Category: Commentary
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Since it is Super Bowl LIII weekend, here are TailSlate’s Ten Favorite Football movies
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Movies about football have been around almost as long as the game itself. The first professional football player signed a contract to be paid to play in 1892. In 1921, Two Minutes to Go was…
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Cracking Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson’s box office power
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The Rock will not be broken by a Skyscraper. The beefy big screen star was back in theaters this past weekend with his Die Hard-esque action flick (check out our review here). And while it’s…
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TailSlate’s Top Ten Directorial Debuts (by actors)
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TailSlate has been a fan of Greta Gerwig for a very long time, both as an actress and a writer. Now her directorial debut film, Lady Bird is in theaters. So TailSlate decided to take…
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Tail Slate remembers Elvis Presley on the 40th anniversary of his passing
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Elvis Presley died on August 16, 1977. I remember it like it was yesterday. It was my 8th day of Air Force Basic Training. I returned to the dormitory with some other trainees and we…
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A look at the sniper in movies
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We’ve been watching snipers in movies going back to 1941 when actor Gary Cooper portrayed Medal of Honor recipient Alvin York in the film Sergeant York. Alvin York was actually a Corporal when he earned…
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Remembering the late Bill Paxton
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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…
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A look at Tail Slate’s favorite gangster movies
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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…
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The best and worst of video game-based movies
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TailSlate looks at the video game turned movie genre
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Peter Cushing, Rogue One and CGI of dead actors
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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…
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The irony of TV’s content comfort trap
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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.