October 27, 2022 – Is It Worth the Watch?

Raise the Titanic (1980)

27 October, 2022 Michael Weaver 0 Comments 2 categories

Talk about a disaster. The 1980 direct-hit-to-the-iceberg Raise the Titanic lost so much money on its original release, producer Lou Grade famously said, “It would’ve been cheaper to lower the Atlantic.“ I can understand why. The ridiculously improbable plot has

I am Divine (2013)

27 October, 2022 Michael Weaver 0 Comments 3 categories

The 2013 documentary I am Divine, is a fascinating dissection of the life and death of actor, recording artist, drag performer, gay icon and unlikely superstar Divine. Harris Glenn Milstead, who transformed into the outrageous

The Lost Missile (1958)

27 October, 2022 Michael Weaver 0 Comments 2 categories

It had been a long work week, so I thought I’d look for a movie that was mindless, stupid, and maybe a little inept. I found it … in spades. The Lost Missile from 1958 may

The Wrong Box (1966)

27 October, 2022 Michael Weaver 0 Comments 2 categories

Black Comedy requires a very fragile balance of the macabre and the hilarious. 1966’s British romp, The Wrong Box, finds the perfect equilibrium. Two elderly brothers, in cahoots with their immediate families, try to murder

Yesterday (2019)

27 October, 2022 Michael Weaver 0 Comments 3 categories

Sometimes when a movie is utterly original, and executed with an abundance of affection and fun, it becomes irresistible. 2019’s romance-comedy-fantasy-musical, Yesterday is one of those movies. An unsuccessful musician experiences a bizarre blip in

Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954)

27 October, 2022 Michael Weaver 0 Comments 3 categories

Considered the last of the great Universal horror films, the moist 1954 classic Creature from the Black Lagoon, originally filmed in 3-D, involves scientists exploring a swamp, a romantic triangle amongst those explorers, and the mysterious

The Monuments Men (2014)

27 October, 2022 Michael Weaver 0 Comments 1 category

The Second World War is one of those conflicts where being on the winning side can give you a sense of moral victory. And with good reason. The Nazis perpetrated the Holocaust, invaded most of

Day: October 27, 2022