At first glance, you’ll instantly notice the title, The Last Voyage of the Demeter, is entirely void of any Dracula vibes. If anything, it screams disaster shipwreck story until you dig into the details and note Demeter’s origin is born from a chapter from Bram Stoker’s 1897 novel. There’s the challenge in making a full-length […]
August 16, 2023
78-year-old Milton (Ben Kingsley) lives in the quiet and cozy town of Boonton, Pennsylvania, where he almost goes through the same routine weekly. He attends the same city council meetings where he suggests changing the town slogan (“A Great Place To Call Home might not be clear”) and building a crosswalk. Like Milton, many of […]
August 16, 2023
Towards the end of ‘Hall of Shame,’ former founder and president of BALCO, Victor Conte, states, “There’s no such thing as bad publicity.” He points out that when you search the names of Marion Jones and Barry Bonds, you see ZMA supplement ads alongside them. He even floats an idea of selling the original BALCO […]
August 11, 2023
“We got MC Hammer budgets!” Tony Yayo declared during a brief pause in 50 Cent’s set comprised of pyro, male and female dancers, a backing band, and illuminating backgrounds which would take the form of Curtis Jackson’s South Jamaica, Queens hometown or to show his vast accolades from music, acting, television producer, and author. It’s […]
August 10, 2023
The corporate setting depicted in Joachim Back’s Corner Office could be anywhere. Anytime the audience sees the outside of the complex, it’s from an aerial standpoint hovering over a snowy parking lot. Although there are different makes and models, you’ll feel a distinct lack of personality in each of these shots. Within the business hierarchy, […]
August 9, 2023
For many of the long-time Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle fandom, their entry point following the heroes in a half shell came from seeing the 1987 animated Saturday Morning cartoon and/or the 1990’s Jim Henson Creature Shop costumes of 1990. Who doesn’t love funny humanoid animals who love to eat pizza? Throughout the varying degrees of […]
August 9, 2023
In 2012, then-redshirt freshman Johnny Manziel took the college football world by storm, turning in dynamic after dynamic performance as the starting quarterback of the Texas A&M Aggies. Although ex-Aggies coach Kevin Sunlim’s had a policy for freshman players not to speak to the media, Manziel’s play trusted him into the national spotlight. It began […]
August 4, 2023
A couple of weeks ago, I went to see Insidious: The Red Door at a local AMC theater like I’ve seen many horror films. There’s something about seeing a scary film in a theatrical setting with a bunch of people that has a certain synergy to it. Though the pandemic has done a lot to […]
August 3, 2023
The brilliance of They Cloned Tyrone is within the details surrounding the plot as they come together to make a timely whole. At some points during the film, there are random ads for fried chicken hair and care products. They play as overt stereotypes played to a Black neighborhood, and with good reason. Many of […]
July 26, 2023
Jake Paul’s Netflix documentary, The Problem Child, will most not likely change your mind either way. If you think he’s a braggadocious, annoying Youtuber desecrating the sport of boxing – you’ll probably feel the same way. On the flip side, if you see a person who was able to parlay his knowledge of promotion into […]
July 26, 2023
In 1961, two years after the extremely famous Barbie doll was made, Mattel gave the world Ken, named after founder Ruth Handler’s son, Kenneth. By the supposed natural order of things, Barbie and Ken were paired together (until their break up in 2004 and eventual reunion in 2011. Yes, I know this is weird talking […]
July 24, 2023