"Resident Evil," A Modern Moron Movie Review

Only the writers of "Resident Evil" could summon such a marvelous mixture of zombie cliches and thrust stark originality into the infancy of a zombie apocalypse. 

In this instalment, the Umbrella Corporation has caused a violent walking and running dead outbreak with over the top zombie mutations, (surprise) but it works well in the brand new "Resident Evil."  

A lackadaisical medical courier is tasked to deliver the antidote for zombieism to a Raccoon City medical facility unknown to himself. He thinks he's simply delivering a human organ to a medical patient in need. Does this average Joe become a hero, or is the human race destined for a world wide walking dead seizing of the Earth? 

A lot of the graphic gore caters to children who watch these flicks and that's OK with me. This movie focuses more on the suspense of keeping yourself alive and avoid zombie infection rather than the actually fighting and killing them, or becoming one yourself.     

The close ups and Dolby Atmos sound while seated in A 5 auditorium two was an amazing choice on my part to view this flick. Tip of the day, Premium Format in auditoriums one or two at Airport Stadium 12 is a phenomenal way watch movies. 

Three and a half stars easy for the new "Resident Evil." 

Mark Izzy Schurr  

Speak Truth, It's a Good Thing to Be Hated For

I'll never have anything I really want. For starters, I want every child to be safe. The gods clearly dropped the ball on that one. The Christian god has limitless power according to the Bible, yet he allows children to suffer. Some are birthed into wars, or go through physical and or mental abuse. Neil Peart summed it up best; "Why are little ones born only to suffer? 

Another thing I want with extreme passion is no bombs and no wars. The human race is laden with educated savages who elect egotistical rich old white men with no morals or ethics. On February 28, Comb over Caligula launched his unprovoked, unjust and illigal war against Iran. Upon doing so, Shajareh Tauyyebeh elementary school in Iran was bombed, killing more than a 150 civilians including more than a 120 children, yet their terrorists according to the lies of our government. In America's defense, all other nations with massive amounts of power and money commit mass murder on a daily basis too. 

"Bombing is fun." Trump said, on February 28 or March 1. 

Benjamin Netanyahu is another serial criminal who should be imprisoned for life. His sadistic war, convintently called a conflict in Gaza has gotten more than 21,600 child killed and at least 44,000 more children injured since October of 2023, yet the Palestine government is the one deemed to be in the wrong. Baleful billionaires and their bombs only inflict doubt and hate for all politics. 

Until the entire human race renounces all use of force, only then will it have fully evolved, the Silver Surfer said. Yes, I know he's a fictional character, but those words will resonate with me for my entire life. Not a single world leader is striving for peace, why?  

Another thing I'm hated for, or much disliked is my opinions on the racism Trump caters too and insights. Remember January 6, 2021? Yes, most of the people were indeed peaceful, but the ones who weren't went above and beyond the law, assaulting federal police officers, killing at least four people, vandalizing and stealing government property and spreading their feces all over the place. The orange fascist pardoned 100 percent of these people. More than 93 percent of the people on January 6 were white and the Confederate flag was paraded around.

In the 1980s, I lived in Tennessee for four years and it was not unusual to see a confederate flag on various cars and trucks or in peoples yards. During my time in Tennessee I never saw a single black person or anyone who wasn't white dawning a Confederate flag on their transportation or yard.  

Cults such as the QAnon and racist extremist groups support Trump, it's that simple. 

I agree with the far right philosophy that the democrats are dimwitted and wishy washy. I voted for Joe Biden, Hillary Clinton and Kamala Harris simply because of who their opponent was. I want the Forward Party.

The Forward Party is what America needs, read any book by Andrew Yang or listen to his podcasts, he's my political god. Yang's philosophy has facts on how to reduce suicides and cut gun deaths down by around 60 percent in America. How? Read his books. Less work and more money for us pay check to pay check Americans. How? Read his books or listen to the man. Incidentally well over 60 percent of the working class is living pay check to pay check. How is this a great economy? I've personally spoken to Andrew Yang twice. The best $35.00 I've ever spent on politics.   

Myself and Andrew Yang at Manny's in San Francisco in February. 

Bravo to Bill Maher for his May episode condemning political violence. Once upon a time I was hoping someone or some group would assassinate America's king, but I'm an adult now, believe it or not. I don't want Trump murdered, just out of politics forever and his entire bloodline, he's a political disease. 

Societies decline in critical thinking is caused by many things, a lame educational system, I.e., America isn't even a top 30 nation in education. Social media, the media messiah is another culprit feeding stupid and dangerous minds who feed off one dimensional solutions and kill people like Charlie Kirk and Renee Good.  

