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BuzzFlix – November 2007November 2007
Texas has been the setting for many a Western in the long history of Moviedom, but only a handful of these were actually filmed in our fair state. Even today, the image of Texas as a stark flatland traveled by pickup-steering urban cowboys persists far and wide, and is perpetuated every now and then by movie moguls who fear our … BuzzFlix – October 2007October 2007
Hollywood isn’t called Tinseltown for nothing. The stateside headquarters of the motion picture industry has made a science of marketing pretty faces and torsos to the public for a century now and is getting better at it by the day. While looks may be the drawing card for a lesser movie, it is invariably the accomplished lead or supporting actor … BuzzFlix – April 2007April 2007
If baseball is America’s pastime, why are so few good baseball movies produced in this country? Could it be that the stateside motion picture industry doesn’t want to promote the competition? After all, there is only so much spendable income to divvy up among the entertainment gurus across a growing number of leisure industry lines. The real reason is probably … BuzzFlix – March 2007March 2007
THE BEST FLICKS OF 2006 . . . HOW DID OSCAR PERFORM? One of the rewards of having an objective tool that compiles all of the critical opinions of domestic and international motion pictures, is having a list of the year’s best movies (as determined by my rating system) in hand before the awards season even begins. For instance, this … BuzzFlix – January 2007January 2007
International spies have been in existence since the beginning of time, yet only recently did they step into the film limelight. Ian Fleming’s pen scratched out super spy James Bond in the middle of the Cold War, and espionage immediately took on a hallowed glow. Carefully crafted as the epitome of manhood—with exquisite tastes in everything from scotch to women—James … BuzzFlix – November 2006November 2006
When it comes to producing sports movies, the biggest problem facing Moviedom is finding an actor with box office appeal who can still pass for a believable athlete. When it comes to producing football movies, this problem is compounded by a factor of 22, or the number of players on the field during any football game. And this reality is … BuzzFlix – September 2006September 2006
I’ll never forget the first time I saw A Shot in the Dark (1964, .358 batting average, No. 556 all-time movie, No. 45 all-time comedy) during its initial theater run. Besides being one of my first car dates ever, I found myself laughing out loud repeatedly at the antics of Peter Sellers as the inept Inspector Clouseau. What burned the … BuzzFlix – August 2006August 2006
For both parents and kids, a movie with common thematic interests and acceptable content is as rare as a good bat in the Astros’ lineup these days. G-rated pictures are rare, and the ones produced seem to be geared more for an infantile mind than the burdened brain of a breadwinner. Sharing in the frustration of money spent and time … |
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