Ahh, "Demolition Man." Now there was a '90s movie... and perfect fodder for the tanked-up lads of FilmDrunk.
Though it was exciting seeing a post-"Cliffhanger" Sylvester Stallone and a pre-jail Wesley Snipes duke it out in the futuristic dystopian utopia of San Angeles circa 2032, "Demolition Man" is most notable for its assortment of shoehorned-in '90s artifacts, including references to President Schwarzenegger, all restaurants being Taco Bell, theme song by Sting, and the "comedic" antics of Denis Leary.
Sure it was tacky, but the movie was also a tongue-in-cheek satire of PC culture and sci-fi in general, almost an anti-"Blade Runner." Perhaps the most memorable character was Snipes' peroxide-blonde baddie Simon Phoenix, whose overalls and hyper-giddiness make him seem like a "Little Rascal" with a gun.
As Sly's freshly unfrozen 20th century cop comes to terms with the brave new 21st century world, Phoenix causes chaos all...
Though it was exciting seeing a post-"Cliffhanger" Sylvester Stallone and a pre-jail Wesley Snipes duke it out in the futuristic dystopian utopia of San Angeles circa 2032, "Demolition Man" is most notable for its assortment of shoehorned-in '90s artifacts, including references to President Schwarzenegger, all restaurants being Taco Bell, theme song by Sting, and the "comedic" antics of Denis Leary.
Sure it was tacky, but the movie was also a tongue-in-cheek satire of PC culture and sci-fi in general, almost an anti-"Blade Runner." Perhaps the most memorable character was Snipes' peroxide-blonde baddie Simon Phoenix, whose overalls and hyper-giddiness make him seem like a "Little Rascal" with a gun.
As Sly's freshly unfrozen 20th century cop comes to terms with the brave new 21st century world, Phoenix causes chaos all...
- 6/22/2011
- by Max Evry
- NextMovie
And to think that a significant cultural event might have passed unnoticed. At least by those of us who aren't members of the Zombie Research Society. It turns out that May is Zombie Awareness Month -- a time to "emphasize continued vigilance in the face of the coming zombie pandemic."
According to the Zrs, "many films important to the evolution of the modern zombie" (whatever that means) "are set in the month of May." As evidence, the shadowy organization trots out 1968's "Night of the Living Dead" and 2004's "Dawn of the Dead."
We did a little independent research, too, and found out that "The Walking Dead Vol. 1: Days Gone Bye" (the first trade paperback of six collected issues and the material on which AMC's zombie fest is based) was, in fact, released on May 12, 2004.
AMC, perhaps in a bid to avoid over-zombification of May, debuted its Frank Darabont-helmed series on Halloween: Oct.
According to the Zrs, "many films important to the evolution of the modern zombie" (whatever that means) "are set in the month of May." As evidence, the shadowy organization trots out 1968's "Night of the Living Dead" and 2004's "Dawn of the Dead."
We did a little independent research, too, and found out that "The Walking Dead Vol. 1: Days Gone Bye" (the first trade paperback of six collected issues and the material on which AMC's zombie fest is based) was, in fact, released on May 12, 2004.
AMC, perhaps in a bid to avoid over-zombification of May, debuted its Frank Darabont-helmed series on Halloween: Oct.
- 5/6/2011
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Pop2it
I used to think Jackie Cooper and Jackie Coogan were the same person. I would tell people the kid from Chaplin's The Kid grew up to be Clark Kent's boss. I learned at some point that they were two different people, and that the kid from Chaplin's The Kid grew up to play Fester Addams. I decided Coogan had been the child star, and that Cooper must have been grabbed off the street for his interesting face and made to try out for Perry White after multiple casting calls had turned up no one suited to the role. He was perfect, of course, and was hired on the spot.
That's not quite how it went down, but I didn't have IMDb growing up. Fact checking just wasn't something I did. Here's how recognizable Cooper's face is: some years back, a friend and I were watching the Little Rascals short "Teacher's Pet,...
That's not quite how it went down, but I didn't have IMDb growing up. Fact checking just wasn't something I did. Here's how recognizable Cooper's face is: some years back, a friend and I were watching the Little Rascals short "Teacher's Pet,...
- 5/5/2011
- by Thurston McQ
- Corona's Coming Attractions
Forget Who's Your Favorite Beatle, or Who's Your Favorite Monkee, or even Who's Your Favorite Little Rascal (for me, it's Wheezer, God save him) -- if you ask someone What's Your Favorite French New Wave Landmark and they say Alain Resnais' "Last Year at Marienbad" (1961), you'd better start a endless tab for cocktails, hunker down for a long and glorious night of gamesmanship and bedevilment, and forget about tomorrow. Famous as the über-art film openly mocked by Pauline Kael and the authors of "The Fifty Worst Films of All Time," Resnais' saturnine masterpiece remains exactly the film experience it was originally intended to be: a dream inside a puzzle inside a story that never actually takes place. Is there a better, more eloquent way to define movies?
Cavils are absurd, because "Marienbad" so obviously avoids being a "normal" movie in every frame. On the most fundamental level, it's a ravishing formal achievement,...
Cavils are absurd, because "Marienbad" so obviously avoids being a "normal" movie in every frame. On the most fundamental level, it's a ravishing formal achievement,...
- 6/30/2009
- by Michael Atkinson
- ifc.com
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