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Vote for Cinema Crazed in the 2023 Rondo Awards

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The 2023 edition of the Rondo Awards is upon us, and movie lovers are being invited to vote for their favorites. Once again, Cinema Crazed was excluded from the Best Website category – but that doesn’t mean we cannot win an award.

This is how you can help: You are able to cast a write-in vote for Best Website. To vote, send an email to Taraco@aol.com and write: “Category 18: Best Website – Cinema Crazed (www.cinema-crazed.com), write-in vote.”

If you enjoy reading Cinema Crazed, please take a minute and vote for us! Thank you!!!

Every Bugs Bunny Ever: All This and Rabbit Stew (1941)

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2023 marks the 85th Anniversary of Bug Bunny’s first animated appearance in 1938’s “Porky’s Hare Hunt.” Debuting originally as Happy Rabbit, Bugs eventually became one of the most iconic animated characters of all time. In honor of the landmark anniversary, we’re discussing every animated appearance by Bugs Bunny. We’re big fans of Bugsy and we hope that you are, too.

Follow us on this massive journey where we discover and re-discover Every Bugs Bunny Ever.

All This and Rabbit Stew (1941)
Directed by Tex Avery
Written by Dave Monahan
Music by Carl W. Stalling
Animation by Virgil Ross

In the list of things that Warner Bros. wants you to forget about Looney Tunes, there’s “All This and Rabbit Stew.” Not only is it Tex Avery’s final short for Warner and Bugs Bunny, but it’s also one of the dreaded “Censored Eleven.”

It’s seventh in a list of animated shorts that have otherwise been banned or pulled from circulation due to sensitive content (racial, political, or otherwise). “All This and Rabbit Stew” has been banned since 1968 mainly for its depiction of black face and African American stereotypes that are just so offensive, that it’s almost impossible to get around. At least with something like “Swing Time” and “Hold that Ghost” you can simply move past it.

But with “All This and Rabbit Stew” it’s the absolute centerpiece.

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The Park (2023)

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This is one of the first times I went in to a movie without getting what I expected, and coming out of it satisfied. “The Park” is not a movie that necessarily breaks the mold, but it works within its simplistic and small budget and cast to create something of substance. While most dystopian movies opt for “Apocalypse Porn,” Director-Writer Shal Ngo opts instead to use the end of the world as an allegory for growing up.

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BAD MOVIE MONDAY: TOUGH GUYS DON’T DANCE (1987)

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Can a good movie be bad? I like to think so, yes. There’s plenty of examples of award winning critical darlings, like Forrest Gump, that are considered utter trash today. Conversely, a bad movie can also be good. Take something like Zardoz. Everyone hated it at the time, but now it’s mostly seen as a bold artistic and challenging film. With this paradox in mind, today I’ll be reviewing TOUGH GUYS DON’T DANCE starring Ryan O’Neal, Isabella Rossellini, Wings Hauser, and Lawrence Tierney.

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Wolfman (2023) [CINEJOY 2023]

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Apparently Director-Writer Kevin James Barry’s “Wolfman” is a mock trailer/short film for what is a project currently in development. If that is a fact, I will eagerly be waiting for the feature length film with baited breath. “Wolfman” has shades of “V for Vendetta,” “Machete” and “Escape from New York,” and judging by what is presented, we’re in for a balls to the wall bit of neo-grindhouse action cinema that will blow the walls off.

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The End (2023) [CINEJOY 2023]

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Well if “The End” doesn’t look like material for a hilarious animated feature, I don’t know what does. “The End” is a hilarious and fun short animated film in the vein of “Looney Tunes” and “Shrek” in which the classic fairy tale is re-invented and de-constructed in to a short that’s teeming with potential for something much bigger. “The End” feels like a proof of concept for a feature length version, but if it isn’t, it works wonderfully as a clever and unique re-imagining of the classic fairy tale.

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