Back to School #42: Ferris Bueller’s Day Off (dir by John Hughes)
Life moves pretty fast. If you don’t stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it. — Ferris Bueller (Matthew Broderick) in Ferris Bueller’s Day Off (1986) While I was rewatching the 1986...
View ArticleVal’s Movie Roundup #15: Hallmark Edition
Citizen Jane (2009) – I was quite surprised that this was actually a Hallmark movie. The acting was strong. The story stayed focused. They actually bothered shooting in San Francisco. This almost could...
View ArticleHalloween Film Review: Highway to Hell (1991, directed by Ate de Jong)
Highway to Hell, a low-budget take on the legend of Orpheus, opens with a young couple, Charlie (Chad Lowe) and Rachel (Kristy Swanson), driving to Las Vegas so they can elope. When they stop to get...
View ArticleA Movie A Day #171: The Program (1993, directed by David S. Ward)
There’s not a single sports cliché that goes untouched in The Program. A veteran college football coach who, after two disappointing seasons, is now being told that he must get wins at any cost?...
View ArticleA Movie A Day #277: Deadly Friend (1986, directed by Wes Craven)
Things I learned from watching Deadly Friend: Girls love nerds who build robots. In 1986, nerds could build robots that displayed human feelings. Angry old neighbors hate robots. If a nerd can build a...
View ArticleA Movie A Day #350: The Chase (1994, directed by Adam Rifkin)
Jack Hammond (Charlie Sheen) was just an innocent clown who worked birthday parties. Then he was mistaken for an outlaw clown and was accused of a crime that he did not commit. When police...
View ArticleLet’s Talk About Killer Under The Bed (dir by Jeff Hare)
Killer Under The Bed aired on the Lifetime network back on October 20th and, at first glance, it might sound like a typical lifetime film. Recent widow Sarah (Kristy Swanson) has moved into a new house...
View ArticleHorror Film Review: Buffy the Vampire (dir by Fran Rubel Kuzui)
Watching this movie was such a strange experience. Now, of course, I say that as someone who grew up watching and loving the television version of Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Back when Buffy was on TV,...
View ArticleCinemax Friday: Supreme Sanction (1999, directed by John Terlesky)
Jordan McNamara (David Dukes) is a world-renowned news reporter who is investigating why some U.S. Army helicopters were mysteriously shot down. The sinister Director (Ron Perlman) doesn’t want...
View ArticleFilm Review: What If…. (dir by Dallas Jenkins)
2010’s What If…. is a likable, religious-themed twist on the It’s a Wonderful Life formula. It tells the story of Ben Walker (Kevin Sorbo), who years ago abandoned his girlfriend and his dreams of...
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