0gxm-7dRiIqsSNmPgWgzc6A5FQ3zoJ7uwBfcAIaG88dVYRbE0chCDwfXPlH4foVv8RLNxO0/s1600/Screen+Shot+2018-06-25+at+6.34.54+AM+2+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1259" data-original-width="701" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2xKAwpmZ6yONUideNOhLZAG4xS-99WEvsLaS_zt8afh8cMW5aFMeQCIFpYx3cV0-J95j2p0gxm-7dRiIqsSNmPgWgzc6A5FQ3zoJ7uwBfcAIaG88dVYRbE0chCDwfXPlH4foVv8RLNxO0/s320/Screen+Shot+2018-06-25+at+6.34.54+AM+2+2.jpg" width="178"></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Hotel Score: *1/2</u></td></tr> </tbody></table> The hardly Noir-ambiguous good-bad people may as well wear endearing, audience-friendly halos, especially Jodie Foster as a boozy nurse along with a really cool and mellow black thief who discovers he stole far too much from the wrong people ala CHARLEY VARRICK, combined with a superhuman Kung Fu chick taking down lethal henchman ala KILL BILL, while a broader homage is a complete "out" for the suspense: the movie takes place in a familiar dystopic near-future resembling ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK where a riotous mob is tearing up the city because a corporation stole their water i.e. CHINATOWN...<br> <br> All this a contrived attempt to instill a sense of urgency <i>outside</i> since there's little to none <i>inside</i>... For example, the Nurse's various ER rooms (named after idyllic holiday spots), during what are supposed to be edgy and intense surgeries to mend the badly wounded, are replete with miraculous, robotic, push-button machines that Dr. McCoy from STAR TREK would envy: Leaving an extremely old and haggard-looking, cliché-neurotic, overacting Foster to seem useless and alone even during unexpected peril — although she's never <i>actually</i> in real danger thanks to... <br>

2018, genre tarantino, jeff goldblum, jodie foster, neo noir, new, science-fiction, thriller

BELATED OPENING-WEEKEND REVIEW OF 'HOTEL ARTEMIS'

But an extremely cool retro paperback poster artwork YEAR: 2018 Many have compared HOTEL ARTEMIS to JOHN WICK because of the hotel for c...

THURSDAY NIGHT REVIEW OF THOR: RAGNAROK

<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimt11__p-Gq-8T8YnUDP5tFwyFBADJ-1_78PMlg9ii3ew0TZ3xotNzEH1aDkK60hJaSO7t-PmfwZ0n70r_xaeWw9gcvL4zXmtra4lSz6lM6Mqb7a6IUWqOsjJDLqgYH81aSe8SMxElsjBh/s1600/thor_ragnarok.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1103" height="260" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimt11__p-Gq-8T8YnUDP5tFwyFBADJ-1_78PMlg9ii3ew0TZ3xotNzEH1aDkK60hJaSO7t-PmfwZ0n70r_xaeWw9gcvL4zXmtra4lSz6lM6Mqb7a6IUWqOsjJDLqgYH81aSe8SMxElsjBh/s400/thor_ragnarok.jpg" width="400"></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u style="font-size: 12.8px;">Thor only <i>looks</i> serious YEAR OF RELEASE: 2017</u></td></tr> </tbody></table> The latest THOR is spontaneous and freewheeling, especially while on a planet straight out of Roman Gladiator Arena cinema where, as the trailers spoiled long ago, the anticipated fight between two seemingly indestructible AVENGERS, Thor and Hulk, takes place. Which leads to one of the film's best devices...<br> <br> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0yoP2qEfuSXwhdaFflF8-FCxLckqyEE5ClX1Av-Ka_gjuoj9obriHR6KI0Gdva-tG_Hi_y_3hs9o6zE2lvVEvmdrXSI_udLJJBRNMDOwmmdVwe9rcdtSry84aY1JZmw5A29cEss-oE0z4/s1600/thor-ragnarok-hulk-valkyrie-loki-1024x568.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="568" data-original-width="228" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0yoP2qEfuSXwhdaFflF8-FCxLckqyEE5ClX1Av-Ka_gjuoj9obriHR6KI0Gdva-tG_Hi_y_3hs9o6zE2lvVEvmdrXSI_udLJJBRNMDOwmmdVwe9rcdtSry84aY1JZmw5A29cEss-oE0z4/s400/thor-ragnarok-hulk-valkyrie-loki-1024x568.jpg" width="160"></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Score: **1/2</u></td></tr> </tbody></table> Thor, without his signature invincible hammer, is nearly as vulnerable as a mortal human albeit a very strong ass-kicker up against an assortment of odds, making for a non-stop planet-to-planet rollercoaster ride...<br> <br> Visually a hybrid of the intentionally campy FLASH GORDON and the first GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY (itself an 80's homage) while shadowing plot-elements of STAR WARS, LORD OF THE RINGS and with more colorful rainbows than we've yet seen on Asgard — which has been taken over by a deadly, invincible royal sister (looking like Maleficent dressed as a reindeer) that Thor and the mischievous Loki never knew they had — there's a cool retro-techno score to back up the pulsating arcade of explosive action...<br> <br> And while it's understandable that, with such a fantastical superhero, levity is needed to ground the story, there's a fine line between Fun and Funny. And RAGNAROK, featuring the godfather of glib Jeff Goldblum embarrassingly overdosing on his own style, breaks the line once too often: Superheroes all have powers and/or skills that can, whether built-in or created, turn on and off. But the constantly witty one-liner styling of Robert Downey Jr.'s Tony Stark (ala "Starkasm") has infected Chris Hemsworth's THOR to the point that the third solo film, while enjoyable enough, nearly drowns itself in self-deprecating parody. The prologue, where Thor makes fun of his own supposedly perilous situation while facing a gigantic fire demon, sums up everything. He's not scared at all, so why should the audience take anything he's up against seriously? <br>

