Movie of the Day – Hercules in New York

May 21, 2013 Leave a comment

It’s Arnold Schwarzenegger in his first movie ever!  Yes the multi-award winning Mr. Olympia finally gets to have his day on film with one of the dumbest and amazing, best worst movie ever.  Yes, Hercules in New York or as it is also known as, Hercules goes Bananas, has the giant muscled Austrian being typecast as a muscle bound Hercules who is cast out of Mount Olympus and runs amok in New York with some of the cheesiest fight scenes and atrocious dialogue ever.  Every actor has to start somewhere and for Arnold, this is where it all began.

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Documentary of the Day – Dark Days

February 11, 2012 2 Comments

The thing I love most about documentaries is that intimate look at a society or culture that I have no connection with.  I like seeing subcultures of life existing amongst or under the mainstream as it is a nice contrast to the layered life that we all live.  I have only heard in passing from news articles and televisions that there are supposed “mole” people living under cities.  Television shows use them as plot device for episodes when they have a need to show about a lawless society.  Movies use these underground societies to show a much uncivilized look at society and how control has pushed them further down under the limelight of current society.  But while the plot device is OK to use, it is grounded in a bit of realism as the 2000 documentary Dark Days shows, it’s a community of people with no hope and future living together and trying to make something out of nothing.

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Movie of the Day – 25th Hour

January 8, 2012 4 Comments

My first Spike Lee film making it’s way to the Movie of the Day posting.  While he has a particularly prolific filmography and a string of captivating and socially conscious films to choose from, I decided on today’s post being the one where it had the honor of being the first movie to have been filmed after 9/11 in New York.  While that alone should the love that Spike has for the city he grew up in, it’s the backdrop for the film itself about building something out of the rubble of destruction.  25th Hour is one of the more compelling dramas, with a character who is on the verge of destruction but gets one last chance to make things right in life.  It’s something that we all do in one way or another, an opportunity to write the wrongs in our lives and ultimately reflect on our life in particular.

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Movie of the Day – 200 Cigarettes

December 31, 2011 Leave a comment

Well, I would have posted about Ghostbusters II and how it is the best New Year’s Eve movie out there, but I already did that post a little too early, but I have found a suitable replacement for the time being.  A vastly underrated comedy that was remade in 2011 under the moniker New Year’s Eve.  Yes, I am under the assumption, without ever having seen the newest Garry Marshall abortion (you used to be cool man) that they lifted the entire setting and plot beats from 200 Cigarettes and replaced all the actors from that movie with people that I want to punch in the face for being utterly vapid and formulaic.  Fuck You!  Anyways, I assume the next Garry Marshall movie will be about Arbor Day and be done with his “make every major holiday into a movie and fill it with people in small, shallow vignettes”.

Alright so lets get to what makes this a great New Year’s Eve movie.

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Movie of the Day – Escape from New York

December 26, 2011 2 Comments

Now that the holiday has passed us by and I can say goodbye to posting about holiday movies.  So to come back from the festivities, I decided to talk about on a dystopian future in which our favorite film city (New York) is the stomping grounds for lawlessness and utter debauchery.  Also the movie has Kurt Russel in an eye patch, Isaac Hayes as a Duke, Lee Van Cleef making an appearance and one of John Carpenter’s top films.  This science fiction movie is just the thing to inch us closer to a new year and certainly a lo-fi budgeted favorite.  Cult Classic.

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Movie of the Day – The Siege

November 18, 2011 Leave a comment

Almost an eerie, prophetic movie that came out in 1998.  Terrorism is a touchy film subject, especially now in a post 9/11 world (never thought I would need to type that out) where we even distrust our own people.  I mean look at the news and it is all about the fear of the unknown and fear of being attacked.  For Americans, the threat is too real, but we live on even in the wake of terror.  So what is eerie about this movie is that it goes after the subject matter of domestic terrorism by placing it in New York.  Now I guess you can say “well where the hell else would it take place”, but New York is symbolic in the representation of America with it’s sprawling metropolis and diverse inhabitants.  Just a mere 3 years later and the events in the movie suddenly feel a bit too real.

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