I’ll apologize right off for the rambling/incoherent nature of this post. It’s going to serve double-duty. Because in the span of a week I got to educate myself on the war in Afghanistan in two ways, both profound in their own right. It started with reading Sebastian Junger’s new book, War. Those who know my […]
After all the rumors and the stops and starts, Hollywood has indeed decided to proceed with ripping out the soul of my childhood once again. This time, they are moving ahead with the remake of Footloose. When they couldn’t find a director for the longest time, and when that Disney-fied little bubblegum boy Efron bailed […]
I don’t remember when I first watched the Winnebago Man clip at the bottom, but it was a long time ago. But I do remember that it reminded me why I left Kentucky (with its copious amounts of RV ads for RV dealers in southern Indiana) and also that this guy may be one of […]
A couple weeks ago Kelly was sent a link to a recut trailer to The Shining, in which it makes the movie look like a G-rated Disney flick. I told him that many moons ago I had found what I thought was the originator of this trend. He instantly wanted to see it, and I […]
So before I rant about the latest film incarnation to ruin a piece of my childhood, let me celebrate that one film from my younger days remains intact. Seems cooler heads have prevailed and that Zac Efron has pulled out of the Footloose remake. For the time being, one of the best movie montages ever […]
Holy crap, I’m gonna have to start a whole new blog purely dedicated to all the ways Hollywood is screwing around with my childhood in the present day. Previously I’ve discussed the Karate Kid remake, the new Robin Hood movie and even older topics like the GI Joe movie and Transformers. Today’s desecration of my […]
The Campbell holiday tradition continues, this time with the Clooney flick, Up in the Air. Like most movie-going folk, I am a Clooney fan. He’s fantastic when being in serious films like “Good Night and Good Luck” or when hamming it up and being a good sport like in “Oceans Eleven.” This movie has a […]
A Campbell family Christmas tradition is to go check out movies. It started many moons ago and continues to this day, and it’s always fun to talk to my mom and plot which movies we shall conquer during my stint back in Louisville. First up, Sherlock Holmes with the always-cool Robert Downey, Jr. There was […]
The fun never stops in Hollywood, at least when it comes to killing my childhood. I had heard about this remake awhile back, but somehow thought nothing of it when I never heard further and thought maybe, just maybe, the studio people had figured out that remaking a movie that was a definitive 80s classic […]
I’ve not shied away from complaining to anyone who will listen that Hollywood just never ceases to try and re-imagine, reboot and retool every damn thing they can if it means they don’t have to use a creative bone in their collective body. For those of you who don’t know, they’re at it again … […]