Recent commentary and jibber-jabber

• Zed on The Shadow (30th anniversary revisit): “Ah yes, I do miss the wild creativity of dipping into the bin of musty racial stereotypes for villains” Jul 9, 22:24
• VERN on MaXXXine: “Well, if Clinton and Lieberman count as liberals, Tipper Gore started the PMRC, as seen in the movie.” Jul 9, 21:50
• Kaplan on MaXXXine: “It felt like it was a bit too much for the “mother is mothering” type fans, because there really wasn’t…” Jul 9, 21:26
• KayKay on Beverly Hills Cop II: “Muh: I’d be the 1st to admit BHC2 definitely lacks the freshness of the 1st, which situates it comfortably in…” Jul 9, 17:11
• J on The Running Man: “When I watched this as a child, I wondered if Captain Freedom’s protest about the past “sport of fight and…” Jul 9, 16:06
• Kaplan on The Shadow (30th anniversary revisit): “Funny to note that this is probably the last time, between political correctness and fear of offending China, that a…” Jul 9, 15:49
• Kyle on The Shadow (30th anniversary revisit): “Also The Shadow telling the henchman guy “Next time you can be on top” after falling to his death in…” Jul 9, 15:24
• Kyle on The Shadow (30th anniversary revisit): “Really glad to read appreciation of this movie. Although The Rocketeer is maybe the best of the post Batman’89 adventure/comic…” Jul 9, 15:21
• The Cosh on The Shadow (30th anniversary revisit): “Guess I’ve never been any good at telling what wound be a hit. Me and my pal saw this at…” Jul 9, 15:11
• Felix Ng on The Shadow (30th anniversary revisit): “Penelope Ann Miller is a stunner in that white dress.” Jul 9, 14:45
• Muh on The Shadow (30th anniversary revisit): “The problem is not much except for the look goes beyond Basic Movie 101. It’s all so standard and dull…and…” Jul 9, 09:32
• Muh on The Shadow (30th anniversary revisit): “This movie is not very good, but some of the style is nice and I wish it worked. Post-Batman was…” Jul 9, 09:30
• Skani on The Shadow (30th anniversary revisit): “I just re-watched this for the first time since it’s initial video release. Although I don’t think it overcomes its…” Jul 9, 08:15
• CJ Holden on The Shadow (30th anniversary revisit): “This is indeed one of those movies that are flawed as hell (As I mentioned in the comments of the…” Jul 9, 07:51
• Bill Reed on The Shadow (30th anniversary revisit): “This was always my least favorite of this era’s old-timey pulp superhero-y movies, but that didn’t stop me from reading…” Jul 9, 07:40