2017, chris hemsworth, comic book, jeff goldblum, marvel, new

THURSDAY NIGHT REVIEW OF THOR: RAGNAROK

Thor only  looks  serious YEAR OF RELEASE: 2017 The latest THOR is spontaneous and freewheeling, especially while on a planet straight o...

REVIEW OF INDEPENDENCE DAY: RESURGENCE

<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPbuHT9OTVZpBypGDogwzWGHwLIJyP-coPM3ZJObzvXcCe4jx-1dEsTMHEcz6qq7BL617Z8o6em7xhnMntlpu-LSdlp0CEWuZZzRnaEa99QC7h0lXNzPEeIXk2nCj8Bn8qjdCYMTQyHcY/s1600/Screen+Shot+2016-07-15+at+12.09.40+AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="226" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPbuHT9OTVZpBypGDogwzWGHwLIJyP-coPM3ZJObzvXcCe4jx-1dEsTMHEcz6qq7BL617Z8o6em7xhnMntlpu-LSdlp0CEWuZZzRnaEa99QC7h0lXNzPEeIXk2nCj8Bn8qjdCYMTQyHcY/s320/Screen+Shot+2016-07-15+at+12.09.40+AM.png" width="320"></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Sequel to INDEPENDENCE DAY Reviewed</u></td></tr> </tbody></table> Well there's good news and bad news to anyone who loved INDEPENDENCE DAY and wants that day to happen all over again, or people who thought the first was too sentimental and mainstream.<br> <br> The mainstream original blockbuster provided the first movie a corny (or clever) one-liner by all the characters occurring every ten seconds of the two-hour run-time, but now, in the day of Marvel's "Starkasm" i.e. everything must be witty, RESURGENCE throws out a one-liner every twenty seconds and they're (mostly) spoken by a few characters including a young annoying lawyer and an insecure co-pilot of the new main male hero in Liam Hemsworth as Jake Morrison, one of the few folks without ties to the original... <br>

bill pullman, jeff goldblum, sequel

REVIEW OF INDEPENDENCE DAY: RESURGENCE

Sequel to INDEPENDENCE DAY Reviewed Well there's good news and bad news to anyone who loved INDEPENDENCE DAY and wants that day to h...

NARROWING INTO INDEPENDENCE DAY

<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQYhllv1MujpyIKFTRzF678JliDQ-OOEwDp8xwzsFDQtZeSdmEM90xX5V1SrhI0WafTK570JqPVMS1Tcr0_0EfbH520TF6A28MCjY2yY0Tr0xLpfKp8pGrOwmIGmY2Kxnk5-A83eKoqik/s1600/large_nkj3HRG3g2zjlKRWmjJHvElhX4y.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQYhllv1MujpyIKFTRzF678JliDQ-OOEwDp8xwzsFDQtZeSdmEM90xX5V1SrhI0WafTK570JqPVMS1Tcr0_0EfbH520TF6A28MCjY2yY0Tr0xLpfKp8pGrOwmIGmY2Kxnk5-A83eKoqik/s400/large_nkj3HRG3g2zjlKRWmjJHvElhX4y.jpg" width="266"></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.8px; text-align: center;"><u>INDEPENDENCE DAY</u></td></tr> </tbody></table> Most films of this kind are more entertaining during the set-up – introducing characters while building the plot – than the bombastic, sometimes overlong and one-dimensional resolution but not in the case of INDEPENDENCE DAY where the dialogue tries so hard to provoke perpetual heart-tugging chortles of an opening night audience, it's as if the very motion picture were running for office...<br> <br> The hackneyed characters range from a flamboyant gay man: a narrow-nuke-minded Secretary of Defense; a humble yet brilliant science engineer; a holed-up hippie scientist; an old wisdom-spouting Jewish man; a crazy redneck conspiracy theorist; a confident pilot; his comic-relief buddy; a dignified First Lady; and the ultra-patriotic President of the United States – all so extremely cliché it's a miracle any of them can escape without ruining the entire experience, no matter how much big-budget CGI occurs as the aliens blow up the White House and various cities within giant space ships that had shadowed every region of the entire planet Earth. But two of the humans on board not only get much better, they save INDEPENDENCE DAY from being one of the most annoying and cringe-worthy theatrical experiences of all time: And what an unlikely pair we have in Will Smith's Captain Steven Hiller and Jeff Goldblum as David Levinson, both taking part in a genuinely suspenseful third act mission to destroy the aliens in a manner reminiscent of H.G. Well's WAR OF THE WORLDS: by going underneath their vulnerabilities while jet fighters take out the mothership like the original STAR WARS dogfight finale.<br>

