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Written by James M. Tate / 10/09/2022 / No comments / brian doyle murray , chevy chase , comedy , dabney coleman , eighties , fantasy , mary kay place , nell carter , patti d'arbanville , quirky , science-fiction , supernatural

CHEVY CHASE PHYSICALLY SUFFERING THROUGH 'MODERN PROBLEMS'

<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/AVvXsEiGfftIUNH1maJXY0SiM92S5XtQjuqc8AtthCQarIwUvklCSQXOC5_4p5gR9rPQPrAyafvP_xNToAPQGLx_MphWhvLfSA0zX0SgxPL667Ng0i1RlHDJLz_qEsh45fjXEWE7gCRbq64rxMyYbuxErOjAEQkppZKzy38bE4FIULN_C5VjzNEIbtCwtnaqJg/s1378/3%202%202.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="832" data-original-width="1378" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGfftIUNH1maJXY0SiM92S5XtQjuqc8AtthCQarIwUvklCSQXOC5_4p5gR9rPQPrAyafvP_xNToAPQGLx_MphWhvLfSA0zX0SgxPL667Ng0i1RlHDJLz_qEsh45fjXEWE7gCRbq64rxMyYbuxErOjAEQkppZKzy38bE4FIULN_C5VjzNEIbtCwtnaqJg/s16000/3%202%202.jpeg"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>year: 1981 cast: Chevy Chase, Patty D'Arbinville, Dabney Coleman Rates: ***1/2</u></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Based on the Front Page News of a then-newly-elected President Ronald Regan-era strike, Chevy Chase is a not very contented Air Traffic Controller<i>, </i>and he's having serious troubles and/or, um... well... MODERN PROBLEMS... <br>
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His convertible's been keyed... nothing compared to the nuclear waste spilled from a truck, eventually allowing him to move things at will derived from the frustration of his girlfriend leaving: Herein the orchestrated physical gags are balanced along with Chase's deadpan humor, only more-so than usual: the poor guy's downright depressed...</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><span></span>

brian doyle murray, chevy chase, comedy, dabney coleman, eighties, fantasy, mary kay place, nell carter, patti d'arbanville, quirky, science-fiction, supernatural

CHEVY CHASE PHYSICALLY SUFFERING THROUGH 'MODERN PROBLEMS'

year: 1981 cast: Chevy Chase, Patty D'Arbinville, Dabney Coleman Rates: ***1/2 Based on the Front Page News of a then-newly-elected Pre...

REVIVING WOODY ALLEN'S 'A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S SEX COMEDY'

<table align="center" 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/AVvXsEgoHXK2gWdzw-G6HFEjTkfsZ6gXpRFqW6pDFGe1Wmjy3t5wJhW1lNccWwvdkUAGuyBstXNFDxU-XLemBx87VgN44QfSAck2qfQDGBe2WwFGLblhtyP4sML0gF52v27au89oHxAYovmao-MH9qf_65qXUveQqG5tqPhAHqTKy8VBzeSsKwO91VfKfC_WSjCL/s1600/Screen+Shot+2018-12-20+at+2.41.05+PM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1287" data-original-width="1600" height="321" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoHXK2gWdzw-G6HFEjTkfsZ6gXpRFqW6pDFGe1Wmjy3t5wJhW1lNccWwvdkUAGuyBstXNFDxU-XLemBx87VgN44QfSAck2qfQDGBe2WwFGLblhtyP4sML0gF52v27au89oHxAYovmao-MH9qf_65qXUveQqG5tqPhAHqTKy8VBzeSsKwO91VfKfC_WSjCL/w400-h321/Screen+Shot+2018-12-20+at+2.41.05+PM.png" width="400"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u> Year: 1982 Rates: ****</u></td></tr></tbody></table>Upon release, Woody Allen's multi homage (from Shakespeare to Bergman) A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S SEX COMEDY was a case of The Emperor's New Clothes: For critics who adored Allen's work, Allen could do practically no wrong... until this underrated and underappreciated, and unfairly maligned gem...<br>
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An intentionally breezy and quirky, fun and jovial countryside-romp through creature-filled nature and bright daydream sunlight that, after recommended multiple viewings, alters from The Emperor being naked to those new clothes clashing with his otherwise signature wardrobe. And there <i>are</i> similar traits of SLEEPER, using a futuristic contraption to fly and here, set during the 1900's, Woody's stock broker/inventor Andrew hits the skies again on a bicycle helicopter, after crashing with a pair of makeshift wings...<br>

adaptation, comedy, eighties, ensemble, gordon willis, jose ferrer, julie hagerty, kate mcgregor-stewart, mary steenburgen, mia farrow, nature, supernatural, time period, tony roberts, woody allen

REVIVING WOODY ALLEN'S 'A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S SEX COMEDY'

Year: 1982 Rates: **** Upon release, Woody Allen's multi homage (from Shakespeare to Bergman) A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S SEX COMEDY was a...

JACQUES TOURNEUR'S 'CURSE OF THE DEMON' W/ DANA ANDREWS

british, cult, dana andrews, fifties, horror, jacques tourneur, liam redmond., niall macginnis, occult, peggy cummins, supernatural, thriller

JACQUES TOURNEUR'S 'CURSE OF THE DEMON' W/ DANA ANDREWS

Curse of the Demon YEAR of RELEASE: 1957 Director Jacques Tourneur, in the first of two 1950's collaborations with actor Dana Andre...

