By David Lynch‘s 1984 film version of Frank Herbert’s legendary sci-fi novel Dune has been a perpetual black sheep of the surrealist director’s filmography, with his later neo-noir projects like Blue Velvet, Twin Peaks, and Mulholland Drive held in much higher regard by cineastes. While the failure of Dune dissuaded Lynch
The Best Of Film Babble Blog (A Self Indulgent 20th Anniversary/Birthday Post)
Film Babble Blog has been AWOL since my DEADPOOL & WOLVERINE review last July as things have been hectically busy lately, but I’m back to make a self-indulgent post on my Birthday. I’ve been meaning to do something to celebrate the 20th Anniversary of this blog (first post was March 12,
GOONIES Sequel Tabloid Rumor Starts Frenzy
AI art, overactive online imaginations, the tabloid press, and social media can combine sometimes to start a feeding frenzy over almost nothing. As is the case with a sequel to the much-loved 1980s children’s adventure movie The Goonies. Last week, it was breathlessly announced in the UK tabloid press that
BEETLEJUICE Sequel Takes Box Office Crown
Tim Burton’s legacy sequel Beetlejuice Beetlejuice is out-performing expectations to top the weekend box office. As of yesterday night, it was sitting at $110 million and comfortably top of the rankings for the weekend. The studio had been estimating around $90 million. It made another $35 million overseas, taking its
Movie Meme Monday
Like Garfield said, “I’m a fat overweight, sarcastic cat that hates Mondays!”. We all are Garfield, we all are. Monday is The Acolyte of the week. We all hate it and do our best to avoid it, but it just keeps popping up. No fear though, loyal readers. We have
