Movies, and my thoughts on them.
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 …
Here are some two sentence reviews of the movies I watched in April. Stats Movies watched – 16 Movies that were new to me – 12 Teen Comedies – 3 Monthly Masterpieces – Stagecoach, Johnny Guitar May 31 …
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. Today's post takes …
Johnny Guitar is like no other movie you've ever seen. Yes, it is a melodrama, but its overblown dialog ends up making All That Heaven Allows sound like My Night at Maudes. Yes, it is a …
Here are some two sentence reviews of the movies I watched in April. Stats Movies watched – 13 Movies that were new to me – 5 OK Corral stories – 2 Monthly Masterpieces – The Lady Eve, My Darling …
John Ford is, along with Howard Hawks, one of the quintessential Hollywood western directors. When one thinks of classical American westerns, John Ford films like Stagecoach and The Searchers immediately spring to mind. It is …
Here are some two sentence reviews of the movies I watched in March. Stats Movies watched – 13 Movies that were new to me – 6 Black comedies – 2 Monthly Masterpieces – Cabin in the Sky, …