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 …
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Movies, and my thoughts on them.
My Favorite Movies 32 – Happy Together (Wong Kar-wai, 1997)
August 13, 2012
I don't tend to like directors with flashy visuals. I'm a Hawks and Rohmer man after all, for me, restrained stylistics are a sign of a master craftsman with nothing to prove. At least that's …
Monthly Movie Reviews – July, 2012
August 1, 2012
Here are some two sentence reviews of the movies I watched in July. Stats Movies watched – 27 Movies that were new to me – 19 Middling Hollywood blockbusters rewatched – 2 Monthly Masterpieces – Halloween, Love Me Tonight, To Have …
If Hollywood films are all merely bits of magical mythmaking, then the musicals of the 1930s are their apotheosis. In a world of romantic comedies and westerns, it is not to much of a reach …
Monthly Movie Reviews – June, 2012
July 1, 2012
Here are some two sentence reviews of the movies I watched in June. Stats Movies watched – 18 Movies that were new to me – 10 Days since last Dazed and Confused viewing – 32 Monthly Masterpieces …
My Favorite Movies 30 – Hackers (Iain Softley, 1995)
June 11, 2012
The A.V. Club, as part of its "New Cult Canon" series, recently published a piece on Hackers. While it correctly pointed to the impossible allure of a young Angelina Jolie's face, I felt that it largely failed to …
Monthly Movie Reviews – May, 2012
June 1, 2012
Here are some two sentence reviews of the movies I watched in May. Stats Movies watched – 12 Movies that were new to me – 3 Days since last Dazed and Confused viewing – 184 Monthly Masterpieces – Dazed …
Occasionally an actor will turn in a performance so powerful, that it completely permeates every square inch of the film it is a part of. Usually, as is the case with a film like Last …
Monthly Movie Reviews – April, 2012
May 1, 2012
Here are some two sentence reviews of the movies I watched in April. Stats Movies watched – 15 Movies that were new to me – 13 Channing Tatum movies – 6 Monthly Masterpieces – Ordet April 24 The Raid: Redemption …
My Favorite Movies 28 – Ordet (Carl Dreyer, 1955)
April 9, 2012
I've been having a hard time keeping these posts spoiler free lately, however, this post is a particularly grievous offender. Because I will be discussing a film, that, perhaps more than any other, one can only …