BLASPHEMOUSLY BAD MAGIC OF 'POLTERGEIST II: THE OTHER SIDE'

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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Julien Beck stalks Heather O'Rourke's family in P2 Year: 1986</u></td></tr>
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Shockingly worse than the more maligned, infamous POLTERGEIST III, but a lot more entertaining than EXORCIST II, this first sequel 
of the haunted house classic suffers the same futile, completely unnecessary attempt at explaining the origins of the initial ghostly infestation... <br>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Cool P3 poster as P2 rates: *1/2</u></td></tr>
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Vapid
 Indian spells with extremely bad special 
effects, killer tequila worms, the son's braces becoming monsters, and contrived dialogue from characters so wonderfully natural the 
first time around, and in a house that's not even their own: Craig T. Nelson is particularly
hammy while JoBeth Williams means little to nothing. Along with a barrage of flashbacks from Steven Spielberg's classic, POLTERGEIST, we're reminded of what should've been untouched,
 and unburdened...<br>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Trying hard for a Spielberg Close Encounters look</u></td></tr>
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As the real burden's on Heather O'Rourke's Carol Anne: the pivotal victim before now holds silly magical powers to the OTHER SIDE run by nefarious Julien Beck as "Reverend Kane", a creepy old man providing the only real chills...<br>
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Before and after him, it's all flash 
and zero substance. Although our tall, wise Indian, Will Sampson from ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST (who literally inhales a celestial slipstream), is noted by the family patriarch as having (probably) escaped from an insane asylum. Well old Will should've stayed put — this crap is embarrassing. Even ORCA's a step up.<br>

craig t. nelson, franchise, haunted house, heather o'rourke, horror, jobeth williams, oliver robins, sequel, supernatural

BLASPHEMOUSLY BAD MAGIC OF 'POLTERGEIST II: THE OTHER SIDE'

Julien Beck stalks Heather O'Rourke's family in P2 Year: 1986 Shockingly worse than the more maligned, infamous POLTERGEIST III,...

INVESTIGATING DIRECTION OF THE ORIGINAL CLASSIC 'POLTERGEIST'

article, craig t. nelson, haunted house, heather o'rourke, horror, james karen, jobeth williams, oliver robins, sonny landham, steven spielberg, supernatural, thriller, tobe hooper, zelda rubinstein

INVESTIGATING DIRECTION OF THE ORIGINAL CLASSIC 'POLTERGEIST'

Year of Theatrical POLTERGEIST Haunting circa 1982 One of the most iconic images in horror film history occurs when the little blond-hai...

SUTHERLAND WITH BACON & ROBERTS DIE IN 'FLATLINERS'

horror, julia roberts, kevin bacon, kiefer sutherland, nineties, oliver platt, supernatural, thriller

SUTHERLAND WITH BACON & ROBERTS DIE IN 'FLATLINERS'

Year of Release: 1990 The reason FLATLINERS seems like a Brat Pack flick despite having none of those particular actors on board is beca...

SUE LYON TAKES AN EXPLOITATION BATH IN 'THE ASTRAL FACTOR'

body count, elke sommer, exploitation, frank ashmore, horror, leslie parrish, robert foxworth, science-fiction, seventies, stefanie powers, sue lyon, supernatural

SUE LYON TAKES AN EXPLOITATION BATH IN 'THE ASTRAL FACTOR'

THE ASTRAL FACTOR Year: 1977 Rates: *** One of those bad movies that isn't so bad since it tries to be so many things at once. When you ...

BACK TO THE RADICAL EIGHTIES WITH STRANGER THINGS

2016, matthew modine, netflix, science-fiction, supernatural, thriller, winona ryder

BACK TO THE RADICAL EIGHTIES WITH STRANGER THINGS

The Magical 80's Aura Owns STRANGER THINGS Year: 2016 It's been since LOST that a show used a particularly jolting, ominous soun...

WEEKEND REVIEW OF THE FOREST

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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">year: 2016</td></tr>
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One of those campfire tale movies where you hear a spooky story enough times it just isn't scary anymore. And by the time our lead heroine Sara Price goes from her comfortable husband-home in America to an infamous superstitious foot of a Japanese mountain, surrounded by THE FOREST where people go for one specific reason... to commit suicide, or, if they bring a tent, to contemplate the act... Just when she's about to enter this supposedly terrible place in search of her twin sister, we've heard way too much about it for the important art of suspense to mean anything. <br>
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Cutting to the chase, she quickly meets a typical handsome American guide who has less personality than anyone who died on the mountain. This isn't only a knock at the co-star actor's dreary performance but the biggest jolts occur when particular ghosts show-up in the usual hyperactive fashion that's been a terror trend for the last decade: someone or something appears in a quick jump-cut and then vanish, like a dream: In fact, THE FOREST is rather dreamlike, more so than nightmarish, and could have worked better as a supernatural thriller than a horror with supernatural elements. So what winds up on the big screen is just another potentially ominous movie, only set in a mountainous and of course, forestial region, and yet the audience, able to view the gorgeous exterior from wide-shot angles, lacks the feeling of not only being<i> truly inside</i> the scenery but lost and vulnerable within this potential purgatory where anything is possible and yet, very few things actually occur, frightening or otherwise.<br>
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<u>RATING: *1/2</u><br>
<u>TRIVIA</u>: This is the first 2016 movie reviewed on Cult Film Freak... Stop the presses and <a href="http://www.cultfilmfreaks.com/p/new-films.html">click this link</a> (that's up top under NEW FILMS) for all new movie reviews of the past few years! And there's an 80's slasher flick with the title <a href="http://www.cultfilmfreaks.com/2014/03/more-bloody-horror.html">THE FOREST</a> that, with millions less of a budget... many, many millions less... In fact it was probably less than a million to make... is a lot better and features a good friend, Gary Kent, as a guy who kills people in... THE FOREST.<br>

2016, horror, supernatural