The first annual TCM Classic Film Festival is being held from April 22nd through 25th in Los Angeles, and yours truly will be venturing across out great nation to attend. My pal Randy and I will load into his pick-up, make the trek from Texas to Hollyweird, and stop for some steak in Amarillo along […]
Hollywood’s bizarre casting decisions seem to know no bounds. And in addition to the bonehead ideas of studio executives, there are also those actors and actresses who’ve passed on roles of a lifetime. While these possibilities never materialized in our world, they did occur in some alternate universe where up is down and down is […]
If dealing with the IRS has you at your wit’s end, these 11 good movies for Tax Day will serve as the perfect balm to sooth your weary soul. After you’ve mailed your check and tax return to those government bloodsuckers, be sure to swing by your local video store or log onto your Netflix […]
These 10 AFI top gangster movies are the all-time best of the genre according to the voters from the American Film Institute. The results were announced in 2008, and none other than Quentin Tarantino announced the selections. For the purposes of their list, the AFI referred to a gangster film as one featuring criminals in […]
These good rated NC-17 movies are perfect examples of why the Motion Picture Association of America (or the MPAA) needs an overhaul. While they do keep ambitious politicians off of Hollywood’s back (well, sometimes), they also tend to be about as fickle as a woman trying to choose between Brad Pitt and George Clooney. All […]
Whether you love him or hate him, these Steven Seagal quotes should provide more than a few minutes of reading enjoyment for action fans and the morbidly curious. I’ve also included a number of factoids–enough to constitute a mini actor biography on the (formerly) pony-tailed one. Whether he’s breaking forearms or rockin’ out with his […]
The 12 good suspense movies on this list represent some of the most tension-filled works to ever be projected onto the silver screen. While suspense films often overlap with the thriller genre, both offer viewers a heightened sense of excitement, plenty of life-threatening danger for the heroes, and a tension-filled plot that moves relentlessly towards a […]
This week’s guest on Critical Juncture is the lovely and talented Katrina Hill, also known by her alter-ego as the Action Flick Chick. In addition to offering news and views on action movies, horror movies, and whatever else strikes her fancy, Katrina is a resident of Dallas–a fact that always scores brownie points with this […]
This list of good board game movies was compiled in recognition of April being National Board Game Month. It wasn’t an easy list to put together, however, as the number of quality films featuring board games is pretty sparse. But expect all that to change in the coming years, because Hasbro has teamed up with […]
Good Nicolas Cage quotes are easy to find, as the affable actor has been appearing in feature films for nearly three decades. His performances in recent years have grown increasingly outrageous, and his choice in material has become the punchline of many an Internet and late night talk show joke. But regardless of his various […]