Trump's bill banning male athletes from playing female sports is fantastic and that idiot swimmer, Lia Thomas was stripped of all his swimming records and that is a very good thing. If you're still reading, don't say I praised Trump on something, shhs. 

Mark Izzy Schurr

"Pre-Code Essentials..." A Modern Moron Book Review

Many ladies during the Pre-Code era mirrored the opulence of delicious deceits and possessed a hypersexualized allure. (Photo of Clara Bow in 1932s "Call Her Savage)

The greatest weapon a woman has is a man's imagination. Read this book if you want to know which 1934 movie spawned this line and was laced with sexual yearning and unrestrained eroticism. 

Joan Blondell, my favorite Pre-Code babe mirrored dalliances in deceit. Her risque dialogue and lascivious lingerie lead to the over use of the censor board. Blondell's movies were brazen and uproarious, toying with the boundaries of decency. "Three on a Match" is laden with debauchery, including illicit sex, kidnapping and depraved thrills fueled by excessive drinking and hard drug use. This 1932 flick contains the debilitating vices and open sexuality in today's cinema. It's just implied and not in your face like our current films. 

This book details 50 flicks made between 1930-1934 with sagacious insight. As stated in "Pre-Code Essentials Must See Cinema from Hollywood's Untamed Era 1930-1934," it's perfect for Pre-Code novices and film aficionados. Turns out, I'm not the expert I thought I was in this era in Hollywood. I personally own more than 100 of these movies and if I owned 80 percent more of these films, I'd still be well short of 100 percent. According to this book, at least 1500 Pre-Code movies were made in its four year period. 

Women like Joan Blondell, Ginger Rodgers, Barbara Stanwyck, Clara Bow, Mae West and Claudette Colbert summoned delicious desires in cinema and ignited insane censorship that didn't completely end until the late 1960s when our current movie rating system was implemented.  

Clara Bow entered the movies in the early 1920s and prior to her, sexuality for women in movies was nonexistent, the B.C. era in Hollywood; films Before Clara. (Bow) By 1927 the extravaganza of sexual liaisons was in full force. Many claim the Pre-Code era began in 1927. Regardless, strick rules were written years before 1930 on how much skin the ladies were allowed to show in mainstream films and what type of dialogue and story-lines were considered absolute taboo. These written laws took hold in July of 1935, officially ending the Pre-Code era. The far righties and religious zealots went way over board in hindering artistic freedom and violating the Constitution of free speech. Betty Boop was no longer showing her garter belt in 1935.

"Sign of the Cross," pictured above sent the censor board into an uproar with suggestions of beastiality and other unfiltered depictions of ancient Rome, imbued with biblical subjects of vice and grandeur. 

The extravaganza of sexual liaisons wasn't all that aroused the attention of the censors. Criticism of the government and World War I were also showcased in the Pre-Code era. "All Quiet on the Western Front"  illustrated the inhumane horrors of war and its stark violence. 

Outlaws were glorified in such movies as "Public Enemy," "Scar Face," and "Night Nurse," all reviewed with sagacious aplomb in this book. Four and a half stars easy for this 2025 gem of a book. 

Bravo to the authors Kim Luperi and Danny Reid for writing about movies only I seem to like. 

Mark Izzy Schurr 

   

   

"Ice Cream Man," A Modern Moron Movie Review

"Ice Cream Man" hit the mainstream movie media on Friday, and it's a gonzo gore fest of elementary school aged children brutally killing adults.

The movies trailer is arguably the most gruesome preview ever. The conflict begins when pre-teen children consume ice cream at a little league baseball game from a baleful ice cream man who has sold his soul to perhaps the highest of evils powers. Technically dead, the Ice Cream Man has been resurrected by a nefarious necromancer. 

Pre-teens who consume the ice cream become robotic like followers of the Ice Cream Man and set out to kill all the adults, and are much too successful at it. A few pre-teens who didn't eat the ice cream find themselves trapped in their small town and strive to escape with the help of one of the children's sister, Lizzie and her ex boyfriend who are seniors in high school. 

Anyone disinterested in graphic murders in cinema should skip this flick for sure. Perhaps the the theme of "Ice Cream Man" is how desensitized we are, including myself to gratudious violence on the screen.   

 

Bravo to Sarah Abbott, the actress who plays Lizzie. When she maneuvers herself out of bed and into the bathroom to make herself vomit up the ice cream she ate the day before without the use of her paralyzed arms was indeed impressive, she's athletic for sure and she regained the use of her arms. 

Three and a half stars easy for the August 8 release of "The Ice Cream Man," it's a 'chilling' tale and watch out for children! 

