Tag: comedy
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FRANCHISE REWIND: Lethal Weapon (1987)
Lethal Weapon, 1987 (Mel Gibson/Danny Glover) Warner Bros. “I don’t make things complicated. That’s the way they get, all by themselves.” I don’t know if it was Lethal Weapon specifically, but some movie made in the mid-to-late ’80s influenced an entire subgenre of low-budget action movies that were released either in theaters or direct-to-video. If…
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FRANCHISE REWIND: Back to the Future, Part III (1990)
Back to the Future, Part III, 1990 (Michael J. Fox) MCA/Universal “Marty, the future isn’t written. It can be changed. You know that. Anyone can make their future whatever they want it to be. I can’t let this one little photograph determine my entire destiny. I have to live my life according to what I…
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FRANCHISE REWIND: Ghostbusters Afterlife (2021)
Ghostbusters Afterlife, 2021 (McKenna Grace) Columbia Pictures/Sony Pictures Releasing “This isn’t a farm, It’s a trap.” Oh my God, I feel so dirty after watching this movie! It might make me feel better to know that Ivan, and his son, Jason Reitman, as well as Dan Aykroyd’s respective hearts were in the right place, but…
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FRANCHISE REWIND: Ghostbusters (2016)
Ghostbusters, 2016 (Melissa McCarthy) Columbia Pictures/Sony Pictures Releasing “Never compare me to the mayor in Jaws! Never!” This is what happens when you go too far. Sometimes an idea has to stay relevant, even if the relevancy comes about in a wholly inorganic way. We can keep the idea alive by referencing it, by restoring…
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Monkees vs. Macheen: Michael Nesmith (1942-2021)
There’s wings to the thought behind fancy,There’s wings to the thought behind playAnd dancing to rhythms of laughterMakes laughter the rhythm of rain. Mike. Mike. Mike. My favorite Monkee. The smart one. The very-funny-and-sometimes-awkward one. The one from Texas. The tall one. One of the “musician-not-actors.” The only Monkee I trusted when I was in…
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“The Buddy System, 1984”
“You’ve gained seven pounds. If you want to put something in your mouth, try a gun.” The Buddy System, 1984 (Richard Dreyfuss), 20th Century Fox Okay, what the Hell is going on here? Why can’t Dreyfuss and Sarandon make it work? There’s no direct hostility (at least later on), but there is anxiety between two…
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Vintage Cable Box: “The Trouble With Harry, 1955”
“He’s asleep. He’s in a deep sleep. A deep, wonderful sleep.” The Trouble with Harry, 1955 (John Forsythe), Paramount Pictures Young Jerry Mathers hears gunshots and arguing in the idyllic Vermont countryside. He stumbles across a dead body. It’s a body everybody seems to know, with the exception of the strange artist Sam Marlow (John…
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Vintage Cable Box: “Richard Pryor: Live in Concert, 1979”
“What-choo takin’ my picture for? Who you gonna show it too? ‘I got a picture of Richard Pryor!’ ‘Who gives a fuck?’ Sit yo ass down! Motherfucker, sit down! You know you ain’t got no film in the camera. You just bullshittin’ just flashin’, ain’t nothin’ flashing. Sit yo ugly ass down!” Richard Pryor: Live…
Misadventures in Blissville 