adam baldwin, bill pullman, disaster, jeff goldblum, judd hirsch, nineties, science-fiction, will smith

NARROWING INTO INDEPENDENCE DAY

INDEPENDENCE DAY Most films of this kind are more entertaining during the set-up – introducing characters while building the plot – than...

STAYING AWAKE FOR THE JOHN LANDIS NOIR INTO THE NIGHT

<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwpoKKhPK8ccjftfV7QQYIa19mG0nQ7TYTv0aJtr1To2aZL_ln5ez9GIaL2hmpo6nf_tWr5nVRL-D0JLnYDwA6tXHpsiOzxD3-ZhFAmBLEj5pIkTMlI4T6zLaHSQJe39whQTImRX5xMkE/s1600/3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwpoKKhPK8ccjftfV7QQYIa19mG0nQ7TYTv0aJtr1To2aZL_ln5ez9GIaL2hmpo6nf_tWr5nVRL-D0JLnYDwA6tXHpsiOzxD3-ZhFAmBLEj5pIkTMlI4T6zLaHSQJe39whQTImRX5xMkE/s400/3.jpg" width="271"></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Clu Gulager's take on things</u></td></tr> </tbody></table> Ed Okin, our hero/pawn in the John Landis Neo Noir INTO THE NIGHT, works as an Aeronautical Engineer, which, by the looks of his workplace, with certain pictures around the white walled interior, might have to do with the space shuttle: And a tragic, coincidental irony is that Challenger exploded the year after this movie hit theaters with a box office thud, and famously, or infamously, in Landis's previous venture, a segment of the highly anticipated TWILIGHT ZONE: THE MOVIE, actor Vic Morrow and two children were killed in a helicopter accident...<br> <br> Going behind the scenes... of this website... in meeting John Landis at a horror genre convention (his AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN LONDON is an all-time classic), the first thing he said as he prepared to sign the B.B. King-laden album soundtrack (pictured to the right and below), was: "You know, this was my first financial failure," and then he offered a cookie. "Wanna cookie?" he asked, holding one up with a sly Felix the Cat grin. And while hanging with classic veteran actor Clu Gulager in a parking lot of the same venue, the Burbank Marriott Hotel, but on a different date, he stated that John Landis probably needed a lot of established people on board (this movie) since it was, basically, after the Vic Morrow tragedy, his way of sneaking back into Hollywood by, in this reviewer's opinion, going in the <i>back door... </i>using a slow, atmospheric story with a handful of cameos that only rabid movie fans (and not even them) would recognize, and that's <i>not</i> including superstar musician David Bowie as a hit man and even Landis himself as one of four bumbling yet lethal Iranian killers trying to find the McGuiffin: diamonds stolen from the Shah of Iran that Michelle Pfeiffer's Diane has, and, once she meets poor Ed, inside the LAX parking structure, about to possibly catch a flight to Las Vegas for something workmate Dan Aykroyd advised, he gets catapulted... that's right... INTO THE NIGHT.<br>

art evans, clu gulager, david bowie, don siegel, eighties, jeff goldblum, john landis, michelle pfeiffer, neo noir, rick baker

STAYING AWAKE FOR THE JOHN LANDIS NOIR INTO THE NIGHT

Clu Gulager's take on things Ed Okin, our hero/pawn in the John Landis Neo Noir INTO THE NIGHT, works as an Aeronautical Engineer, w...

SEVENTIES REMAKE OF 'INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS'

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art hindle, brooke adams, donald sutherland, horror, jeff goldblum, leonard nimoy, philip kaufman, remake, robert duvall, science-fiction, seventies, veronica cartwright

SEVENTIES REMAKE OF 'INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS'

Leonard Nimoy takes an invading stroll YEAR: 1978 Philip Kaufman’s 1978 remake of the 1956 cult film INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS is ...

