Movies, and my thoughts on them.
Nobody loves Hitchcock as much as pretentious film snobs. I'm a year and a half into graduate school in film and media studies, and you would not believe the amount of Hitchcock bullshit that gets …
Here are some two sentence reviews of the movies I watched in September. Stats Movies watched – 22 Movies that were new to me – 14 Percent of The Big Sleep understood after 15th time watching it. – …
Not only is Howard Hawks one of my all time favorite directors, but I also love private eye films like Marie Antoinette loved cake. Thus it is not easily that I will admit that 1946's …
It's no secret to anyone who has perused my Daily Movie Reviews section that I am rather fond of romantic comedies. And I should make it clear that I don't just like the old classics; …
Here are some two sentence reviews of the movies I watched in August. Stats Movies watched – 30 Movies that were new to me – 22 Rom com tally – 12ish Monthly Masterpieces – Double Indemnity, A Day …
"Young people prancing around in the country" is right up there with "left handed forms of human endeavor" on my list of all time favorite movie subject matters. You name it, I heart it: People on …
Here are some two sentence reviews of the movies I watched in July. Stats Movies watched – 28 Movies that were new to me – 22 Anna Farris movies – 3 Monthly Masterpieces – Foolish Wives, Mr. Hulot's Holiday July 31 …
“Take a close look at the world, keep on doing so, and in the end it will lay bare for you all its cruelty and its ugliness.” This was how French film critic Andre Bazin …
Here are some two sentence reviews of the movies I watched in June. Stats Movies watched – 16 Movies that were new to me – 15 Seasons of television shows watched - 13: Terriers, Game of Thrones, 2 …
The Maltese Falcon was hardly the first private eye film (indeed, the Dashiell Hammett story it was based on had been filmed twice before the 1941 version I am discussing today). However, due to its …