Dec 18, 2020
It’s a holiday classic that’s become quintessential viewing every
holiday season, but at the time Warner Bros. wasn’t even sure they
wanted another Vacation movie. After the lukewarm response
to European Vacation, the studio spent several years
dragging their feet on the prospect of a second sequel.
After...
Nov 26, 2020
It's time to dig into this year's cinematic turkey and you'd be hard-pressed to find a more deserving title than Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot. It wasn't just a commercial disappointment upon its initial release, it's also still widely regarded as one of the worst films ever made.
So what exactly went wrong here? The...
Nov 13, 2020
It should have been the next E.T. Instead,
Explorers is a film that many of you have probably never
even heard of. How is it that a sci-fi/adventure movie from the
director of Gremlins and featuring the big screen debuts
of Ethan Hawke and River Phoenix hasn't garnered more
notoriety?
The answer unfortunately...
Oct 30, 2020
Happy Halloween, friends! This year we're headed to the coastal town of Southport for a look back at I Know What You Did Last Summer. Loosely based on Lois Duncan's novel of the same name, it was the second smash hit for Scream creator Kevin Williamson.
The impressive box office numbers were offset...
Sep 11, 2020
The Breakfast Club and Weird Science were both released in 1985 and it's sort of apparent which one writer/director John Hughes was more invested in. Although he was well known for having an insanely fast turnaround time on his screenplays, it sounds like he would have been the first to admit that this one could have...