Less of a documentary and more of an adventure to gain closure for writer/director/star Andrew McCarthy, BRATS hits well for a Gen Xr like me, which is to say I have my doubts about how enjoyable it will be for the later generations.
Based on McCarthy's book An 80s Story, McCarthy outlines the impact and intent of an infamous news article written by journalist David Blum. Blum's 1985 news article not only coined the term "Brat Pack" but also denigrated…
The Burger God George Motz made this documentary in 2004 as a love letter to America's burger culture prior to the release of his book of the same name.
Hamburger America is a journey across America's hamburger landmarks credited and celebrated for their own unique burger styles. Eight joints are visited featuring The Billy Goats "cheeseboiga", Louis' Lunch's original broiled burger, Dyer's fried burger, Ted's butter burger, and more.
Unspoiled by clumsy narration, the film features the voices and stories…
This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.
Ok, I rated this film 1.5 stars, but it's not all bad.
First things first, this was a low budget film in 1978 that had a great box office run earning $36M on a $1.7M budget making it a bonafide box office hit. Of course, following up on Hamill's breakout role as Luke Skywalker in 1977's Star Wars helped boost ticket sales.
Kenny Dantley, played by Hamill, discovers the remnants of a Chevy Corvette Stingray at a junkyard during a…
“Who’s With Me?” is film ingenuity at its finest. Take a small budget, a limited cast, no studio distribution, and push out a free film for all. And it’s a good film too. I’d love to know more about the production. What limitations did they have? Who was involved? What was life like on set? So many questions.
As a confinement thriller, this film does a fine job illustrating the mental fatigue of having no human contact, while demonstrating the…
Trigger Warning is a nice throwback to the heady days of simple action films with familiar plots that overuse guns, knives, explosions, and fights. In this case, Jessica Alba plays a military special ops soldier who comes home to attend to her father's funeral. She soon believes her father's death wasn't an accident and sets out to prove it. The remainder of the film unfolds as you could assume with a crooked politician, a corrupt Sheriff, a spoiled brat trouble…
