So what is it with Billy Bob Thorton? In 1996, he plays Karl Childers and wows the world in a role that made him a household name. Giving one of the greatest performances of all time. Honestly, he should've won Best Actor that year, but whatever. I understand his fear of being typecast or forever known as the sweet simpleton in Sling Blade, but instead of being typecast as someone kind, wise, and misunderstood, Billy Bob chooses instead to be…

A friend of mine talked me into watching this again. Much to my disappointment, I must say. In fact, my original rating dropped from three and a half stars to just three. My friend isn't alone in his admiration about this film, however. Many claim it's the British version of Goodfellas. Ouch. If so, the British underworld is in a sad state of affairs, mate. Populated mostly by football hooligans who dwell in a constant state of arrested development. Living…

Is it bad? Oh, yeah. Is it dumb? Most def. Is it at least funny? Depends on your sense of humor, mi amigo. If you loved Napoleon Dynamite, Fanboys, or The Sasquatch Gang, then I think it's safe to say you'll enjoy this idiotic romp through the woods, too. The three leads have great male chemistry and everything they do, no matter how ludicrous or silly, feels completely organic to their characters. There's a wholesomeness to the movie that seeps…

Like so many of you, I come from a background where alcoholism in the family formed my coming-of-age experience. On my father's side, it was a rampant disease that claimed more than its fair share of my relatives. My father, Aunt and Uncle to just name the past two generations. My dad was a binge drinker. Buying several bottles at once and then locking himself away in his bedroom and killing one bottle after another. Returning to our embrace only…

Shrunken heads! Decapitation! Headless corpses! Floating skulls! The ten-year-old kid in me enjoyed this 1959 shlock fest immensely. In fact, I'm allowing the boy I was in 1972 to rate this movie for me tonight. My goodness, how I would have loved this back then! But somehow "The Four Skulls of Jonathan Drake" escaped my notice until tonight when I caught it on Prime. If only I had seen it my callow youth! I was a morbid little shit, digging…

Probably my third review of this movie. Arguably the most rewatchable film ever made. It is for me anyway. I watch a lot of true crime shows. Especially those revolving around organized crime, i.e., The Mafia. Tonight it was a show about the Jimmy Burke crew that took down the Luftanza heist. At the time the biggest cash haul in American history. All made possible because of a low level street hood named Henry Hill. An associate of Jimmy Burke…

"Certainty." Sometimes it takes the strangest things in life to adequately articulate what you've had trouble giving voice to in your walk as a Christian. Or Jew. Or Buddhist. Pick your faith, brother. For me, though, I've always balked at anyone or any church that professes to know with certainty the mind and will of God. That sort of arrogance is not only off-putting but telling in the extreme. The same can be said of politics, but for once I'll…

In honor of the late great Olivia Hussy. I was SIX freaking years old when my sister took me to see this the year it came out! She was supposed to take me to see "The One and Only Genuine Family Band". A G rated Disney picture. Instead, I'm subjected to young nubile love and Shakespeare at the incomprehensible age of six. Thankfully, I have no actual memories of the traumatic event. The story is one that's passed around the…