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The Guilty Pleasures: “Cabin Boy”
Okay, first of all, there is a point I must make clear: I do not believe in guilty pleasures. The idea, that we should feel bad for enjoying a piece of pop culture, is a social construct that I...
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The Guilty Pleasures: “Undercover Brother”
As always, I like to introduce pieces under this category by submitting to the reader that no one should ever feel guilty about enjoying a movie, or any piece of entertainment, for that matter. That’s...
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The Guilty Pleasures: “Death to Smoochy”
“I’m Rainbow f**kin’ Randolph! Kids love me!” If there’s ever a quote to set the tone for what follows in a film, this one is absolutely perfect. I don’t know how many times my wife and I have watched...
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The Guilty Pleasures: “Mystery Men”
“What about Death Man?” “Death Man is dead.” A world in which Greg Kinnear plays the biggest superhero in town is a strange one indeed. Released in 1999 and directed by Kinka Usher, Mystery Men tells...
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The Guilty Pleasures: “Congo”
In the early 1990s, author Michael Crichton found massive success when he became the only writer in American history to have the #1 film (Jurassic Park), television series (ER) and novel (Disclosure)...
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The Guilty Pleasures: “G.I. Joe: Retaliation”
I’m here today to make a case for the under appreciated G.I Joe: Retaliation, released in 2013 and directed by Jon M. Chu. Is it the best comic book movie out there? No. But that doesn’t mean it...
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The Guilty Pleasures: “Sleepaway Camp”
Robert Hiltzik’s enduring 1983 slasher curiosity Sleepaway Camp provides what every budding fourth-grade gorehound with a jean jacket and a Huey Lewis tape in his backpack hoped a horror movie that...
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The Guilty Pleasures: “Deathgasm” and “Unfriended”
The heavy metal horror action of Deathgasm (2015) racks up a body count. Horror films don’t chart especially well on Flickchart. Only twelve fall within the top 250, and 76 in the top 1000. For...
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Guilty Pleasures: Small Soldiers
In the summer of 1998, I was taken to the movies for my first theatrical experience. That film was Small Soldiers. I recall resting my Major Chip Hazard action figure in the cup holder and my parents...
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The Nanny Diaries vs The Devil Wears Prada: Studies in the Early 21st-Century...
When a young person leaves college, she is subjected to a unique conflagration of pressures and expectations regarding her place in the adult world. Secondary education inculcates a sense of the world...
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