In a future where basic science is ignored, corporations control the government, and…wait. When I tell you that I have been avoiding this movie like the plague in recent years, I mean it. Mike Judge has this weird ability to have his finger directly on the pulse of what is going on and, just because Idiocracy came out nearly twenty years ago, that doesn’t mean … Continue reading Revisiting Idiocracy in 2025
Just Friends is one of those films that I quote on a near daily basis. Whether it’s “Wait, where are you going?”, “I’m stuffed”, or “Joyce? Joyce?”, I find some way to work a quote from this film into daily conversation. However, much like my post about Big, I have never watched this film while applying today’s societal standards and morals. And, I’m not going … Continue reading Films That Have Not Aged Well: Just Friends (2005)
In 1979, a house with “evil eye” windows became associated forever with murder and the supernatural, thanks to Stuart Rosenberg’s film, The Amityville Horror. 26 years later, those same windows would appear again in a remake of the classic, directed by Andrew Douglas. Amityville Horror (1979) was a cultural phenomenon. The film, starring James Brolin and Margot Kidder, is based on the book of the … Continue reading The Amityville Horror (1979 & 2005)
