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GODZILLA VS. KONG

March 31, 2021 By Leave a Comment

GODZILLA VS. KONG

If there were special awards for truth in advertising when it comes to movie titles, GODZILLA VS. KONG would sweep them. Essentially, that is all there is to this extravagant spree of special effects and occasional camp. The plot, and there is a great deal of it, is completely subservient to upping the ante when… Read More »

Tagged With: Chinese bleach, conspiracy theories, Florida, fluoridation, hollow earth theory, kaiju, monsters, sequel

LIVE BY NIGHT

January 13, 2017 By Leave a Comment

LIVE BY NIGHT

LIVE BY NIGHT is so sumptuously photographed that it can almost make up for its shortcomings.  Based on the novel of the same name by Dennis Lehane, it has weathered its translation by becoming a slight story heinously overblown. It also suffers from too many false endings.  So many, in fact, that I can’t vouch… Read More »

Tagged With: bootleggers, Boston, Cuba, Florida, gang warfare, gangsters, mob, molasses, Roaring Twenties, romance, rum

3 1/2 MINUTES, 10 BULLETS — Marc Silver Interview

February 2, 2016 By Leave a Comment

3 1/2 MINUTES, 10 BULLETS — Marc Silver Interview

One of Marc Silver’s primary reasons for making 3 1/2 MINUTES, 10 BULLETS, was to humanize a statistic. In this case, a young black man, Jordan Davis, killed in an altercation over loud music. The case became notorious because of that reason, providing a catchy hook to media coverage, not because of the tragic loss of… Read More »

Tagged With: criminal justice system, Donald Rumsfeld, Ferguson, Florida, George Zimmerman, gun control, gun laws, Jacksonville, Jordan Davis, known unknowns, loud music murder, Marc Silver, media, Michael Dunn, racial profiling, Shooting, stand your ground, thug music, trayvon martin, trial footage, unknown unknowns

DIRTY GRANDPA

January 24, 2016 By 2 Comments

DIRTY GRANDPA

We will commence with the flensing of DIRTY GRANDPA momentarily.  Before we begin, though, a brief summary of the plot of Mel Brooks’ THE PRODUCERS.  In that film, more the original rather than the musical remake, we were delighted by the inspired but appalling behavior of producer Max Bialystock and Leo Bloom, his hapless accountant turned… Read More »

Tagged With: Daytona Beach, dreck, Family, Florida, Golden Raspberry contender, razzie, senior citizens, spring break

BIG TROUBLE

October 21, 2014 By Leave a Comment

BIG TROUBLE

BIG TROUBLE, you might recall, was pulled from its original fall 2001 release because of the incidents of 9/11. The film’s finale features a plane hijacking and a really big bomb. Releasing it then would have been so far beyond wrong that a whole new circle would have had to be added to Hell order… Read More »

Tagged With: Barry Sonnefeld, book to screen, comedy, Dave Barry, Florida, Miami, narrative

SPRING BREAKERS

October 21, 2014 By Leave a Comment

SPRING BREAKERS

What is most interesting about Harmony Korine’’s SPRING BREAKERS is the way it turns its imagery on its head while revealing harsh truths about the hollowness of American pop culture. Though the camera revels in shots of decadent excess, it never quite reduces them to mere cheap exploitation. Instead, by the end of this anti-fairy… Read More »

Tagged With: crime spree, day-glo bikinis, drug dealing, Florida, ski masks, spring break

Dennis Farina Embraces BIG TROUBLE

September 1, 2014 By Leave a Comment

Dennis Farina Embraces BIG TROUBLE

Dennis Farina is a class act. He also has a wicked sense of humor, which explains why he is does comedy so well. Before becoming an actor, he served for many years on the Chicago police force, a background that can’t help but keep the glitter of Tinseltown in perspective. I spoke with Farina on his birthday, February 29, 2002. The conversation ranged… Read More »

Tagged With: Barry Sonnefeld, caper, crime, criminals, Florida

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