30 October
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HOCUS POCUS (1993) Director: Kenny Ortega Starring: Bette Midler, Kathy Najimy, Sarah Jessica Parker, Omri Katz, Thora Birch, Vinessa Shaw Originally written October 19, 2012 “Oh, look. Another glorious morning. It makes me SICK!” In my household, one of our must see Halloween movies (outside of Halloween) is Hocus Pocus. Quite frankly we watch it all year round. We even quote it all year round. Like many people of my generation, the love of this Bette Midler Halloween classic goes back to when I was a wee lad. Confession time. I was a little ten year old boy obsessed with Ms. Midler. I do notRead More →

05 December
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THE GUILT TRIP Director: Anne Fletcher Starring: Seth Rogen, Barbra Streisand, Colin Hanks, Adam Scott, Kathy Najimy I never would have expected the divine Barbra Streisand and Seth Rogen to star in a movie together. Those two are light years apart on the acting spectrum and are in such different generations of Hollywood, yet somehow the concept of them starring as mother and son somehow works. Andy Brewster (Rogen) is visiting his mother Joyce (Streisand) while he heads out on the road trying to promote and sell his product to big businesses like K-Mart and Costco. He invented an all natural cleaning product made fromRead More →