But then audiences saw the movie and wondered why Russell Crowe’s voice sounded so terrible. The quality of a person’s singing can be fiercely debated. Is Bob Dylan a terrible singer because he has a “whiny” voice? Is Mariah Carey’s voice bad because it’s “showy”? What we consider “good” singing varies from listener to listener … Read more
George Lucas once made a Marvel movie, but the resulting film, Howard the Duck, was a box office nightmare for all involved. Howard the Duck was one of the biggest financial flops of the 1980s. It did so poorly that the two heads of the studio allegedly got into a fistfight over who greenlit it. … Read more
We take a look back at the infamous 1985 adaptation of Red Sonja starring Brigitte Nielsen and Arnold Schwarzenegger. In the early eighties, Arnold Schwarzenegger had become a star through his role in Conan the Barbarian. Following a critically maligned but successful sequel, Conan the Destroyer, Schwarzenegger sought to move into more contemporary roles. His … Read more
“The Servant” is a noir, a horror film, an “Upstairs/Downstairs” satire, a thriller about power, a romantic comedy for a long middle stretch, a pair of terse love triangles, a survival melodrama at the end when at its most Brechtian. It’s a frightening and funny film, a low story told in high style. It’s an … Read more