Film critic. Theatre nerd. Latter-Day Saint. writer of essays. Lover of things retro and random. Reader of pulp and fun stuff. Watcher of old TV. Everyday dude.
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Just thought I’d share this scene from HOLLYWOOD SHUFFLE because it really helped me out today. Here’s hoping it gives someone else a boost, too!
Good night, all.
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This is one of my all-time favorite social media posts and it was killing me that I couldn’t RT it here. Then I figured, what the heck?
Earlier today, I was feeling sad over the fact that I'm almost done collecting the New Riverdale line Archie Comics released from 2015-2018. Then, tonight, I learned that they're rolling out a new line that seems like a similar vibe that started a few months ago! Exciting news!
HOLES is so perfectly constructed, dude. No detail is wasted and every story thread comes together tidily in a truly crowd-pleasing ending. I love it!
(I like the book for the same reason!)
I'm glad I finally saw this one! The 1958 version of THE BLOB is fun in its own way, but this 1988 remake blows it out of the water. It takes a plot point in the original (teens save the day) and expands it into an interesting post-Watergate theme that adds flavor to the story!
The film also boasts a really impressive plot twist that it lifted from another famous thriller (Hitchcock is all I'll say). I didn't know it was coming and it really took me by surprise. It's a positive result of all the character work Russell & Darabont did!
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This is actually a condescending view of working-class people. I grew up in a working-class immigrant family and we ate at Red Lobster and The Cheesecake Factory for "fancy nights out." But even we understood that the White House should not look like the inside of a Red Lobster. Working-class people are not culturally illiterate just because their experiences are shaped by their limited means.
This was a brisk, fun read! It says it’s a mystery on the cover, but I’d classify it as more of a suspense novel. It’s fairly obvious who the culprit is right away and I think Peter Abrahams wanted it that way, because it leads to a strong, suspenseful tone!
One: this is a much better poster than ROCKY ever had on its initial theatrical release.
As to the question at hand: when I hear “soundtrack,” I think of songs more than I do the score (it’s a weird movie-nerd quirk), so:
One of my favorite details in SCREAM is the Fonzie jacket hanging in Himbry’s closet. I know it’s just an Easter egg, but in my headcanon, he’s a former “bad boy” (maybe Fonzie himself?) who became “the man,” but still keeps his jacket as a reminder of his glory days.
