Canadian Bacon: Remembering John Candy 30 Years Later

Canadian Bacon may have been the only narrative feature directed by Michael Moore but it was the final film to star John Candy. No Canadians were harmed in the making of the film. I decided to watch the film to mark the thirtieth anniversary of Candy’s passing. Honestly, it was either this or Wagon’s East, which also starred the late Richard Lewis. In any event, Canadian Bacon was available to stream through Hoopla without commercial…

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Do the Right Thing Is Still Relevant in 2020

It’s been almost 31 years since the release of Do the Right Thing in July 1989 but the Spike Lee film is still relevant in the summer of 2020. Watching the film for the first time amid a civil unrest really displays how relevant the film still is.  It’s truly an injustice that the same thing happening in a 1989 film is still happening today.  How can we as a culture allow this to happen? …

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