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COMEDY FILMS MORE ENTERTAINING THAN FUNNY

<div style="text-align: center;"> <i><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiASMjRUc0Vxx_QQTZGyDNk9gR9TcmsMMtZ07CVaqf0jXQnQe9-iSAu8jLGnHSgckFKFAzSoXfg8ZB4DGguG6X9NOghwfoVc6EwOAUZH8jUIC7Fj4jHM6M5jtvI6-QCYk-oijzyOPMyPQr3KYnpQqSCz5xM7D9h-LQ95dui-ymgLZ-2eC-IdVnDgVvbHy_u/s851/modernproblems%202.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="479" data-original-width="851" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiASMjRUc0Vxx_QQTZGyDNk9gR9TcmsMMtZ07CVaqf0jXQnQe9-iSAu8jLGnHSgckFKFAzSoXfg8ZB4DGguG6X9NOghwfoVc6EwOAUZH8jUIC7Fj4jHM6M5jtvI6-QCYk-oijzyOPMyPQr3KYnpQqSCz5xM7D9h-LQ95dui-ymgLZ-2eC-IdVnDgVvbHy_u/s16000/modernproblems%202.jpeg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>1) MODERN PROBLEMS (CHEVY CHASE)</u></td></tr></tbody></table>A lot of times, those particular comedy films that <u>don’t</u> provide constant sidesplitting/laugh out loud moments are just what the doctor ordered…  Sometimes side-splitting hurts, and isn't very fun or funny... So, during particularly lonesome afternoons or pallid sleepless nights, you just want a movie with a humorous baseline that doesn’t make you have to react in any particular way i.e. motion pictures that aren’t that funny but still entertain… So let’s begin with:</i></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> Chevy Chase is a loves-truck air-traffic controller who, after getting nuclear waste spilled on himself, gains powers to manipulate elements and human beings, and not in that order… Relying on physical gags and special effects, Chase wields his usual butter finger schtick but lacks the glib humor that worked in CADDYSHACK and FLETCH.. Yet it's still fun seeing the tables turning for our likable underdog...</div> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9V7Zl3NZRRA70ZIoa2gbi11ew4qQsLHMcsy7My_KeYaLaR7Bs-wroTe8KmZGNX1XlCg9PKdY75zfGtrXMv6c72bWXXClEkZl_X1niiwI-IcUVVcrm1mv2ndmz5TlYZSgHopHHAyikCks/s1600/club+paradise.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9V7Zl3NZRRA70ZIoa2gbi11ew4qQsLHMcsy7My_KeYaLaR7Bs-wroTe8KmZGNX1XlCg9PKdY75zfGtrXMv6c72bWXXClEkZl_X1niiwI-IcUVVcrm1mv2ndmz5TlYZSgHopHHAyikCks/s1600/club+paradise.jpg" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>2) CLUB PARADISE (ROBIN WILLIAMS, PETER O'TOOLE)</u></td></tr> </tbody></table> <div style="text-align: center;"> The promo picture of musical Jimmy Cliff, comedic Robin Williams and dramatic Peter O'Toole is proof this is a unique film, at least in the casting… Robin Williams is a retired fireman turning a shabby tropics hotel into a "resort"… Not many laughs but it's a nicely developed story, especially when the hotel fills up with guest-stars, all misled into paradise whilst experiencing hellish conditions...</div> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEja2W4d9Lh0f44ocdhS7Ny6CW7m7tR5udkAUA80tRrFdjCLaQtFEyWvtRpgnYBX8kaVsgW_O9rQXBI7YFAhKZcXuny749QctP8pyEF-9H4OL31I4sqj_wbJgxsVquL8U-1sweEzAn_TV3g/s1600/spies+like+us.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="418" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEja2W4d9Lh0f44ocdhS7Ny6CW7m7tR5udkAUA80tRrFdjCLaQtFEyWvtRpgnYBX8kaVsgW_O9rQXBI7YFAhKZcXuny749QctP8pyEF-9H4OL31I4sqj_wbJgxsVquL8U-1sweEzAn_TV3g/s640/spies+like+us.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>3) SPIES LIKE US (CHEVY CHASE, DAN AYKROYD)</u></td></tr> </tbody></table> <div style="text-align: center;"> The first John Landis comedy that wasn’t hilarious, this homage to the Hope/Crosby ROAD TO flicks has Chevy Chase and Dan Aykroyd as expendable government agents sent into the Middle East and ultimately Cold War Russia… Although it’s hard to tell which is the straight man and who’s supposed to be the nitwit, SPIES is an entertaining adventure as they go from one dire situation to the next...