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“Do you remember the TV series "The Colony?" The show that featured a future Earth overcome by a superior alien race and administered by a group of Quisling humans? If you do, picture this movie as a downbeat, relentlessly pessimistic and poorly-focused version. Hell, it's so depressing, John Goodma” read more
“Regarding Season 5 (ended 1/2024): I'm a little conflicted about this particular season. On the one hand, the season's spousal abuse themes, which borrow heavily from movies like Sleeping With The Enemy and Enough, in their depiction, are concluded with the FX network ending each episode with real-w” read more
“Preachy dialogue that passes for making this an "atmospheric" thriller? Not really,...it devolves into religious belief versus the possibility of extraterrestrial life. Or maybe the devil's in the details? As Baudelaire said, "The greatest trick the Devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn” read more
“Peter Loew, an publishing executive, has problems. He's narcissistic in a classic, NYC 80s fashion, he's a control freak (long before OCD became "cool"), he's a misogynist and he has serious relationship issues. After his most recent break-up, he has a too-good-to-be-true encounter with the sultry a” read more
“An intriguing episode for many reasons. First and foremost, the fact that World War II and the horrors of the Nazi regime were still very fresh in the minds of many Americans. The very idea of their return was very much a nightmare to many. Second, the show references the infamous Martin Bormann, on” read more
“The events of 9/11 initially took the lives of 343 firefighters. I say "initially" because, even to this day, the toxic stew of jet fuel, building materials and vaporized body parts from Ground Zero has killed or disabled hundreds more in the ensuing years. PTSD-related and alcohol- and drug-fueled ” read more
“Quiz Show is a movie I've watched multiple times since it's release. A quiet rumination on many things, it's one of those movies you sit back and watch on a lazy afternoon when you have nothing to do and all day to do it.
About those quiet ruminations: it's the 1950s and television is expe” read more
“This one was really hard to watch! Not because of the near-endless violence, or knowing this was yet another iteration of the nouveau-Batman saga, but because it was really, REALLY dark. Not in an emotional way, mind you, but the actual film was really dark! I tried watching during the day, during t” read more
“Imagine Dr. Pepper with a little tinge of iodine and, voila! You've got Moxie! Never had it until about 5 years ago, when a local store started carrying it, then it just disappeared,...sigh,....” read more
“So,...I'm something of a sucker for low-budget movies. Some, like Love Immortal, were diamonds in the rough, waiting for a professional polishing from Hollywood. Others, too many to list here, look like a pair a stoners with too much money and easily-entertained friends made them for the heck of it.” read more
“(sigh),....the things my children make me watch! Nothing special here,...don't read too much into the movie, grab a beer or two, and enjoy it for what it it,...” read more
“Ask yourself this: what if Shyamalan was the show runner of the late, great series "Lost," but the show's primary funding source was AARP and Shyamalan started channeling the sentiment of the anti-Big Pharma crowd? Congratulations, now you've got where this movie was going!
After Shyamala” read more
“Frank Herbert's novel, Dune, is a daunting read by any measure. The "plans within plans," the metaphysical, computer-less future that defines it as sci-fi, and the controversial messianic tones make for a great read, if you're up to it.
In the run-up to David Lynch's 1984 take, I read thro” read more
“The Wrecking Crew, the final Matt Helm film was, improbably, the best of the bunch. Dean Martin acts like he's finally shed his beaten-to-death Rat Pack schtick (seen more overtly in The Silencers and Murderers' Row) and concentrated more on actually spoofing the spy film juggernaut that was the Jam” read more
“I always remembered this show as the last season of Night Gallery. Imagine my surprise to recently find out this was a separate series unto itself, edited and reformatted (the Rod Serling intros were added later) to boost Night Gallery's syndication profile! Still a decent series in the macabre genr” read more
“This is a show that ticks off so many positive boxes for me:
British crime drama, by Brits for a British audience, well-acted chemistry, one crime per episode with an overarching storyline, the unlikely pairing of the sacred and the secular (in this case, two damaged souls trying to make t” read more
“Have you ever had a feeling of deja vu? Watch this episode,...does it seem like you recognize the plot? You should! It's a near line-by-line remake of the Season 1 episode Skid Marks On A Run; the only real difference is the Season 1 episode takes place during Mannix's days as an employee of the Int” read more
“In any setting, the vast southern California desert alone could pass as a malevolent force. Placed into the hands of an up-and-coming young director named Steven Spielberg, that force morphs into an aging fuel tanker driven by a man Spielberg described as "...a dirty, rotten, no-good son of a bitch!” read more
“ Only Stooge film to receive an Oscar nomination. And it's easy to see why! "Doctor Howard, Doctor Fine, Doctor Howard!" is the war cry that starts the medical mayhem! An apple a day keeps the doctor away, but what if that apple has its skin on the inside? And what saves those poor miners? Radium,..” read more
“I know CFA takes a lot of heat for the opinions of it's owner, but in all the years I've patronized them, I've never had a bad meal and the high school kids they hire aren't there working dead-end "McJobs;" the managers actually encourage them to move on and continue their education.” read more
“A prequel that's more like Nyquil! Usually in franchises, there are two paths: good original, better second act, and out-of-steam denouement or great original and rapid slide into banality. Guess where this one falls? If the original were a serious movie, instead of a tongue-in-cheek wink towards th” read more
“A giddily anachronistic, feel-good movie! Like going to your local Renaissance Faire and seeing up-and-coming actors who, absent the tragic loss of Heath Ledger, went on to acting fame and fortune.
The post-tournament dinner and dance scene, turning from minstrels to David Bowie is hyster” read more
“I remember this show from my childhood because it originated in Philadelphia on KYW TV (then the home of the show's production company, Westinghouse Broadcasting). If you can imagine The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson, broadcast in the late afternoon, and with a rotating series of celebrities in th” read more
“This episode, still one of my favorites, had so many things going on behind the scenes.
First, it was critically considered one of the best of a bad 5th season (and beyond). At this point, the mortal wounds from the departures of Barbara Bain and Martin Landau were starting to take their ” read more
“So, I originally found this on YouTube as a "proof of concept" demo about a year ago. Then I was recently able to stream watch the entire film, under the " Blood Immortal" title. The title photo doesn't do justice to this diamond in the rough movie and the production values are at the high end of in” read more
“Stop me if this seems familiar: The year is 2018 (from a 1970s perspective, of course) and corporations have replaced governments on a global scale. Rollerball is a global spectator sport, part roller derby, part basketball or hockey, and all mayhem. In the movie, stereotypes abound. Houston, the re” read more
“An early Mannix episode that features a young, up-and-coming singer by the name of Neil Diamond! Neil sings a few of his songs, including "Solitary Man," and gets a quick verbal jab at Mannix when a fight breaks out during his set!” read more