Flashback Review: The Wedding Planner

Prior to Matthew McConaughey’s pre-Oscar winning career in acclaimed works such as Dallas Buyers Club, Mud, True Detective: Season 1 & Interstellar. (one of my favorite films) He starred in a string of critical flops linked to the romantic comedy (rom com for short) genre like How To Lose A Guy In 10 Days, Failure […]

Classics Review: A Star Is Born (1954)

Salutations fellow movie goers from across the globe. Today, we’re going back in time to remember a movie starring Judy Garland (The Wizard Of Oz, Meet Me In St. Louis. her collaboration with Mickey Rooney) in a romantic musical drama about a washed up alcoholic actor who begins a relationship with a rising star while […]

Boys Don’t Cry

In late 1993, Brendan Teena/Teena Brandon, a transman/lesbian was a victim of a crime that eventually became a tragedy. Two Years Later, first time filmmaker Kimberly Peirce (Stop-Loss, 2013 remake of Carrie) made a short film called, “Boys Don’t Cry” about the life of Brandon before Kim expanded it as a full length motion picture […]

Classics Review: Splendor In The Grass

Time for another Classics Review starring the late Natalie Wood (West Side Story, The Great Race) & Warren Beatty (in his film debut) as two high school sweethearts, until their romance spirals out of control. Elia Kazan (A Streetcar Named Desire, On The Waterfront, East Of Eden) directed one of my mom’s favorite films called […]

Flashback Review: George Of The Jungle

In the year 1967, animator, Jay Ward (creator of Rocky & Bullwinkle) developed a cartoon called, “George Of Jungle,” which is basically a parody of Tarzan. The Premise is about a dim witted buffoon named George, who protects his jungle located in Africa, from dangerous threats. One of the key elements of the show is […]

Flashback Review: The Santa Clause 2

Eight years after the release of The Santa Clause, Disney released a teaser trailer called The Santa Clause 2, with Tim Allen reprising his role as Scott Calvin/Santa Claus. The Basic Premise is about Scott, finally accepting his role as Santa Claus, until one day, he begins to show signs of slowly reverting back to […]

Sixteen Candles

After establishing himself as a screenwriter for National Lampoon’s Vacation, and Mr. Mom, late filmmaker, John Hughes, decided to make a name for himself as a director so he can expand his horizons, starting with his first full length feature film called, Sixteen Candles. Sixteen Candles was released in 1984. At the time of it’s […]