Robert Zemeckis and Bob Gale co-wrote the script for this science fiction classic. The idea originated with Gale thumbing through a yearbook. According to All The Right Movies, several things needed to be changed before the movie hit the big screen. One of them is the clock tower scene. It’s hard to imagine the film…
The 2004 comedy, Napoleon Dynamite, starred Jon Heder in the title character role, portraying a nerdy high school student that has to contend with a series of dilemmas. His friendship with an immigrant wanting to become class president, plus his desire to pursue a romance with a fellow student, as well as living with a…
If you’ve not seen it, Never Back Down is a 2008 martial arts film starring Sean Faris, Amber Heard, Cam Gigandet, and Djimon Hounsou. It was a major flop at the box office, drawing $41.6 million against a budget of $20 million. It didn’t fare any better critically, and currently holds a dismal 23 percent…
The 2017 computer animated fantasy film, (Coco) was produced by Pixar Animation Studios, then released by Walt Disney Pictures. The story is about a twelve year old boy named Miguel who accidentally transported himself to the Land of the Dead while seeking the help of his deceased great-great-grandfather, who was a musician before he died….
The Wedding Singer is a great film, with both Adam Sandler and Drew Barrymore delivering standout performances in this cute story about a wedding singer who falls in love with a waitress. But would it be as good without its soundtrack? Considering it gives us 90-year-old Ellen Dow rapping over the Sugarhill Gang’s Rapper’s Delight,…
On April 21, 2000, an American romantic sports drama titled (Love & Basketball) hit the theatres and grossed $27.7 million USD in box office sales. Over the course of time, this movie has cemented itself into pop culture, earning itself the right to be called a cult classic. The movie received positive reviews and was…
The film Hope Floats is a 1998 romantic drama about the relationship of single mother Birdee Pruitt (Sandra Bullock) with young daughter Bernice “Bernie” Cardell (Mae Whitman) and her chance at love. The film’s soundtrack includes many songs, including several sung by its characters throughout the movie. It was produced by Marc Shaiman, who also…
Anne Rice, the author behind The Vampire Chronicles, published in 1988 the third book of her horror novel series, The Queen of the Damned. This book was then transitioned into a motion picture in 2002. It served as a stand-alone sequel to the first book of The Vampire Chronicles series, Interview with the Vampire. With…
Hard though it is to believe, Almost Famous, director Cameron Crowe’s semi-autobiographical account of his time as a teenage writer for Rolling Stone, is now over 20 years old. But even if the film’s starting to get long in the tooth, its soundtrack, which won the 2001 Grammy Award for Best Compilation Soundtrack Album for…