Like most, I was sitting in my living room when the push notification popped up on my phone. Breaking News: Two people have been found dead inside a Los Angeles home owned by actor-director Rob Reiner, source tells AP My heart sank as I read the article. No names had been released. No confirmation on who was found inside, just the ages of the victims, … Continue reading The Cultural Impact of Rob Reiner : In Remembrance
Wicked: For Good is the follow up and conclusion to last years Wicked. Picking up where the first film leaves off, we are thrown into an authoritarian hellscape that is not unlike our own at the moment. The more I think about it, the more I stand by a thought I had last year: it’s a mistake to split the musical into two movies. That’s … Continue reading Wicked: For Good (2025) Review
My original intent when watching Josie and the Pussycats was to do a second entry in my “That’s So 2000’s” series. However, after rewatching this movie, I found it to be ahead of its time and painfully relevant today. So, it’s deserving of its own full deep dive, that’s much more than “remember this movie?”. It is important, I think, to know that this movie … Continue reading Josie and the Pussycats (2001): Subliminal Messaging & Capitalism in the MTV Age.
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
I went into this film thinking I was prepared for how bad it was going to be. But, even with all the rumblings I’ve heard, I still wasn’t ready. War of the Worlds is a story that has been made into a movie multiple times, this one being the third iteration. And, let me tell you, they should have just stopped at the two. The … Continue reading Notoriously Bad Films: War of the Worlds (2025)
Have you seen Sphere? You know, the 1998 film based on the Michael Crichton novel of the same name? The one that stars Dustin Hoffman? Not ringing any bells? Don’t worry. That’s what I’m here for. Honestly, the cover of the film may be what jogs your memory, as it’s usually seen floating about Tubi or some other streaming service. Where do I even begin? … Continue reading 90s Flashback: Sphere (1998)
I’ve been burnt out on movies. No. That’s not true. I’ve been burnt out on the Industry. I’ve been burnt out by their callousness. I’ve been burnt out by their pessimism. I’ve been burnt out by their Greed. So, I haven’t been writing. I haven’t felt passionately enough or motivated enough to write anything for months. That’s not for lack of wanting to write. Just … Continue reading Where Have You Been, Loca?
The first thing you must know about me is that I am an ex theater kid. If you’ve been here with me for a while, then that comes as no surprise to you. In fact, you may have already known that. That’s all to say that Wicked was the first ever Broadway musical soundtrack I burned from my grandparent’s computer. I even printed out the … Continue reading Wicked: Part 1 Review
How did we get here? I’ll give you a condensed version. Who are the Hollywood Foreign Press Association? The HFPA was an organization founded in 1943 by Los Angeles-based foreign journalist who wanted a more organized process for distributing movie news in non-US markets. It would become an extremely exclusive club that nobody could get a membership to. Throughout those early years, the Golden Globe … Continue reading The Hard Relaunch of the Golden Globes
It’s an argument I hear every year: What qualifies a movie as a Christmas movie? I’ve stayed silent, year after year. But, I cannot stay silent any longer. That Old Picture Show’s definitive definition of what makes a Christmas movie: A movie that has a plot that is dependent on the holiday season, can be considered a holiday movie. A movie can have a scene … Continue reading What Makes A Christmas Movie
