Charlie’s Angels (2000)
Remember when McG was a thing? The director of Charlie’s Angels began his show biz career by producing Sugar Ray’s first album, co-writing their earworm song “Fly” on their second and directing videos and documentaries for Smash Mouth, The Offspring and Korn. This led to ads and finally, to this remake of the 1970’s TV series, […]
She’s Allergic to Cats (2020)
“Michael, you are a dirty boy. You are just a giant, sad, dirty man-baby.”— Sebastian, producer and agent from L.A.’s underbelly To this day I still get the business for making my friends watch Adam Rifkin’s The Dark Backward. I’ll never live down the “movie with the arm coming out of Judd Nelson’s back.” I’m […]
Dr. Goldfoot and the Bikini Machine (1965)
I don’t know if much media was considered meta in 1965, but this film definitely fits the bill. Somehow it combines everything American-International Pictures did best — Edgar Allan Poe movies, beach films and movies that appealed to the teenage zeitgeist — and mashes and mixes them up into one overall satisfying piece of ridiculousness. […]
Louder Than Love (2012)
For Kurt Cobain: February 20, 1967 – April 5, 1994 Before Nirvana, the Spin Doctors, the Red Hot Chilli Peppers and Pearl Jam, no one knew the meaning of grunge, or even cared where Seattle was: flannel was a fashion no-no. Do you remember the days of post-modern and cutting-edge rock, when everyone wore black […]
Trees Lounge (1996)
In tribute to Kurt Cobain: February 20, 1967 – April 5, 1994 There are two reasons (of many) why I love Trees Lounge: First: It serves as the screenwriting and directing debut by one of my favorite actors: Steve Buscemi. He’s the type of actor who appears in huge, major studio tent poles—like Armageddon and […]
S.F.W. (1994)
In tribute to Kurt Cobain: February 20, 1967 – April 5, 1994 First, there was Rick Van Ryan, the malcontent, social injustice warrior VJ of Incident at Channel Q. Then, when the metal ’80s buckled to the grungy ’90s, the Catcher In the Rye-styled, disenfranchised Generation X’ers of America needed a new hero: they got […]
You Only Live Twice (1967)
The fifth James Bond film, You Only Live Twice is the first Bond directed by Lewis Gilbert, who would go on to make The Spy Who Loved Me and Moonraker. And, perhaps most importantly, it seemed like it would be the last Bond film for Sean Connery. On Her Majesty’s Secret Service was to be the […]
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