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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Not to invalidate anyone else’s experience, but I was also around when the STAR WARS prequels came out. I was pretty young, but I was already following movies. There was excitement over THE PHANTOM MENACE for a few days or weeks, but I remember the tide shifting pretty quickly.
I also have a theory that Bruce likes doing comedy a lot more than he likes doing action. When he has a comedic role, it seems like he feels a lot freer to relax and have fun.
(That’s one reason he’s so great in DIE HARD. Plenty of comedy mixed with the action!)
I think Bruce Willis gives the best performance of his career in THE SIXTH SENSE. Unlike anything else he ever did, and he makes it look so natural.
(My second favorite is DIE HARD, 'cause it takes everything people like about Bruce and distills it into one quintessential role!)
Willis's performance in THE SIXTH SENSE is a classic of modulation, since he's basically forced to play Malcolm so that he never gets too upset, or else it will affect the other characters and give away the game.
Osment, on the other hand, gets so much mileage out of whispering his lines so intensely that you're kinda tricked into thinking his is the greatest child performance of all time.
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!
