Movies, and my thoughts on them.
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, …
From the very beginning cinema has been fascinated with the character of the gangster. These onscreen rebels who live outside normal society have undergone many permutations over the years, from hoodlum to organized criminal. However, …
Here are some two sentence reviews of the movies I watched in February. Stats Movies watched – 24 Movies that were new to me – 19 Shitty Hitchcock movies – 2 Monthly Masterpieces – The Docks …
Here we are at Oscars time again, and here I am reviewing all the best picture nominees again. Kind of reminds me of Valentine's Day, everyone knows it is a bullshit holiday and yet it …
It's a common misconception to think of all silent films as primitive, sped-up affairs with histrionic acting and a lot of makeup. Now, not that there's anything wrong with the primitive sped-up silent films with …