</div> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPUzf54DYboYE-uIQ4kqKzW9SBlnrlT38TiUHYoTiYi0OqVSccOAflSM5QalpO5AlqcWTeRHCbADHR1Pm-iEeOEg_fCSTeenxLDsDhmassa9Vf7PGhjWcRskzzEoPfq2DSCedC5eXYGvE/s1600/gung+ho.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="302" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPUzf54DYboYE-uIQ4kqKzW9SBlnrlT38TiUHYoTiYi0OqVSccOAflSM5QalpO5AlqcWTeRHCbADHR1Pm-iEeOEg_fCSTeenxLDsDhmassa9Vf7PGhjWcRskzzEoPfq2DSCedC5eXYGvE/s640/gung+ho.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>4) GUNG HO (MICHAEL KEATON)</u></td></tr> </tbody></table> <div style="text-align: center;"> In this underrated Ron Howard venture, Michael Keaton plays a small town big talker who manages to get a Japanese company to buy out a dying car factory in his home town... Havoc ensues as the American and Japanese workers square off… It's great seeing Keaton with his back against the wall, fighting with his wily charm to make everything, and everybody, work despite the constant odds...</div> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjyBf1zyX_oOfKhntnhI8eRvAwMsd0ejbb9yhK21Oh0B0siLNZ-bvydNrsMKiiaX2BYCjpcWTFs8aqhYTf_qDU6_1ARsIt44p7wUpZGNxEyCUsACNrGb8jFbOM_HypeOlA5Gm4hQ3jmig/s1600/vibes.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjyBf1zyX_oOfKhntnhI8eRvAwMsd0ejbb9yhK21Oh0B0siLNZ-bvydNrsMKiiaX2BYCjpcWTFs8aqhYTf_qDU6_1ARsIt44p7wUpZGNxEyCUsACNrGb8jFbOM_HypeOlA5Gm4hQ3jmig/s1600/vibes.jpg" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>5) VIBES (JEFF GOLDBLUM, CYNDI LAUPER)</u></td></tr> </tbody></table> <div style="text-align: center;"> Pop icon Cyndi Lauper is damn cute, and watching her traipse around New York and South America with Jeff Goldbum (along with Peter Falk as a fortune seeking con man) is decent lightweight time-filler viewing, that is, if you just wanna have fun…</div> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhc5mrTl2B3JIwL_NjZ840eubMJZXlULkk32Rd-q5AdJbSbUb_jXltyP2dCiTE_8n_yWAI_8Dz8h-XejEDDcBcPw1kwygDPXW0tzg55RyiBk7gFR0f0rS9gCkgRd-0rzftnou-T_-QV1c/s1600/paternity.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="491" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhc5mrTl2B3JIwL_NjZ840eubMJZXlULkk32Rd-q5AdJbSbUb_jXltyP2dCiTE_8n_yWAI_8Dz8h-XejEDDcBcPw1kwygDPXW0tzg55RyiBk7gFR0f0rS9gCkgRd-0rzftnou-T_-QV1c/s640/paternity.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>6) PATERNITY (BURT REYNOLDS)</u></td></tr> </tbody></table> <div style="text-align: center;"> The tagline/poster, with Burt Reynolds looking like Uncle Sam, pointing forward with the words HE WANTS <u>YOU</u><i> </i>TO HAVE HIS BABY, is the funniest thing about this filler rom-com during the mustache star’s box office peak… Burt is relaxing, charming and cool, as usual... And the lovely Beverly D'Angelo makes a worthy love interest...</div> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjskLP4ywKSCRobzrp1x7Tf7aoYorDPwEzQsYY8RGSzigNJ53aHGhItzrK0nWKt6MSSAxBrGIBviMHpZC1bXd1F_v51bm4iS7ZQly3kqm-1LFpZso42t7hAXVF9hNd0u_YkzxFbGo2WXfg/s1600/for+love+or+money.