I love Danny DeVito's Hoffa. Whatever liberties the filmmakers might have taken with the man's life will not cause an engine to seize or bust a couple of axles on an interstate haul, so we won't worry over such details in this essay. Your opinions of modern day labor unions shouldn't determine the artistic merits of this... Continue Reading →
Film Review: LAKE MUNGO(2008) A Creepy Study on the Archaeology of Loss and Guilt
Death is a sure shot sniper. Since the beginning of time, it has been ending people with extreme prejudice. The Grim Reaper doesn't care what color your skin is, or what god you pray to at night before you go to sleep. When death has you in the crosshairs, you are better off just coming... Continue Reading →
Film Ramblings: THE BAD NEWS BEARS(1976) Throwing Spitballs at the Cancer of Political Correctness
Pardon me while I flex my right wing, but I believe the United States is the greatest country in the history of the world. I am probably a loud, obnoxious(drunk?) American, but nothing will change that belief in me. Perhaps you shouldn't read any further if you think you know how this is going to... Continue Reading →
Film Ramblings: DAWN OF THE DEAD(1978) A World Flushed Down the Toilet
When I was a predictably obnoxious teenager approximating growing up in Massapequa, I liked to get into all the shit punk kids would normally do. I lived to blast rock music to piss off my parents. I cursed like a drunken sailor in the hopes that it would offend one of my ancestors. I watched... Continue Reading →
Film Review: CHILDREN SHOULDN’T PLAY WITH DEAD THINGS(1972) Great Title, Awful 1970’s Fashion
Children Shouldn't Play With Dead Things is a wonderful title for a horror movie. However, I don't know of any scientific axiom that proves a great title always results in a good film. If your probation for drunk and disorderly has got you teaching Film Study 101 to a bunch of burnouts at the local community... Continue Reading →
Film Review: COMBAT SHOCK-DIRECTOR’S CUT(1985) American Nightmares on Staten Island
Would you trust the artistic merits of a film written and directed by a dude named Buddy Giovinazzo, or Buddy G as he appears in the credits of Combat Shock? When my credit wasn't worth a shit, I think Buddy G was the guy that gave me a personal loan in the damp alleyway behind... Continue Reading →
Film Ramblings: JAWS(1975) The Greatest Drinking Blockbuster of All Time (Part 3)
Part 1 is here Part 2 is here "NO LAW SHALL EXIST TO DENY OR LIMIT THE RIGHT OF A PERSON TO DRINK ALCOHOL DURING THE DAYLIGHT HOURS." Tarmac's addition to the Bill of Rights I dig day drinking. I believe it is our God given right to be able to drink a frosty... Continue Reading →
Film Ramblings: JAWS(1975) The Greatest Drinking Blockbuster of All Time (Part2)
The first part of this bucket of chopped up bait fish is here Alcohol has given me a few nights when my memory is about as clear as a windshield covered with the splattered remains of a plague of locust. That damned, delicious Jack Daniels Tennessee Honey will make you forget what planet you are... Continue Reading →
Film Ramblings: JAWS(1975) The Greatest Drinking Blockbuster of All Time (Part 1)
Some of this appeared while I was writing at The Supernaughts. I never finished this magnum opus(drunk, no doubt) and since I am doing my own thing, I thought I would finish it here. I realize JAWS is really a Fourth of July thing, but I have something planned for that. Luckily, Memorial Day is... Continue Reading →
