UPDATE: SCHLICHTER-LANCHE!!! Welcome to all you fans of the Colonel… ain’t he the best? Before we get into George’s two additions to the library, take a minute to go back and read the orignal Library of Cancelled Films post to get an idea of what we’re doing here and why…. OK, are you back? Let’s… Continue reading The Library of Cancelled Films (June 18, 2021 Edition)
Category: Hollywood
Smokey and the Bandit: Or how I learned to love the Red State/Blue State divide
Believe it or not, there was a time when Hollywood actually cared about getting Red State Americans from flyover country into theaters and worked hard to make movies that treated them with dignity and respect. Yeah I know… but it’s true! Here in 2021 you cannot find a redneck Southern man in a Hollywood offering… Continue reading Smokey and the Bandit: Or how I learned to love the Red State/Blue State divide
RIP BJ Thomas
One of the best sequences in one of the greatest movies ever made.
How bad are award show ratings?
This bad… Like, I’d rather be Joe Biden’s sign language interpreter bad… Entertainment Tonight ran a commercial on Hugh Hewitt’s show Monday morning in which an announcer said “plus… what you didn’t see on the MTV movie and TV awards last night…” “What you didn’t see…” Guys… They know no one is watching. But I… Continue reading How bad are award show ratings?
Why do The Oscars suck?
In THE MAGINIFICENT SEVEN, Vin (played by the GOAT Steve McQueen) tells a joke about a guy who decided to jump off a roof. As he fell, the people in the windows he passed could hear him saying “so far, so good… so far, so good…” I thought of Vin’s joke as I woke up… Continue reading Why do The Oscars suck?
Culture War and Cold War
In 1983 an American director, Michael Apted, then at the height of his game hired a stellar cast including at least two current movie stars (William Hurt and Brian Dennehy) and one aging movie star (Lee Marvin) to make GORKY PARK, a thriller about the endemic corruption and soul-killing evil of Cold War Soviet Society.… Continue reading Culture War and Cold War
Movie Connections
I have a weird brain for movies. I can remember lines and characters from movies even if I only saw them once fifteen years ago. And often when I watch movies based on historical events, especially when I’ve seen them before, I watch with a Google window open (or Bing or DuckDuckGo for those who… Continue reading Movie Connections
The Justice League Snyder Cut…
I dunno man… longer and darker is not what I’m looking for from a Superman movie… The worst thing that ever happened to WB’s efforts to bring the rest of the DC universe to llife was the unbelievable success and high quality of Nolan’s Batman trilogy. It convinced WB that what fans wanted from DC… Continue reading The Justice League Snyder Cut…
Reimagining “Hellton” Academy
In DEAD POETS SOCIETY, Director Peter Weir establishes the villain of the piece in the very first shot… a series of banners carried by students in a start-of-the-school-year procession which read TRADITION, EXCELLENCE, HONOR, DISCIPLINE. Absent from these banners are concepts like ENLIGHTENMENT, KNOWLEDGE, MATURITY, and CRTICIAL THINKING. Later, in a conversation that is meant… Continue reading Reimagining “Hellton” Academy
What’s wrong with the Golden Globes?
So… Tina Fey comes out before the show and promises that there will be no politics in this year’s Golden Globes broadcast… …and then the show craters to eye-popping levels of “we really don’t care about the Golden Globes anymore…” I think the solution is clear. Next year’s show practically demands a mainline injection of… Continue reading What’s wrong with the Golden Globes?