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjskLP4ywKSCRobzrp1x7Tf7aoYorDPwEzQsYY8RGSzigNJ53aHGhItzrK0nWKt6MSSAxBrGIBviMHpZC1bXd1F_v51bm4iS7ZQly3kqm-1LFpZso42t7hAXVF9hNd0u_YkzxFbGo2WXfg/s1600/for+love+or+money.jpg" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>7) FOR LOVE OR MONEY (MICHAEL J. FOX)</u></td></tr> </tbody></table> <div style="text-align: center;"> This revamp of THE SECRET OF MY SUCCESS is a much more laidback outing where the laughs might be fewer but the unrequited love story between Michael J. Fox, as a hotel concierge, and a gorgeous yet down-to-earth perfume sales girl is a lot deeper and more realistic than SUCCESS and with intriguing results for our kindhearted, dealmaking hero, pulling favors and odd jobs for the rich guy the dream girl he loves, loves…</div> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglU1lnwxRV_0J02e20AM8RMHAVGD48nTaFaS-N67m2yQ61Z0fHqXDc6T0zGpxRL0s2EQ_8ZoXMbs2AZH0RmhOBSnscP8mTz3Z36REb3V8loHm3SYlYv1707H66g12OvzU79jbz7uOqKWA/s1600/take+this+job+and+shove+it.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglU1lnwxRV_0J02e20AM8RMHAVGD48nTaFaS-N67m2yQ61Z0fHqXDc6T0zGpxRL0s2EQ_8ZoXMbs2AZH0RmhOBSnscP8mTz3Z36REb3V8loHm3SYlYv1707H66g12OvzU79jbz7uOqKWA/s640/take+this+job+and+shove+it.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>8) TAKE THIS JOB AND SHOVE IT (ROBERT HAYS, ART CARNEY)</u></td></tr> </tbody></table> <div style="text-align: center;"> Known mostly for the singalong country theme song, this is a decent working class comedy starring Robert Hays as a corporate clone returning to his roots where a big beer company buys out the factory employing his pals (including David Keith and Tim Thomerson)… Hays learns that no matter how expensive the suit, his heart's still made of gold: the frothy kind...</div> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhggCOSNwUVSsFpEZb2DIqH2vBJr15VSrh23nIDS23hpbpI-LDIb-UqEvE4E5gx2OfFdnlWyJSOGaV_Ubet3McZQi4GsIb6W7YUZZ6NGIv1udPnPU8v0LjIyzaIrG3QFlwMZHEutCUyQig/s1600/straight+talk.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhggCOSNwUVSsFpEZb2DIqH2vBJr15VSrh23nIDS23hpbpI-LDIb-UqEvE4E5gx2OfFdnlWyJSOGaV_Ubet3McZQi4GsIb6W7YUZZ6NGIv1udPnPU8v0LjIyzaIrG3QFlwMZHEutCUyQig/s1600/straight+talk.png" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>9) STRAIGHT TALK (DOLLY PARTON, JAMES WOODS)</u></td></tr> </tbody></table> <div style="text-align: center;"> Before Dolly Parton vanished from the film scene, she was still cute and energetic in this underdog comedy about a hick town dance instructor who winds up a popular radio shrink/doctor, falling in love with a reporter out to expose her real identity… Completely banal and predictable but one helluva guilty pleasure...</div> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1N1OoL6tx0wsXbmiDdVxjT7rZu7llaBnYNvUnfMgtxUGrDfy8pg7JYbikPqdzzyGklySJzC_RM8_DAKE7d-lcAxNIfTVyYGWiPMgRAqCL2CJbiFZCFEOxsFg7pM5ppbTT0SX6NPAeBKs/s1600/1941.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1N1OoL6tx0wsXbmiDdVxjT7rZu7llaBnYNvUnfMgtxUGrDfy8pg7JYbikPqdzzyGklySJzC_RM8_DAKE7d-lcAxNIfTVyYGWiPMgRAqCL2CJbiFZCFEOxsFg7pM5ppbTT0SX6NPAeBKs/s1600/1941.jpg" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>10) 1941 (JOHN BELUSHI, DAN AYKROYD, ROBERT STACK)</u></td></tr> </tbody></table> <div style="text-align: center;"> After JAWS and CLOSE ENCOUNTERS, Steven Spielberg, still a young man, was doomed to fail with this big budget everything-goes World War II extravaganza that mixes so many elements the projector gets indigestion… But John Belushi as a crazy pilot in the air, and Dan Aykroyd as a crazy Sergeant on the ground, are both fun to watch along with an all-star cast, running around like headless chickens... Yet it's great to see them under the camera-wielding FX-driven direction of a master filmmaker who, despite playing too many cards, still pulls off an amazing visual spectacle...