“There’s probably beer here somewhere.” Released to mass hysteria, 1983’s Strange Brew symbolically let go thousands of moths in movie theaters all across the world, jarring loose the stagnating concussion of the modern cinematic
I remember how controversial the whole Bart Simpson ‘Proud to be an underachiever’ thing was, and then all of sudden there was Beavis and Butthead and no one ever mentioned it again. Bart Simpson
“That sort of thing ain’t my bag baby” Austin Powers on Swedish Penis Enlargers despite overwhelming evidence to the contrary. In which, Mike Myers looks at 1997 and decides it could be a lot more
“I’m not even supposed to be here today!” Kevin Smith actually pulled it off. Clerks for me was kind of like the Beatles on Ed Sullivan were for so many nascent Rock stars. You’re
The execrable Quicksilver would probably not merit mention if I didn’t have personal unique experience with its subjects and surroundings. It would be like a lawyer refusing comment on the nonsense in The Firm,
“You may find out one day that when you’ve had money and lost it. It’s much worse than never having had it at all.” Oliver Stone, hereafter known as Mr. Subtlety, writes great anti-heroes
“Who been putting out their Kools on my floor!” I was a floor trader for ten years and the only positive role model I ever had was Eddie Murphy in Trading Places. He’s the
“Mother, this is your other son Aron. Aron is everything that’s good, Mother. Aron, say hello to your Mother.” There is something wonderfully basic about the James Dean legacy. He really only made three
“You’re tearing me apart!” There ought to be some sort of law that states something to the effect of the following. If you have a role in a dramatic movie deemed to be a
“So you saying Diz and Duke on one side and junkies on the other. So I kick [fellow musician laughs] I can kick! [more laughter].” The best story I ever heard about Charlie Parker,
Field of Dreams is based on a novel by W.P. Kinsella that I thought to be practically unfilmable. It’s about Ray Kinsella (Kevin Costner), a 60s liberal, who never got along with his hard
I coached little league baseball for four years and the truth is kids swear. You’re not supposed to encourage it, but it’s pretty damn amusing when it happens. If this movie had a love