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A Quickie With Lisa Marie: The Campaign (dir. by Jay Roach)
Opening last weekend, The Campaign is the latest comedy from director Jay Roach. The film tells the story of North Carolina Congressman Cam Brady (played by Will Ferrell), a Democrat who will remind...
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Shattered Politics #57: Canadian Bacon (dir by Michael Moore)
I have mixed feelings about the 1995 films Canadian Bacon. On the one hand, Canadian Bacon is the only non-documentary to have been directed by Michael Moore. And I’m just going to admit right now...
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Embracing the Melodrama Part II #100: Pearl Harbor (dir by Michael Bay)
“And then all this happened…” Nurse Evelyn Johnson (Kate Beckinsale) in Pearl Harbor (2001) The “this” that Evelyn Johnson is referring to is the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. You know, the date...
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Playing Catch-Up With The Lesser Films of 2015: Get Hard, Paul Blart: Mall...
SPOILER ALERT! One or more of the films reviewed below will appear on my list of the 16 Worst Films of 2015! Can you guess which one(s)? Get Hard (dir by Etan Cohen) Will Ferrell is funny and Kevin...
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Until Dogs and Cats Live Together, Your Childhood Will Survive: Ghostbusters...
I always wanted to be Egon Spengler. I can not remember how old I was when I first saw the original Ghostbusters but I know I was young enough that “Gatekeeper” and “Keymaster” went over my head. But...
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Film Review: Ghostbusters (dir by Paul Feig)
If you need any further proof that 2016 is a screwed-up year, just consider the fact that Ghostbusters, an entertaining but ultimately rather mild-mannered and innocuous summer action/comedy, has...
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Back to School Part II #40: Crossroads (dir by Tamra Davis)
Last year, I started a new blog called Lisa Marie’s Song of the Day. It’s nothing big. It’s just a place where, on a daily basis, I share music that I happen to like. Ever since I started the site,...
View ArticleCleaning Out The DVR: This Is My Life (dir by Nora Ephron)
(Lisa is currently in the process of trying to clean out her DVR. She has over 170 movies recorded and she’s trying to get them all watched before the beginning of the new year! Will she make it?...
View ArticleMusic Video of the Day: Ghostbusters by Ray Parker Jr. (1984, dir. Ivan Reitman)
I wish the literal video for this was still up. Oh, well. All these years later, I still don’t have any idea why she goes into that house. I guess we are supposed to believe she lives there with these...
View ArticleMusic Video Of The Day: City of Crime by Dan Aykroyd and Tom Hanks (1987,...
“They didn’t have enough confidence in the material that they had to try and hook kids in with some disco thing.” — Gene Siskel on Dragnet (1987) In 1987, Dragnet was released into theaters. Based on...
View ArticleHorror Film Review: Twilight Zone: The Movie (dir by John Landis, Steven...
1983’s Twilight Zone: The Movie is meant to be a tribute to the classic original anthology series. It features four “episodes” and two wrap-around segments, with Burgess Meredith providing opening and...
View ArticleThe Great Outdoors (1988, directed by Howard Deutch)
Chet Ripley (John Candy) wants to have a nice vacation up at the lake with his wife (Stephanie Faracy) and their two sons, Buck (Chris Young) and Ben (Ian Giatti). Unfortunately, no sooner has he...
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