When Friday the 13th came out in 1980 I was only 7 months old. It would take be 12 years before I’d see the “original” and its then several, less worthy, sequels. Even though I hold ‘Halloween’ as the pinnacle “slasher genre” film with its Hitchcock approach to supsense and minimal gore, I still love Friday the [...]
Posts Tagged ‘TV’
Friday the 13th…, The Remake
Posted in From the balcony, tagged Entertainment, Friday the 13th, Hollywood, Jason Voorhees, Movies, TV on February 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
G.I. Joe – The Movie
Posted in 86500, tagged Entertainment, G.I. Joe, Hollywood, Movies, SuperBowl, TV on February 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
When I was a little boy I wanted to be Duke from the G.I. Joe series. Everyday after elementary school I would head home to play G.I. Joe’s in my backyard, or at a friends house. It came as no shock to me when I read a year ago that Hollywood was adapting the beloved 80s series into [...]
Quarantine the Movie
Posted in From the balcony, tagged Hollywood, movie, News, Quarantine, REC, Review, Romero, Trailer, TV, Zombie on April 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Imagine you’re a TV news crew following a team of Hazmat agents into an apartment building to evacuate its residents, but something horribly wrong happens and you’re team is now being chased by…Zombies (of sorts). Sound stupid? Sure does, but that doesn’t stop Hollywood from making it. Quarantine, a remake of the Spanish film REC [...]
Actor Jason Beghe denounces Scientology
Posted in Cutting Room Floor, tagged Controversy, Entertainment, Hollywood, Jason Beghe, News, Religion, Scientology, TV, Video on April 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Jason Beghe, a TV/Film actor know for roles in G.I. Jane, Monkey Shines and Thelma & Louise, has denounced his relationship and his perception of Scientology. How does he denounce Scientology you say? The only way people in Hollywood do these days: they upload a YouTube post where they’re ranting about it. In all fairness [...]
Death of a legend…
Posted in Cutting Room Floor, tagged Actor, Ben-Hur, Charlton Heston, Death, Entertainment, Hollywood, Movies, News, NRA, The Ten Commandments, TV on April 7, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The man who parted the Red Sea, raced around on chariots, battled apes, investigated the origin of a substance called “soylent green” and countless of other iconic roles has died! Charlton Heston – the man, the myth and the legend past away in his Beverly Hills home over the weekend. He was 84. I remember [...]
They’re remaking Casablanca?
Posted in 86500, tagged Casablanca, Entertainment, Films, Iraq, Madonna, Media, News, Politics, Remakes, TV on April 2, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
With yesterday being April Fool’s Day, I thought this was a joke when I read it! To my disgust, it appears this is a real project. I’m well aware of the “what’s old is new again” mentality out there these days, but touching the Classic Hollywood Studio System Films, such as Casablanca, should be grounds [...]
The Wizard of Gore…
Posted in From the balcony, tagged Entertainment, Films, Gore, News, reviews, TV, Wizard, Wizard of Gore on March 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
For those of you who saw “Juno” this year, there’s a scene with Ellen Page and Jason Bateman where they discuss films, especially gore-fest films. Jason’s character mentions a little film made in the 1970s called… The Wizard of Gore. As an avid Netflix’er, I added that film (yes they do have it!) to my [...]
Arthur C. Clarke died
Posted in Cutting Room Floor, tagged 2001, A Space Odyssey, Auther C Clarke, Death, Entertainment, film, News, TV on March 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The man behind 2001: A Space Odyssey (OK, it was Kubrick behind the film – but Clarke co-wrote it with him) died. He was 90. Clarke is known throughout the world as one of the greatest science fiction writers. He’s written more then 100 books on the subject. He’s even attributed with the creation of [...]
WE Channel’s new series: High School Confidential
Posted in From the balcony, tagged documentary, Entertainment, High School Confidential, Media, News, TV, WE Channel on March 11, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
WE Channel’s new series, High School Confidential, follows 12 young lady’s through all 4 years of high school. I love this kind of documentary film-making. And to boot, it was created by a 1st time filmmaker - a mother in the community who wanted to REALLY capture the life young coeds go through in high school. With [...]
New Indiana Jones Trailer
Posted in From the balcony, tagged Entertainment, Indiana Jones, Movies, News, Steven Spielberg, TV on March 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
So, after 19 years and a string of flop films (Hollywood Homicide, K-19: The WidowMaker, Random Hearts, Firewall), Harrison Ford is donning the fedora and whip once again to play the immortal archaeologist on a quest, Indiana Jones. First it was the Holy Grail, then the stones of Sheeba and then it was the cup [...]
