Reviews And Otherwise

Terry McCarty
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Reviews of present and past films/TV blended with occasional commentary.

  1. MAY 9

    THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA 2 IN UNDER 7 MINUTES

    Discussing the 20 years on follow-up to the glossy fashion magazine comedy—plus some musing on why most celebs wouldn’t quit this year’s Jeff and Lauren Met Gala.

    7 min

  2. APR 29

    MICHAEL JACKSON ACCORDING TO ANTOINE FUQUA AND DAN REED

    Discussing real Michael Jackson plus Antoine Fuqua and the estate’s sinned against angelic version—and Dan Reed’s view of Michael escaping accountability for his alleged sexual misbehavior with children.

    31 min

  3. APR 22

    LEE CRONIN’S THE MUMMY IN UNDER FOUR MINUTES

    Irish horror director with his take on the nine-decades-plus unearthed and undead horror concept—which apparently collided with James Wan’s hopes to give WB/New Line a movie that was CONJURING-adjacent. Has its moments, mainly in the final third, but definitely a hodgepodge.

    4 min

  4. APR 14

    THE DRAMA/IF I HAD LEGS I’D KICK YOU

    Discussing two of the shiny object cringe comedy/dramas from the boutique portion of A24. Spoilers included for THE DRAMA.

    9 min

  5. APR 7

    CRITERION CHANNEL: RONALD HAVER’S KING KONG LASERDISC COMMENTARY TRACK

    Discussing the debut commentary track—Ronald Haver’s discussion of the original KING KONG for a 1990s Criterion laserdisc. Also, some context as to Haver’s career as programmer at Los Angeles County Museum of Art, plus his restoration of George Cukor’s A STAR IS BORN and authorship of DAVID O. SELZNICK’S HOLLYWOOD.

    9 min

  6. JAN 23

    NEW TO ME: STREET PEOPLE/A WOMAN’S SECRET/THOMPSON’S LAST RUN

    Reviewing a 1976 actioner with mob lawyer and BFF race driver Stacy Keach keeping heroin off the streets of San Francisco, Nicholas Ray’s 1949 woman’s picture/mystery/noir with Maureen O’Hara and Gloria Grahame and a 1986 TV-movie with the one-off pairing of Robert Mitchum and Wilford Brimley.

    13 min

  7. 12/29/2025

    GOODBYE 2025: COVER-UP/MARTY SUPREME/AVATAR: FIRE AND ASH/THE HOUSEMAID

    Reviewing the new documentary COVER-UP (co-directed by Laura Poitras) on investigative journalism legend Seymour Hersh, Josh Safdie’s MARTY SUPREME, James Cameron’s AVATAR: FIRE AND ASH and Paul Feig’s THE HOUSEMAID.

    9 min

  8. 12/07/2025

    JAY KELLY IN UNDER 3 MINUTES

    A few brief comments on Noah Baumbach and Emily Mortimer crafting what they hoped to be an Awards Season crowd pleaser with George Clooney as Nowhere Man movie star who glides through life until self-examination happens almost too late.

    3 min
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Reviews of present and past films/TV blended with occasional commentary.

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  • Creator
    Terry McCarty
  • Years Active
    2021 - 2026
  • Episodes
    117
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Terry McCarty
  • Show Website
    Reviews And Otherwise