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Saw this on TV recently, and it was like a blast from the past.

To me, this is my favorite adaptation of the Alexandre Dumas classic as it features an all-star cast, which includes Charlie Sheen, Kiefer Sutherland, Oliver Platt, Chris O’Donnell, Rebecca De Mornay and of course, the legendary Tim Curry.

I also consider it a companion piece to Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves as it features Michael Wincott as the main antagonist’s right-hand man, Michael Kamen providing the film’s score and Bryan Adams performing the end credits’ song.

Rating: 9.6/10

With the Scary Movie franchise back in full swing, I thought I revisit this horror movie parody twin.

You see, both Scary Movie and Shriek If You Know What I Did Last Friday the 13th came out the same year.

While it is inferior to Scary Movie, which had better production values, it does have some stuff that made me laugh like Simon Rex’s character stealing the show as his pronunciation of Chanukah and Grease Frightening were the highlight of the film, and the Pop-Up Video parody during the chase scene.

However, as mentioned earlier, it had the unfortunate timing of being released the same year as Scary Movie, and it was relegated to being shown on cable TV.

I think if this was given more time and better production value, I think it would have had a better shelf life just like its Wayans Brothers counterpart.

Rating: 7.2/10

Decided to give this version of the Dracula story a watch, and honestly, I think this might be one of favorite Dracula movies, aside from Dracula (1931) and Bram Stoker’s Dracula.

What makes this one unique is it’s a nice successor/remake to the Bela Lugosi Dracula movie and a precursor to the Gary Oldman Dracula movies as it combines the cinematography and atmosphere of the 1931 classic with the romanticism of the 1992 Francis Ford Coppola adaptation.

That and Frank Langella does a good job conveying Dracula’s vampirism by using his voice and eyes do the work.

Sir Laurence Olivier also brings gravitas as Dracula’s nemesis, Abraham Van Helsing.

John Williams does a great job capturing the film’s atmosphere.

Of course, I’ve seen the 1979 version where there’s color, and I will see the Director’s Version where there’s colors are darker and grayer.

Rating: 9.4/10

I haven’t thought about this movie in a while, but since I love film noir and comedy, I thought Steve Martin and Carl Reiner did a great job lampooning film noir of the 1940s and 1950s while also paying tribute to it.

This film was the Kung Pow: Enter The Fist of the 1980s as it utilizes clips from past films while also integrating it with new footage to form a cohesive yet outlandish story.

However, Dead Men Don’t Wear Plaid uses trick photography to match the clip from classic film noir with the footage filmed with Steve Martin, and you know what, it was seamless.

Plus, this was the second of four films Steve Martin and Carl Reiner worked on, with the others being The Jerk, The Man With Two Brains and All of Me. They were kind of the De Niro-Scorsese of Comedy.

Rating: 9/10

Saw this on Tubi recently, and I got to say, having not seen this movie in a long time, this is my second favorite Cheech & Chong movie, with Up in Smoke taking the top spot.

This film is like Up in Smoke meets Monty Python and the Holy Grail, and that’s very unique.

I love the anachronisms that run rampant throughout the movie, with one of my favorite bits is Cheech’s character Louis changing his name to Luis after running away to Mexico when the entire movie is set in France.

Roy Dotrice steals the show as the Evil Fuckaire, the film’s main antagonist.

Overall, I give this film an 8.1/10.

Saw this on Tubi recently, and I thought it was good. Doctor Dre (not to be confused with Dr. Dre) and Ed Lover have really great chemistry as it’s like an Abbott and Costello movie, but set in 1990s Harlem and having a hip-hop soundtrack.

Probably the only person who steals the show is Denis Leary as Doctor Dre and Ed Lover’s quick-tempered sergeant.

That and you get a bunch of well-known (at the time of the film’s release) hip-hop artists such as Salt-N-Pepa, Ice-T, House of Pain, Heavy D, Flavor Flav, among others.

This film also lives up to its “First Hip-Hop Whodunnit” tagline.