directed by Phil Karlson
Saturday, May 21, 2022
Movie Reviews: Walking Tall (1973)
directed by Phil Karlson
Movie Reviews: Christina's House
directed by Gavin Wilding
This thriller movie started out with a few good ideas but quickly went south. As is usual for the genre the movie featured some gratuitous female toplessness but as the female in question was supposed to be in high school the movie felt sleazier and more disturbing than it needed to be.
Saturday, May 14, 2022
Sounds Of The Universe
Jumi Bello and Plagiarism
There are some career paths where "fake it 'til you make it" is a viable strategy to get ahead. Some of my favorite musicians stole songs from other musicians and made millions.
Sometimes this worked out for them because they were related to, friends with, or married to more powerful people who ran interference for them. Sometimes this worked out for them because they were the correct complexion or gender. So it goes. Life isn't fair.
However in today's world it's easier than ever to check up on someone and verify that they have the credentials they claim to have or have created the work they claim to have created. So regardless of what people have gotten away with in the past, it's probably the best move today to be honest about things like credentials and creations.
Jumi Bello, an aspiring author, learned this the hard way. Bello, forced to admit that portions of her debut novel were plagiarized, wrote an explanation and mea culpa that were also plagiarized.
Saturday, May 7, 2022
Movie Reviews: Sugar Hill (1974)
directed by Paul Maslanksy
This was another low budget American International Pictures feature that combined horror and blaxploitation themes. Sugar Hill wasn't a great movie but it had a few good scenes. Some of the story is illogical but that's normal for the genre.
Movie Reviews: Tolkien
directed by Dome Karukoski
Saturday, April 30, 2022
Movie Reviews: Road Games (2015)
This 2015 British-French co-production referenced the 1981 Australian-American film of the same name that starred Stacy Keach and Jamie Lee Curtis. The 2015 movie is a thriller with twists , not a gory horror film. I thought that the movie missed its mark. Road Games has a lot of misdirection.