There’s a lot to unpack here. For those of you who may not remember, Hooper was a 1978 action-comedy starring Burt Reynolds as Sonny Hooper, the industry’s leading trick driver, whose body has seen better days. He gets roped into…
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Since we were talking about sitcoms earlier today, we thought we’d get your opinion on what the best situation comedy in television history is. I Love Lucy? The Honeymooners? Good Times? Taxi? Cheers? Friends? There are literally hundreds of shows…
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This Friday, The Predator hits theaters. Co-written and directed by Shane Black (who played Hawkins in 1987’s Predator), the new film aims to restart the sci-fi franchise. But can it possibly live up to the Arnold Schwarzenegger original? We’ll let…
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In the 40 years since it first debuted as a BBC radio show, Douglas Adams‘ sci-fi comedy The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy as also been adapted as a best-selling series of novels, a stage show, a computer game, a…
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When stuntman-turned-director Hal Needham collaborated with Burt Reynolds, the results were always movie magic. Arguably the pair’s most satisfying picture together was 1977’s Smokey and the Bandit, in which Reynolds Bo “Bandit” Darville, is hired to bring 400 cases of…
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Sitcoms are more than mere entertainment, they offer an escape — even if just for a little bit — of the problems of daily life, allowing us to laugh and forget our troubles. The situation comedy has been a staple…
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We are currently in the midst of planning our 31 Days of Halloween posts that will be featured alongside of our regular content all October long. Things are going to get spooky, kooky, and maybe even all-together ooky (with apologies…
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As we continue to celebrate the life of Burt Reynolds, we will be running a series of polls in which we ask you to sound off about your favorites of his many films. (Which is no easy task given how…
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For awhile in the 1970s and ’80s, Burt Reynolds was unstoppable. And even when his box office mojo cooled off a bit, he still made films that were crowd-pleasers. Some of his films that underperformed in theaters during their original…
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The legendary Burt Reynolds has died at the age of 82 following a heart attack. Writing those words is a jarring thing, as it seems like Reynolds life and career always had another act to play out. With a career…
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