Category: Movies
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The 20 Best Songs From ’80s Movie Soundtracks Like, Ever
I’m not good at writing about music (do I know how to sell the hell out of blog post, or what?). For one thing, I know next to nothing about the intricacies of the art form, comparing an artist’s work to others, divining the meaning behind lyrics, blah, blah, blah. As the old saying goes,…
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No, Finding Dory Is Not Good
I know I’m a bit late to the party writing about a movie that was released almost two weeks ago (I saw Dory the day after it came out), but sometimes I like to let a moviegoing experience marinate for awhile. In our “hot take” society, we throw out instantaneous reactions to everything because, well, Twitter/Snapchat/Facebook.…
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RIP Glenn Frey: Husband. Father. The Coke Fiend From Let’s Get Harry.
This month we lost Glenn Frey, a consummate entertainer, at the age of 67. Frey is probably best known for his role as Spence, a coke-addled regular Joe from Illinois who, with his buddies, mounts a daring rescue of their buddy who’s being held hostage in Colombia in the 1986 film Let’s Get Harry. This film is…
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The Goonies: 30 Years, 30 Facts
The Goonies turns 30 this summer. No time for dwelling on how this fact makes you feel old; the sheer awesomeness of this film should shield you from any feelings of decrepitude. The Goonies has everything: charismatic performances from kids (ask yourself: what was the last kid-driven movie where you didn’t want to push the kids off a…
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Hey Geoff! Can You Name 6 Underrated ’80s Movies?
Glad you asked, Voice Inside My Head…although, considering your source, shouldn’t you technically be able to see my answers? Just saying. Every decade produces its fair share of cinematic treasure, and the ’80s is no different. I mean, even if the decade had given us nothing but dreck beyond Back To The Future, it’s still…
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(A Few Of) The Most Insufferable Things in Hollywood
To report every instance of idiocy, ineptitude and blowhardiness in Hollywood would take a team of several thousand bloggers working 20-hour days. This is not news. The group assigned to the Kardashians would break the Internet alone with its output. Nevertheless, as a world-class cynic, I would be remiss if I did not point out the most egregious offenders to…
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Remake These Movies (?)
You don’t have to be a cinephile to realize that Hollywood has run out of ideas — at least the original ones. Studios churn out the remakes with reckless abandon these days- sorry, actually, their versions are reimagined. That’s fancy talk for taking the barest plot outlines, characters and, most importantly, the title and updating them for…
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Completely Odious Hollywood Phenomena, Part I
Everybody can see that Michael Cera plays virtually the same character in every movie, right? He brings the same nebbish, quirky persona to Juno, Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist, Year One and, undoubtedly, whatever his next release is. Cera is by no means the only offender (read: Al Pacino, Will Smith, Matthew McConaughey) but, while his peers may rely…
Geoff Wondering 