Movies, and my thoughts on them.
Here are some two sentence reviews of the movies I watched in November. Stats Movies watched – 16 Movies that were new to me – 5 Bond Movies – 5 Monthly Masterpieces – Palm Beach Story November 29 The Spy …
Few directors dominated the early 1940s like Preston Sturges. While not the first writer-director, Sturges was the most famous early example of a screenwriter who also directed his own films, paving the way for Orson …
While the Bond films, with their jet packs and suitcase airplanes, seem like the would already be pretty accessible to children, I recently discovered that they also lend themselves quite well to the children's picture book format. …
Here are some two sentence reviews of the movies I watched in October. Stats Movies watched – 15 Movies that were new to me – 12 Horror Movies – 4 Monthly Masterpieces – The Seventh Seal October 30 Seeking a …
Welcome back to my most infrequently occurring Monday feature! I’m speaking, of course, of Infrequently Occurring Fifth Monday (IO5M), where I come up with a new “top 5″ list on a quad-yearly basis. This time, …
1982's A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy marked the beginning of a remarkable 30 year unbroken streak of yearly film production for Woody Allen. As with any filmmaker that prolific, there are bound to be some …
Here are some two sentence reviews of the movies I watched in September. Stats Movies watched – 17 Movies that were new to me – 11 Fairly badass and/or sweet action movies watched – 3 Monthly Masterpieces – It …
Everybody knows that Monty Python and the Holy Grail is (along with This is Spinal Tap) the funniest movie of all time. I could go on and on listing all the funny parts, but, bottom …
Here are some two sentence reviews of the movies I watched in August. Stats Movies watched – 12 Movies that were new to me – 7 Seasons of Trailer Park Boys watched/rewatched – 9.5 Monthly Masterpieces – Happy Together August …
Because the Sunday mornings of my childhood usually involved me sleeping in and then eating blueberry pancakes while watching Basil Rathbone Sherlock Holmes movies with my family, I have quite a few holes in my …