PG-13 | 2h 30m | Action, Comic Book, Fantasy | May 5, 2023 I’m not generally a “Guardians of the Galaxy” fan, but I did like the spaceship in the first one—best-looking spaceship since the Millennium Falcon in “Star Wars,” looking, as it did, like a galactic F-14 Tomcat. Okay, I tried to say something positive. While the…
Rewind, Review, and Re-rate: ‘Stella Dallas’: Barbara Stanwyck as an Unlikely but Devoted Mother
U | 1h 46 min | Drama | 1937 Director King Vidor’s “Stella Dallas” is about exchanging dreams: those we choose to exchange and those we’re compelled to. His film draws on Massachusetts-born Olive Higgins Prouty’s novel of the same name. The daughter of a mill worker in 1919 Massachusetts, Stella (Barbara Stanwyck) dreams of…
‘A Kiss in the Dark’ (1949): A Genius Rejoins the Human Race
Commentary “A Kiss in the Dark” is a 1949 Warner Bros. film starring David Niven and Jane Wyman. The title sounds like a much more dramatic romance than this movie actually is. It does feature a cute romance between the two leads, but the story isn’t about one magical kiss which makes them fall in…
Rewind, Review and Re-rate: ‘The Caine Mutiny’: A Rich Military Drama Featuring Outstanding Performances
1954 | NR | 2h 4m | Drama, War Humphrey Bogart basically set the template for the classic film noir private detective in 1941’s “The Maltese Falcon.” Over a decade later, in 1954, he convincingly played a seemingly cold-hearted businessman in “Sabrina.” That same year, he again took a risk in playing an unglamorous role, depicting…
‘Jaws’ Star Richard Dreyfuss Slams New Diversity Rules for Academy Awards
Actor Richard Dreyfuss has slammed the new diversity requirements for the Academy Awards, also known as the Oscars, insisting that no one has the right to impose moral standards on art. Beginning in 2024, films need to meet new diversity and inclusion standards to be eligible for the best picture category, with quotas for the…
Woke Late-Night TV Shows Shut Down
May 6, 2023
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Screenwriters for TV and film have begun to strike as their contracts ended. The strike will affect the late-night four: Fallon, Kimmel, Colbert, and Myers. Other shows that will have to halt production are “Real Time” with Bill Maher, “Last Week Tonight” with John Oliver, and the weekend favorite “Saturday Night Live.” These shows could…
Brad’s Broken Toe | I Married Joan Season 2 Episode 1
Brad is hospitalized for a broken toe. Joan tries to visit after hours. When they won’t let her visit, she feigns an illness so she can be admitted to the hospital. She almost has gallbladder surgery by trading rooms to be next to him. …
Film Reviews: ‘Sisu’ and ‘Snag’: Both Tarantino Knock-Offs, Two Reviews for the Price of One
Not Rated | 1h 23m | Action, Comedy | April 28, 2023 Here are two Quentin Tarantino movie knock-offs, one Australian: “(Snag”), and one Finnish: (“Sisu”). “Sisu” you should see, “Snag” you should not. Let’s save the best for last. ‘Snag’ In “Snag,” in a Mexican border town, an Australian man (Ben Milliken, director and star), works for…
‘The Hucksters’ from 1947: Integrity in Advertising
Commentary This article’s headline seems like an oxymoron, doesn’t it? Since when has there been integrity in advertising, let alone honesty? When one sees print ads, commercials, and other promotional materials from the 1940s or 50s, they look refreshingly wholesome, clean, and patriotic compared to today’s foolish and often filthy advertising. Celebrity endorsements from Hollywood’s…
Epoch Watchlist: What to Watch for May 5–11
This week, we feature a hilarious satire about the world’s first notable smartphone and an immersive animated fantasy about a unicorn’s quest. New Release‘BlackBerry’ Before the iPhone, Mike Lazaridis (Jay Baruchel) and Jim Balsillie (Glenn Howerton) of the Canadian technology company Research in Motion, paved the way for one of the first smartphones, the BlackBerry….
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