By Melissa Antoinette Garza THE MIDNIGHT HOUR (1985) was one of my favorite movies growing up. It was a made-for-TV, 1980s, crazy horror musical with vampire witches, pilgrim demons, resurrected werewolves and a zombie little person. You’ve stopped reading this review and just Googled this movie, didn’t you? I […]
Comedies
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018) – Movie Review
By Melissa Antoinette Garza Maybe I just need to let Steve pick the movies from now on. The only real reason I went to this was because I’m a dutiful wife married to a great guy who deserves it. I had no intentions of really enjoying it. I […]
PRIDE (2014) Movie Review – *Ben Schnetzer, Abram Rooney, Jim McManus, George MacKay*
By Melissa Antoinette Garza When disenfranchised groups unite to take down the man, great things can happen. In 1984, the miners on strike and the lesbian and gays were the disenfranchised and the man was Margaret Thatcher. The film begins when gay activist Mark (Ben Schnetzer) notices less […]
The Big Fat Quiz of the Year (2018)
By Melissa Antoinette Garza Every year, I look forward to the BIG FAT QUIZ of the year and the BIG FAT QUIZ of everything. As it airs in the UK and I live in the states, I usually have to wait a few days to see it. Today, someone […]
Schlock (1973) – Comedy Movie Review **John Landis, Eric Allison, Eliza Roberts, Emile Hamaty**
By Melissa Antoinette Garza SCHLOCK (1973) is John Landis’s first film and it is sensational. It’s a ridiculous parody that is essentially a series of skits involving a Bigfoot type species known as Schlock. The plot follows an animal known as The Banana Killer. Anchorman Joe Putzman (Eric Allison) […]
How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (1967) – Movie Review
By Melissa Antoinette Garza Bashful boys can be the most adorable ones to play with. J. Pierpont Finch (Robert Morse) is extremely bashful. He’s cute as a button and such a sneaky little minx. I love him. Pierpont buys a book entitled How to Succeed in Business Without Really […]
Where the Heart Is (2000) Movie Review ** Natalie Portman, Ashley Judd, Stockard Channing, James Frain, Keith David**
By Melissa Antoinette Garza This movie makes me cry, several times, every single time that I watch it! It’s evil. It’s diabolical. It pulls on your heartstrings and doesn’t let go until the end. I love this film. WHERE THE HEART IS (2000) follows the life of 17 year […]
Outrageous Fortune (1987) – Shelley Long, Bette Midler, George Carlin COMEDY MOVIE REVIEW
By Geno McGahee Shelley Long was very popular on CHEERS and tried to turn that into a movie career, but it just wasn’t there. She did HELLO AGAIN, TROOP BEVERLY HILLS and OUTRAGEOUS FORTUNE, but none of them made much of a dent and didn’t make Long the superstar that […]
Bachelorette (2012) – Movie Review
By Melissa Antoinette Garza I’m going into full fem goddess mode tonight. I only vaguely remember hearing about BACHELORETTE (2012). I never saw it, but it’s free on NETFLIX. I know the female leads to be accomplished and talented actresses so going in, I had moderate expectations. I enjoy […]
A Simple Favor (2018) – Movie Review ****Anna Kendrick, Blake Lively, Sean Townsend, Paul Feig,
By Melissa Antoinette Garza Welcome back, Paul Feig! You had me at “Starring Anna Kendrick.” In the last year or so, I have just been entranced with her. TABLE 19 (2017) and MR. RIGHT (2015) in particular made me fall in love. When I saw the trailer for this […]
Serial Mom (1994) – Dark Comedy Movie Review
By Melissa Antoinette Garza I haven’t seen SERIAL MOM (1994) in 20 years. When it first came out I loved it. I adore John Waters, but for some reason I just never picked this up once DVDs became a thing. I’m sure I still have my old VHS […]
Carpool (1996) – Tom Arnold, Rachael Leigh Cook Comedy Movie Review
By Geno McGahee Tom Arnold can be really funny as he was in TRUE LIES and I can see why producers would want to invest in him and place him as the lead in a straight to video comedy, which is what they did with the 1996 film “CARPOOL.” He […]