<br /> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRdAirXCuqLO5efkXMR7fi-ZOEVeBeiLw1p5Pf9qqLW5A07YQ78ppi7q6Wp0TihSooFeVLlu6iSp2evEUa8-FqNaywgff2h52Sm1XlPuLaKyWYIqQfqknX7tMBr6IP4_S1nocUNgKp2elP/s1600/1.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="644" data-original-width="1600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRdAirXCuqLO5efkXMR7fi-ZOEVeBeiLw1p5Pf9qqLW5A07YQ78ppi7q6Wp0TihSooFeVLlu6iSp2evEUa8-FqNaywgff2h52Sm1XlPuLaKyWYIqQfqknX7tMBr6IP4_S1nocUNgKp2elP/s1600/1.jpg" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Spielberg seems to be going for a wacky Apocalypse Now sequence... The Do Lung Bridge Carnival destroyed, again...</u></td></tr> </tbody></table> </div> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbpL3-yCDefoJaUz3VS6by4ZtYyLNPhmcBNhT5W9hv-jju8lRY7WJSoe-UUDb8pwLLy-hleT4btZBP3HpxYzd95cp5i-VaGNeiWVFpIOIgxqFLXce_Tdw6FAnee37qTl_73SfjSMKNWbiX/s1600/1.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="591" data-original-width="1600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbpL3-yCDefoJaUz3VS6by4ZtYyLNPhmcBNhT5W9hv-jju8lRY7WJSoe-UUDb8pwLLy-hleT4btZBP3HpxYzd95cp5i-VaGNeiWVFpIOIgxqFLXce_Tdw6FAnee37qTl_73SfjSMKNWbiX/s1600/1.jpg" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>One of the coolest fonts neon green for Modern Problems which is as you know...</u></td></tr> </tbody></table> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL37Oifn-u9ZPp_imdCCb4CluWo7PYVkp-mOpWyQR_vrxUsstqYb6qA-egRtWtdVJHQsCA9y3jqkiouPgRCHr9u7mFztqX7nRS94gWy5c31_HW8hyphenhyphenR8ODc4mH6sLY2BnAeRJTL-0cMjIYq/s1600/2.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="649" data-original-width="1600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL37Oifn-u9ZPp_imdCCb4CluWo7PYVkp-mOpWyQR_vrxUsstqYb6qA-egRtWtdVJHQsCA9y3jqkiouPgRCHr9u7mFztqX7nRS94gWy5c31_HW8hyphenhyphenR8ODc4mH6sLY2BnAeRJTL-0cMjIYq/s1600/2.jpg" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>The CITIZEN KANE of Comedy Films More Entertaining Than Funny... VOLUME ONE... Stay Tuned....</u></td></tr> </tbody></table> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirCsum-iuOX4zOLmMl7wNRrY-GzXG8rEt_ARr-eReqUyCAoc2czXbihhThcJZ11Z7xGuFZXPv4q9hS5mNocPHlfK7luXrm0re5pX6UH8eFBG5IBvCa2g5DBWGmNunY4fVQkqXPGgpc_sch/s1600/Screen+Shot+2018-07-20+at+12.52.49+PM.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="849" data-original-width="1600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirCsum-iuOX4zOLmMl7wNRrY-GzXG8rEt_ARr-eReqUyCAoc2czXbihhThcJZ11Z7xGuFZXPv4q9hS5mNocPHlfK7luXrm0re5pX6UH8eFBG5IBvCa2g5DBWGmNunY4fVQkqXPGgpc_sch/s1600/Screen+Shot+2018-07-20+at+12.52.49+PM.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u> "Take a woman like your kind... To find the man in me..." Did Modern Problems inspire The Big Lebowski?</u></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdu5ulF1vYf5VHSRZarC9zzmkv2qjgIMjsa7cSE1Ydua68xuE41YuNOnqWGlWnPpSRa3W1ON7caClZS6FLn9wRU6ZOfXmltpeLHewuGP5xdF-jWnYAWbdvZ56UtrzdLYzf-i-iZdvOXlYTFkdS_6looghtAxRXsfv05MoFVOzRZhWIyPskgPkbHde2FykF/s920/37550498_525350577894123_7905018244660985856_n.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="697" data-original-width="920" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdu5ulF1vYf5VHSRZarC9zzmkv2qjgIMjsa7cSE1Ydua68xuE41YuNOnqWGlWnPpSRa3W1ON7caClZS6FLn9wRU6ZOfXmltpeLHewuGP5xdF-jWnYAWbdvZ56UtrzdLYzf-i-iZdvOXlYTFkdS_6looghtAxRXsfv05MoFVOzRZhWIyPskgPkbHde2FykF/s16000/37550498_525350577894123_7905018244660985856_n.jpeg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Here's an example of two straight men/two wacky guys rolled into two tall straight-goofy SPIES LIKE US stars</u></td></tr></tbody></table><br />

