Tag Archive for 'John C. McGinley'
May 12th, 2017 by Jason Coleman
To celebrate the review this week of Marco Siedelmann’s very cool and comprehensive B-movie book titled The Untold, In-Depth, Outrageously True Story of Shapiro Glickenhaus Entertainment, it seemed right to reminisce about the gold old SGE days by highlighting one of their biggest 80’s hit – welcome to Forgotten Friday Flick! We’re heading into tough guy […]
March 17th, 2017 by Jason Coleman
Indie films stretch vastly over high and low dog ratings this week – not to mention covering the full spectrum of genres to boot! Unlikely superheroes, ex-boyfriend and father bonding, sci-fi wackos, elder basketball star docs, horrific curses, deadly office games and damaged gals seeking revenge fill out the seven films that make up the […]
December 23rd, 2016 by Jason Coleman
Currently watching Fences, a play turned movie that feels a tad stagnate, it reminds me that this week’s current stage to screen hidden gem is once again due to delight – welcome to Forgotten Friday Flick! Today’s selection is a great example of how to take a former piece of theater and make it cinematic. […]
July 2nd, 2014 by Gerard Iribe
Kid Cannabis is the true story of an Idaho teen dropout who builds a multimillion-dollar marijuana ring by trafficking drugs through the woods across the Canadian border. But his pursuit of the high life – complete with girls, guns, and vicious rival drug lords – may leave this ex-pizza boy in way over his head. Director […]
May 21st, 2014 by Gerard Iribe
Based on a true story, KID CANNABIS debuts on Blu-ray™ and DVD July 8 from Well Go USA Entertainment. Writer/Director John Stockwell’s (Blue Crush, Crazy/Beautiful) true-crime tale is based on a 2005 Rolling Stone article detailing the outlandish saga of an eighteen year old, self-described “loser by legacy” high school dropout and his friend whose lives are changed forever when they […]
April 11th, 2013 by Aaron Neuwirth
I don’t acknowledge this very often, but I like to bookend my reviews with quotes from the film. Sometimes they sum up the film in a sense and other times they are just quotes I enjoyed the most. The two I have chosen for 42, a film that chronicles the introduction of Jackie Robinson into […]
March 23rd, 2011 by Blu-ray Brian
I often get heckled about my love for movies and having not seen some of the films considered essential classics. One such film has always been Platoon. Well things are about to change in my life. No, it’s not that I can’t get enough of Charlie Sheen as of late, but instead I’m actually looking […]