Author: tiki god

Death to Smoochy: Directed by Danny DeVito. With Robin Williams, Edward Norton, Catherine Keener, Danny DeVito. A kids’ show host, Rainbow Randolph, is fired in disgrace while his replacement, Sheldon Mopes, A.K.A. Smoochy the Rhino, finds himself a rising star. Unfortunately for Sheldon, the business of kids’ television isn’t all child’s play. Still a hilarious take on the children’s show industry, with Robin Williams playing the bad guy and Edward Norton as the subversive straight edge idiot that gets way over his head in a world that isn’t ready for his brand of innocence. There’s a lot that I love...

Seriously Red: Directed by Gracie Otto. With Krew Boylan, Daniel Webber, Rose Byrne, Celeste Barber. A realtor pursues a new career as a Dolly Parton impersonator. Heartfelt exploration of a woman’s journey finding her true self by pretending to be someone else, all by a near fully Australia cast, so it’s entertaining to see people flipping accents within a single scene. Buy On Amazon!

Devotion: Directed by J.D. Dillard. With Jonathan Majors, Glen Powell, Christina Jackson, Thomas Sadoski. A pair of U.S. Navy fighter pilots risk their lives during the Korean War and become some of the Navy’s most celebrated wingmen. I had dismissed this as a run of the mill military movie without much redeeming value, but after watching Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania, I realized that Jonathan Majors was having one hell of a summer and if I enjoyed him so much that I should check him out here. I’m glad I did because the combination of Majors and Powell made for...

Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films: Directed by Mark Hartley. With Sam Firstenberg, David Paulsen, Luigi Cozzi, Menahem Golan. The history of the independent film company, The Cannon Film Group, Inc.. The better of the two documentaries about Cannon Films, this one holds absolutely nothing back, with an absolutely gratuitous level of nudity, but what else would you expect from a company that’s done so much exploitation style movies? It’s actually really interesting to watch the two documentaries back to back (this one first!) to see the two sides of a few situations. Buy On Amazon!

The Go-Go Boys: The Inside Story of Cannon Films: Directed by Hilla Medalia. With Menahem Golan, Yoram Globus, Yehuda Barkan, Ram Globus. THE GO-GO BOYS: The Inside Story of Cannon Films is a documentary about two Israeli-born cousins, Menahem Golan and Yoram Globus, who in pursuit of the American Dream turned the Hollywood power structure upside down, producing over 300 films and becoming the most powerful independent film company in the world. Up close and personal, the film examines the complex relationship between two contradictory personalities whose combined force fueled their success and eventual collapse. A much more positive look...

Plane: Directed by Jean-François Richet. With Gerard Butler, Mike Colter, Tony Goldwyn, Yoson An. A pilot finds himself caught in a war zone after he’s forced to land his commercial aircraft during a terrible storm. Some say that Gerald Butler has fallen into a cadence of making the same movies over and over again, but since they all seem to be ok in my book, I say good for him and I’m happy to see it. Plane was a predictable and unsurprising movie, but when you expect to have a good time and have an unsurprising good time, it’s still...