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COMEDY FILMS MORE ENTERTAINING THAN FUNNY

1) MODERN PROBLEMS (CHEVY CHASE) A lot of times, those particular comedy films that don’t provide constant sidesplitting/laugh out loud m...

THANK GOD IT'S FRIDAY

<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9VLzEUIDIqWb_YoGIqunIMfmk9BNh5D2hZka8qqienpdYLG6f6wooRvNPCpEwN8Q427kc8CHyfcmidrkuMithTPNZB_YkxkhSRw2rzivVC8UocyaPCuOxZ0t_dX7djsYa4JAd8ZGQQH8/s1600/donnasummer_zps72dd5f91.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="494" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9VLzEUIDIqWb_YoGIqunIMfmk9BNh5D2hZka8qqienpdYLG6f6wooRvNPCpEwN8Q427kc8CHyfcmidrkuMithTPNZB_YkxkhSRw2rzivVC8UocyaPCuOxZ0t_dX7djsYa4JAd8ZGQQH8/s640/donnasummer_zps72dd5f91.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">year: 1978 cast: Donna Summer, Jeff Goldblum, Debra Winger, Ray Vitte, Valerie Landsburg rating: ***</td></tr> </tbody></table> God knows they just don’t make 'em like this anymore. Even Rock N' Rollers might enjoy this character-driven ensemble about a night at a plush two-story Discothèque owned by Jeff Goldblum. With all the elements of a disaster film without the disaster (Disco Inferno aside) we’re introduced to each character before they wind up at the location where most of our time's spent.<br /> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFB73cDkyShM8vgscJATcnNSunT5wwXRuncHcXHpNNiNn9WDGcONMtQ5YtABFDIrme0kszHV9x_Sa22XtIWh0Nhrhz2H2ncgqkZBI6TA9MNd6oaV6hMwo0ZJp9HT287VFtqENIi8W88do/s1600/Thank-God-It's-Friday-Jeff-Goldblum-Andrea-Howard-2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFB73cDkyShM8vgscJATcnNSunT5wwXRuncHcXHpNNiNn9WDGcONMtQ5YtABFDIrme0kszHV9x_Sa22XtIWh0Nhrhz2H2ncgqkZBI6TA9MNd6oaV6hMwo0ZJp9HT287VFtqENIi8W88do/s1600/Thank-God-It's-Friday-Jeff-Goldblum-Andrea-Howard-2.jpg" width="158" /></a></div> Of the important players, Debra Winger and a friend are looking for their Mr. Rights – but in the era of slick seer-sucker womanizers, it might be difficult. Geeks John Friedrich and Paul Jabara desire their own perfect women, and you can rest assure these two humble cliques will eventually connect...<br /> <br /> Mews Small is a punked-out free spirit while blue-eyed beauty Andrea Howard plays a curious suburban wife forcing her uptight husband to peek into wonderland, where she’s seduced by Goldblum who hired DJ Ray Vitte in a centralized glass booth overlooking the dance floor while starlet underdog (and recently departed) Donna Summer tries to get her record played.<br /> <br /> Lightweight suspense is provided as ANIMAL HOUSE crooner DeWayne Jessie travels across town to pick up instruments for The Commodores, who may or may not show up. Meanwhile, one girl... Valerie Landsburg as Frannie, the buried lead... really wants (and deserves) to win the dance contest finale, and everyone’s having a good old time despite random obstacles, from bullies to bitches to broken dreams, that keeps this an ever-enjoyable romp of a bygone era.

debra winger, donna summer, ensemble, jeff goldblum, judy brown, ray vitte, seventies

THANK GOD IT'S FRIDAY

year: 1978 cast: Donna Summer, Jeff Goldblum, Debra Winger, Ray Vitte, Valerie Landsburg rating: *** God knows they just don’t make ...

TRANSYLVANIA 6-5000

<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq84QFkrKb25cWZtmHiLaGlW2txJyucBpnJ_V6B6YOvqHSXwITR387ivRYDi5Pu02kfyRyjQZnALR_5PhYUE7i8sj4e24qp1OWs70sJtngfaBGoVfpBclV87Zp-DbhuLvMMcRuyNlft5Y/s1600/transyvianai.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5587040458987723090" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq84QFkrKb25cWZtmHiLaGlW2txJyucBpnJ_V6B6YOvqHSXwITR387ivRYDi5Pu02kfyRyjQZnALR_5PhYUE7i8sj4e24qp1OWs70sJtngfaBGoVfpBclV87Zp-DbhuLvMMcRuyNlft5Y/s200/transyvianai.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; float: right; height: 189px; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; width: 200px;" /></a><b>title:</b> TRANSYLVANIA 6-5000<br /> <div> <b>year:</b> 1985</div> <div> <b>cast:</b> Jeff Goldblum, Ed Begley Jr., Geena Davis, Jeffery Jones</div> <div> <b>rating:</b> *1/2</div> <br /> <div> Jeff Goldblum and Ed Begley Jr. are funny guys sharing similiar traits: both are tall, gawky, glib, and likable. Problem is, as a team-up, the duo needs a third party. In this case, the gap entails a bevy of character-actors trying to out-funny each other<span style="font-style: italic;"> and </span><i></i>our reluctant heroes: two reporters investigating a monster-sighting in Transylvania... Goldblum doesn't believe it, Begley wants it to be true. And all the goofy locals, including Michael Richards, Carol Kane, Jeffery Jones, and sexy vampire Geena Davis, come and go like characters in a high school play, deleting any camaraderie the two leads might have had otherwise. Critic Leonard Maltin gave a short review of this: "It stunk." An understatement.</div>

comedy, ed begley jr., eighties, geena davis, horror satire, jeff goldblum, michael richards

TRANSYLVANIA 6-5000

title: TRANSYLVANIA 6-5000 year: 1985 cast: Jeff Goldblum, Ed Begley Jr., Geena Davis, Jeffery Jones rating: *1/2 Jeff Goldblum...