Film
Mini Movie Reviews 95 – (November, 2018 to February, 2019)
Welcome back to my Mini Movie Review feature, where I write a short review of every movie I’ve seen for the first time (or have yet to review!) You can see the full list of mini movie reviews HERE And you can see my constantly updated “in progress” list of the most recent reviews HERE With the…
Read MoreMini Movie Reviews 94 – (August, 2018 to October, 2018)
Welcome back to my Mini Movie Review feature, where I write a short review of every movie I’ve seen for the first time (or have yet to review!) You can see the full list of mini movie reviews HERE And you can see my constantly updated “in progress” list of the most recent reviews HERE With the…
Read MoreMini Movie Reviews 93 – (January, 2018 to July, 2018)
Welcome back to my Mini Movie Review feature, where I write a short review of every movie I’ve seen for the first time (or have yet to review!) You can see the full list of mini movie reviews HERE And you can see my constantly updated “in progress” list of the most recent reviews HERE With the…
Read MoreMy Favorite Movies 76: Fast Five (Justin Lin, 2011)
The Fast and Furious franchise has evolved over the last two decades from a testosterone-soaked fetishization of small-scale street racing to a testosterone-soaked fetishization of the joys of punching torpedoes into tanks. And, while the first film, for all its flaws, is probably still the best “film” of the series, it bears very little resemblance…
Read MoreMini Movie Reviews 92 – (October, 2017 to December, 2017)
Welcome back to my Mini Movie Review feature, where I write a short review of every movie I’ve seen for the first time (or have yet to review!) You can see the full list of mini movie reviews HERE And you can see my constantly updated “in progress” list of the most recent reviews HERE With the…
Read MoreMini Movie Reviews 91 (September, 2017)
Welcome back to my Mini Movie Review feature, where I write a short review of every movie I’ve seen for the first time (or have yet to review!) You can see the full list of mini movie reviews HERE And you can see my constantly updated “in progress” list of the most recent reviews HERE With the…
Read MoreJames Bond Picture Book II: From Russia With Love
Fresh off his last adventure in Jamaica, James Bond is back for James Bond Picture Book II: From Russia with Love! This time around, Bond’s gadgets are slightly improved over his previous “shoe hand,” though his understanding of consent remains problematic at best. Still, let’s not let a bit of misogyny detract from all the…
Read MoreMy Favorite Movies 75: Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (Frank Capra, 1939)
Frank Capra, for all his talents, is a problematic director. He has directed some of my all-time favorite films, and yet he has also some of my all-time most hated films–and often the differences between the two are shockingly minimal. Today’s film pushes his sentimental sermonizing about as far as it can go, and yet,…
Read MoreMini Movie Reviews 90 (August, 2017)
Welcome back to my Mini Movie Review feature, where I write a short review of every movie I’ve seen for the first time (or have yet to review!) You can see the full list of mini movie reviews HERE And you can see my constantly updated “in progress” list of the most recent reviews HERE With the…
Read MoreMinor Key Music 76: Mihâly Vig – Horse (from The Turin Horse)
The Turin Horse is one of those films that film school grads with a fragile sense of self-worth insist they like even though it’s really just 150 minutes of watching an old dude eat a potato and they goddamn well know it. Still, these same film nerds double down on the belief that The Turin…
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