Movies, and my thoughts on them.
It's a Gift is one hell of a depressing comedy. It's like just being on the edge of going to sleep with a mosquito buzzing in your ear, and no matter how many times you …
Here are some two sentence reviews of the movies I watched in July. Stats Movies watched – 15 Movies that were new to me – 10 Westerns – 2 Monthly Masterpieces – Rio Bravo, Duck Soup, Gaslight July 26 Rio Bravo (1959) - Howard Hawks …
For someone who has always been a silent comedy fan, it took me a while to give the humor of the Marx brothers a chance. Sure, the visual gags were still there, especially with Harpo …
Here are some two sentence reviews of the movies I watched in June. Stats Movies watched – 10 Movies that were new to me – 8 Shite foreign films – 2 Monthly Masterpieces – This is Spinal Tap June 27 Man …
This is Spinal Tap is not the first "mockumentary," but it is probably the most famous one. And, in a time when the genre can be seen all over film (Borat, Bruno, and the slew …
Here are some two sentence reviews of the movies I watched in May. Stats Movies watched – 15 Movies that were new to me – 9 Star Trek movies – 3 Monthly Masterpieces – The Adventures of Robin Hood, Out …
For the uninitiated, film noir can be a disappointing thing. The colorful dialog often veers dangerously close to camp Calvin and Hobbes "Tracer Bullet" self-parody, while the B-movie visuals sometimes aren't quite as stylish as …
Here are some two sentence reviews of the movies I watched in April. Stats Movies watched – 14 Movies that were new to me – 13 John Carpenter movies – 2 Monthly Masterpieces – none April 27 Slomo (2013) - …
Gummo is a movie people either hate or love. Or, more accurately, Gummo is a movie people either hate, or are apologists for--and today I guess I will be taking the apologist tack. After all, …
Here are some two sentence reviews of the movies I watched in March. Stats Movies watched – 11 Movies that were new to me – 7 John Carpenter movies – 4 Monthly Masterpieces – Battleship, Deliverance, Beware of a …