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(click title) OSCAR: This is a weird, wonderful and violent film about ..well.. a fight club. IF for some reason, you haven’t seen this film, I will not give anything away other than Brad Pitt’s character asks Edward Norton’s character who he would want to fight in the fight club? Ed Norton’s character then states…

OSCAR: So here is one of my all-time favorite 1970s sitcom…What’s Happening was a very progressive and entertaining sitcom for its day. It was centered around a struggling single parent African-American family living in Watts. The mother, marvelously played by the great Mabel King, portrayed a divorced mother of two trying to keep her family…

Oscar: This is probably in the top 25 list of my favorite films of all time. It is so ridiculously funny and entertaining that I’ve seen it many times over the years. Not sure why, but I decided to insert Charles Martin Smith’s character “The Toad” from American Graffiti (1973)…just the gag referencing the above-mentioned…

OSCAR: Since I got our first request for Billy Bob Thornton, I thought I would do a double feature!!! To me, this movie turned Billy Bob Thornton into a superstar. He was so good in this role. Being a mumbler in this film, I wanted to showcase more mumblers from film!!! ha ha!! EMMY: I…

OSCAR: This is a dynamite new series starring Billy Bob Thornton and Sam Elliot. All the characters are believable, and they relate as a family in a viable way. I am hooked on the show and that is rare for me with brand new offerings. The young newcomers are also standouts and do a great…

OSCAR: This movie is an updated remake of one of my favorite all-time westerns – My Darling Clementine (1946) – starring Henry Fonda as Wyatt Earp and Victor Mature as Doc Holiday. Kurt Russell and Val Kilmer did a great job in this movie and it is entertaining. The only negative for me, and it…

OSCAR: Great show from back in the day!! Redd Foxx was hilarious as the cranky and loveable Fred Sanford. His relationship with Lamont (played by Desmond Wilson – who died of cancer about a week ago – RIP) was totally believable and the dynamic of the entire show. Set in a junk yard in in…

(click title) OSCAR: Awww sweet nostalgia!! This has got to be on my top 5 list for favorite movies. I was the same age as most of the kids in this movie and I was living in Southern California with my family when this was filmed. The poster for the film was illustrated by the…