Mark Izzy Schurr

"The Boxmasters Vol I: A Twisted Tale Through Time," A Modern Moron Comic Book Review

 A certain group of people have traveled back in time to the precise origins of rock 'n' roll music to destroy it from its very existince. 

How do they time travel? With the TDRD, the Time Displacement & Retrival Device of course. 

The Boxmasters are inadvertentaly choosen to use the Time Displacement what have you to thwart the foes of rock 'n' roll. No spoilers from me, you want vivid details, read the comic. Incidently I look forward for the second issue. 

Which Boxmaster is a bad ass super time traveling spy? Agent Sara #34? There's a lot happening in this twisted tale. 

The villains in this tale want to iradicate the world of hip music, and force a show down. Sara has all the details on why the Boxmasters were choosen to save rock 'n' roll." Is it saved?

Three stars easy for ..."A Twisted Tale Through Time." 

Mark Izzy Schurr

Valerie Bertinelli Getting Naked The Quiet Work of Becoming Perfectly Imperfect," A Modern Moron Book Review

The life span of the average person is less than two hours and 40 minutes compared to the age of the Earth, so take it all in, the good, the bad, the boring, the heartbreaking and the breathtaking, it's all the good part, Valerie Bertinelli said in "Getting Naked The Quiet Work of Becoming Perfectly Imperfect."

Boredom is an opportunity, not a lifestyle. Fools? Bertinelli's 7th book is vague, yet in-depth. If we replace judgement with curiosity our prospectives change. The barrage of information and disinformation on social media these days plays it part in our minds and weaves its way into our insecurities, doutes and egos. 

 Amazing to me that Valerie Bertinelli never thought of herself as being a hottie. She was the sole reason I watched "One Day At a Time," in the 1970s. In "Getting Naked..." she covers a vast array of topics including her two marriages and the lame realities of legal fees for divorce proceedings. She eloquently  described her second divorce as a cesspool of legalese. She also talks about her love of cats and dogs and running in the Boston Marathon days before she turned 50. 

The bevy of information lacks many details, yet slyly depicts her first marriage to Eddie Van Halen and their son Wolfgang. She refers to her son as Wolfie and her late rock 'n' roller first husband as Ed.

This book isn't just an autobiography, it's a therapy book. This March novel has taught me some valuable cooping mechanisms, hopefully I adhere to many of her tips when my mind gets in its political rage which is daily these days. 

She's been sober for more than two years, her dry January turned to dry February, March...December and beyond. Finally as a non practicing alcoholic, I know the ills of excessive booze consumption she talks about, and I don't miss it! 

Valerie got breast implants more than 30 years ago. Even with her amazing allure she got caught up in societies insane expectations of ourselves. She's right, we're trained to look for our flaws, then repair, cover up and rejuvenate. She was still married to Ed at the time of her implants and he was dumbfounded and simply said to her, why? Fast forward to the now, she's had her implants recently removed and her recovery wasn't pleasant, but she's OK now. 

She's 64-years-old and said she wants to be the best most authentic version of herself entering the last chapter of her life. I'm only two years younger, so I assume I'm on the last chapter of my life too, and she's right, friends are medicine that goes straight to the heart even though I profess to being a happy hermit. 

She details her klutz moves, hence the cut on her right arm, she did to herself accidently. She's human, wants to give love and to be loved, but like myself, she enjoys being alone. 

Three and a half stars easy for this book.

Mark Izzy Schurr

  

"A Midsummer Night's Dream," A Modern Moron Book Review

To say the truth, reason and love, keep little company together now-a-days, what fools these mortals be, said Puck, servant to the ancient fairies. 

Lit for Little Hands, "A Midsummer Night's Dream," is a marvelous rendition of William Shakespeare's play. It's a story of love and fantasy. Had it not been for this Little Libraries acquisition, I would have never know Shakespeare wrote about supernaturalism.  

This gem of a book contains original lines from the play and lots of interactive elements for the very young and those with youthful hearts. 

Many centuries ago in Athens, Hermia and Lysander were riding the waves of tangible love and romance, but the girls father wanted her to marry Demetrious, so she runs away with Lysander. The king and queen of the fairies, Oberon and Titana and their fairy servant Puck get involved. Mixing magical flowers into a love potion causes Lysander to fall in love with his lovers best friend Helena and thus the conflict begins. 

Adapted by Brooke Jorden and illustrated by Olga Skomorokhova, this children's tale of "A Midsummer Night's Dream" is four and a half stars easy and it's going back in a Little Libraries for others to enjoy. 

Mark Izzy Schurr