Movies, and my thoughts on them.
Every time the end of the year comes around I always get the same questions. How many movies did you watch last year? What were the best ones? How many did you watch by decade? …
Here are some two sentence reviews of the movies I watched in December. Stats Movies watched – 8 Movies that were new to me – 4 Movies about "youths" – 4 Monthly Masterpieces – Dazed and Confused, December 25 Dazed and Confused …
Quotable movies can be pretty tough to objectively review. One one hand, a quotable script is doing something 99% of movies don't do, namely: "sticking in your mind for more than an hour after you …
Here are some two sentence reviews of the movies I watched in November. Stats Movies watched – 9 Movies that were new to me – 3 Favorites rewatched – 2 Monthly Masterpieces – Red River November 30 Red River (1948) - I finally …
George Cukor was always known as a "woman's" director. I was never quite sure whether he was called that just because he directed The Women, because he chose screenplays that attempted to address issues of …
Here are some two sentence reviews of the movies I watched in October. Stats Movies watched – 7 Movies that were new to me – 2 Number of years since I last saw Beetlejuice – 26 Monthly Masterpieces – Rosemary's Baby, Playtime, Citizen …
Comedy is always best when played straight. I mean, don't get me wrong, I'm not, by any means, casting aspersions Caddyshack's way, I'm just saying that a deadpan delivery can pay more dividends than loudly …
Here are some two sentence reviews of the movies I watched in September. Stats Movies watched – 10 Movies that were new to me – 4 All time favorites rewatched – 4 Monthly Masterpieces – The Big …
People watch romantic comedies for one main reason: to experience the vicarious thrill of seeing a Hollywood fantasy version of love that can never (or, perhaps, rarely) be found in real life. In a romantic comedy, …
Here are some two sentence reviews of the movies I watched in August. Stats Movies watched – 7 Movies that were new to me – 3 Percent fewer movies than last month – 71% Monthly Masterpieces – Casablanca, Boyhood August 28 …