Remembering the late Bill Paxton
The news report caught me off guard. I was at my desk at the office when a colleague passing by asked me if I’d heard the news that Bill Paxton had died. I had not and it hit me hard. … Read more
Commentary
A look at Tail Slate’s favorite gangster movies
America’s love affair with movies about gangsters (mobsters if you prefer) dates back to the beginning of the 20th Century. Very popular in the 1930s, they practically disappeared once the Production Code (predecessor to the current MPAA system of film-ratings) … Read more
Peter Cushing, Rogue One and CGI of dead actors
An actor’s career never really ends. Even after he’s dead. The debate over the use of deceased performers through computer effects has resurfaced in the wake of Rogue One: A Star Wars Story. The standalone prequel, set just before the … Read more
The irony of TV’s content comfort trap
In an entertainment landscape overflowing with programming, why are we inundated with reboots, remakes and reimagings? It’s because we find solace in the familiar.
Star Trek Stuff
For the American television viewing public, it began on a Thursday evening in September of 1966. September 8th to be specific. That was the night that “Star Trek” first aired, on NBC. One has to wonder if the executives at … Read more
Tail Slate suggests a few ‘war films’ for Memorial Day Viewing
Don’t know about you but I can’t handle watching ‘The Green Berets’ on another Memorial Day weekend
The Politics of ’13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi’
To say that conservatives who are horrified at the prospect of Hillary Clinton being elected President this November are salivating at the release of the film “13 Hours” would be a major understatement.
A film franchise fast approaches forty years and it’s still going strong
Rocky’s incredible journey continues.
James Horner – An appreciation
It’s sad to know that we’ll never hear another original James Horner composition again.