Reviews
Today’s consumers have more entertainment options than ever before thanks to technology and the explosion of new media outlets. That’s why Hollywood in Toto will help readers suss out the very best content across media. We all lead busy lives. Let’s consume only the highest quality movies, television shows and music with our limited leisure time.
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Why ‘Flight of the Navigator’ Speaks to the Little Kid in All of Us
Randal Kleiser’s “Flight of the Navigator” opens with one of the great 1980s music montages. We don’t simply get a…
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‘Boys in Red Hats’ at War with Reality, Itself
Sorry. There aren’t two sides to the Covington Catholic boys scandal. The recent documentary “Rush to Judgment” proved that beyond…
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‘Space Jam’ – A Beloved Basketball Classic … and Synergy Gone Wild
Before we let our nostalgia for all things “Space Jam” (1996) dictate our feelings for the movie itself, let’s not…
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Why David Mamet’s ‘The Edge’ Trumps Other Action Adventure Films
I was in graduate school when I chanced upon a copy of “The Edge” at my local Blockbuster. It caught…
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‘Great White’ Offers Shark Film Fanatics the Bare Minimum
If Steven Spielberg predicted the flood of Z-grade shark flicks spawned from “Jaws” he might have skipped the 1975 project…
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‘Blue Velvet’ at 35: The Masterful Shocks Haven’t Aged a Day
I like to take walks outside during the night. Not the type Patsy Cline once sang about (“…I go walking,…
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How Disney’s ‘Hunchback of Notre Dame’ Broke Some, Not All, of the Rules
Adapting Victor Hugo’s “The Hunchback of Notre Dame” into an animated musical, let alone a family film bearing the Walt…
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How Rob Reiner’s ‘Stand By Me’ Saved Stephen King Movies
Rob Reiner’s “Stand By Me” (1986) was a major turning point, both for the director and the state of Stephen…
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How ‘Cable Guy’ Went from Flop to Jim Carrey Cult Classic
Ben Stiller’s “The Cable Guy” was ahead of its time and too hip for the room in 1996. Arriving not…
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‘Point Break’ – The Ultimate Summer Movie?
In the opening scenes of Kathryn Bigelow’s “Point Break” (1991), a rapturous day of surf is intercut with a gun…
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