Film critic. Theatre nerd. Latter-Day Saint. writer of essays. Lover of things retro and random. Reader of pulp and fun stuff. Watcher of old TV. Everyday dude.
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It’s always worth celebrating when one of your favorite YouTubers posts a new video! (Especially when it’s been a while since you last heard from them!)
I just started watching THE EQUALIZER (1985)'s pilot episode and I'm blown away by how good it is right away. It feels like it takes most TV shows a little while to find their footing, but this first episode is already well-done!
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In honor of Halloween, I just poured a Coke, had a Twix bar, and watched both the FAMILY MATTERS “Stevil” episodes. It’s the most blatantly Halloween-y thing I did this season, and I’m glad I did it. It’s the way the night was meant to be spent!
I thought this was a really good book with an interesting take on World War II stories! In his script, Mark Waid took advantage of the cast of characters Riverdale provides, exploring what WWII was like on the homefront with compelling ideas I’ve never seen tackled before.
I’ve said this multiple times before! But when I say it, it gets fewer likes. What was I doing wrong? (I’m not bothered, btw. Just thought I’d make a joke!)
I’m all about that pea coat look, man!
Filmed in and around Salt Lake City (notably at the Saltair resort), for my fellow Utah residents!
I love the way Herk Harvey plays the antagonist. There are scenes where he appears with this lazy smile on his face, like he's just messing with the protagonist and having fun.
I just finished rewatching PAPER MOON, and I just thought you’d be interested in knowing that
1) it’s still a five-star movie in my book. I can’t think of anything I’d change
And
2) Tatum O’Neal’s performance is still maybe the best child-acting ever captured on film
Just my two cents: I LOVE movies as much as anybody; you only need to follow me for a week or two to see that. However, reading exercises your brain in ways that movies and TV simply won’t. Reading is required if you want to live a complete intellectual and emotional life.
I’ve talked about “In My Room” being a major musical touchstone for me, but this is another big one. Few songs do a better job depicting how it feels to have big, painful emotions inside, but feeling the need to hide them because “you have to be strong.”
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I’m not good at drawing at all, but I enjoy doing it, so I continue to doodle & sketch. That’s what Bob Ross was trying to say through his show: that the process of making art (and what it means to the artist to create) is just as important (or even more so) than the end product.
Not to invalidate anyone else’s experience, but I was also around when the STAR WARS prequels came out. I was pretty young, but I was already following movies. There was excitement over THE PHANTOM MENACE for a few days or weeks, but I remember the tide shifting pretty quickly.
I also have a theory that Bruce likes doing comedy a lot more than he likes doing action. When he has a comedic role, it seems like he feels a lot freer to relax and have fun.
(That’s one reason he’s so great in DIE HARD. Plenty of comedy mixed with the action!)
I think Bruce Willis gives the best performance of his career in THE SIXTH SENSE. Unlike anything else he ever did, and he makes it look so natural.
(My second favorite is DIE HARD, 'cause it takes everything people like about Bruce and distills it into one quintessential role!)
Willis's performance in THE SIXTH SENSE is a classic of modulation, since he's basically forced to play Malcolm so that he never gets too upset, or else it will affect the other characters and give away the game.
Osment, on the other hand, gets so much mileage out of whispering his lines so intensely that you're kinda tricked into thinking his is the greatest child performance of all time.