In which I do can not take calling this girl "Dinky" seriously
The script goes entirely overboard with it too. They call Ryder "Dinky" more than I've ever heard any character referred to by name, it's like they couldn't believe this shit either and had to reassure themselves.
This is one of those classic early-Ryder performances where she totally nails the seriousness of being an awkward teen, even if the rest of the film is kind of underbaked. The movie…
In which Matthew Broderick actually really did look like that dude.
This is peak late-80's color-blind Francis-Fukuyama-core. It's one of those films that manages to feel triumphant and inspiring all the while completely plastering over the realities of the men who actually served in the 54th Massachusetts Infantry. It's both well acted and impressively made, but also sort of feels like an after school special.
Not to turn this into a history lesson, but it is super frustrating how so…
This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.
Watched early at the Music box with Q&A with director Osgood Perkins!
Skeleton Crew was a really formative horror anthology for me growing up. Along with Rod Serling, it really helped draw me into the absurd, the existential, the strange which shapes my taste to this day. Naturally, I've been waiting for a good adaptation of The Monkey since I was roughly 13 years old.
Thank fuck, this is one of the good King adaptations.
The Monkey itself is another…
Comedy is often such a product of its moment, to the point where commenting on it as such is basically a cliche. What I'm dancing around here is that I don't think The Original Kings of Comedy aged too well.
My biggest problem is the tired old-mannedness of it all. All of these guys were at least in their mid-30's at the time, and every last one of them was either in their sitcom era or just about to enter…
