From Friday the 13th to Crystal Lake, the seemingly endless longevity of the horror franchise

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Whatever the lack of logical consistency, the range and some might even say originality of a franchise that essentially revolves around horny, pot smoking, beer drinking teams being stalked and killed can only be described as astounding. In early 1979, Sean S. Cunningham, inspired by the success of John Carpenter’s Halloween a year earlier, placed… Continue reading From Friday the 13th to Crystal Lake, the seemingly endless longevity of the horror franchise

Nolan’s The Odyssey and the fact that we have way, way too much time on our hands

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Whether you choose to see it or not see it, whether you love it or hate it, or feel something in between, The Odyssey remains a movie, a few hours of entertainment that has absolutely no real impact on your life even should it go on to make a trillion dollars. Long before the rise… Continue reading Nolan’s The Odyssey and the fact that we have way, way too much time on our hands

No, Jerry Seinfeld isn’t controversial and the media shouldn’t be pretending otherwise

Mr. Seinfeld becomes living proof that everything and anything needs to be constantly reevaluated according to our ever changing standards of moral decency, and anyone who expresses an opinion of any kind even remotely at odds with those standards will find themselves facing either cancellation criticism or forced irrelevance.  At the risk of stating the… Continue reading No, Jerry Seinfeld isn’t controversial and the media shouldn’t be pretending otherwise