Tillie's Punctured Romance 1920 Revival

Here is a very silly 1920 article about a rerelease of Tillie's Punctured Romance (1914), often considered the first feature length film comedy.



The following pages of The Motion Picture Herald discusses this 1920 revival more seriously.





Here is a classic advertisement for this revival.

The movie is in public domain so you can watch it on YouTube.

 

-Michael J. Ruhland

Movie Review: Once Upon a Deadpool

Review Written By Michael J. Ruhland








Michael's Movie Grade: A-

Review: Much of this film is a tamer PG-13 version of Deadpool 2. Shockingly this does not hurt the movie as much as you'd think, as it is still laugh out loud hilarious. However the real delight here is the new framing story. You see, Deadpool has kidnapped Fred Savage and is reading him the story of Deadpool 2 in a parody of The Princess Bride. As much as one can understandably complain about a PG-13 rehash of  Deadpool 2, these new scenes with Fred Savage are pure gold and some of the funniest scenes of any movie this year. I am serious. Many of these scenes I simply could not stop laughing at and there was not a weak joke in any of them. I loved Fred Savage pointing out plot holes and giving his own commentary on the movie. I loved him calling Deadpool 2 not real Marvel. I also love how he goes from complaining about being kidnapped to simply accepting it and having fun with this. Honestly I loved everything about these scenes and for scenes that could have simply been tacked on for the sake of grabbing money, they are actually some of the funniest moments done in this movie franchise yet. The uses of censoring during the Deadpool 2 scenes are actually quite funny and I like that they included some scenes from the extended DVD/Blu-ray cut to help this not feel too much like a retread.

This is mostly a censored rerelease of Deadpool 2, but it is a delightful one, with great new scenes and besides Deadpool 2 is still a funny funny movie even if we have seen it before.


I must also say, stay through the end of the credits for something really amazing (I'm not gonna give any more away about that).

-Michael J. Ruhland