I've written many times about so-called "doomed gangster" characters and their noble (and doomed) struggle to rise above a world that just wants to drag them under a sea of conformity. And while these doomed …
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Film
Movies, and my thoughts on them.
Here we are on year five of me actually watching all the shitty best picture nominations so you don’t have to. This year, though a fair amount made it into my top ten list (mostly …
Monthly Movie Reviews – February, 2014
March 1, 2014
Here are some two sentence reviews of the movies I watched in February. Stats Movies watched – 21 Movies that were new to me – 18 Marilyn Monroe movies – 4 Monthly Masterpieces – Some Like it Hot February 28 A …
I've talked about stoner comedies before, and I've talked about "one crazy night" movies before, today I'll talk about a movie that is both. Obviously, as the perfect mixture of film genres, Harold & Kumar …
Monthly Movie Reviews – January, 2014
February 1, 2014
Here are some two sentence reviews of the movies I watched in January. Stats Movies watched – 13 Movies that were new to me – 9 Best picture movies worse than Inside Llewyn Davis – 4 Monthly Masterpieces – Kind …
My Favorite Movies 49: The Old Dark House (James Whale, 1932)
January 13, 2014
Of the string of early 1930s Universal Studios horror films for which director James Whale is best known, my easy favorite is The Old Dark House. Not to take anything away from the brilliant Invisible …
2013 – Year in Reviews
January 1, 2014
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? …
Monthly Movie Reviews – December, 2013
January 1, 2014
Here are some two sentence reviews of the movies I watched in December. Stats Movies watched – 11 Movies that were new to me – 7 Great Katherine Hepburn performances – 2 Monthly Masterpieces – Red River December 29 Holiday Affair …
IO5M 14: The Top Five Least Annoying Changes from the Book in The Desolation of Smaug
December 30, 2013
If you don't recognize the header image, it's from xkcd, the best of all webcomics. Check it out! Welcome back to my most infrequently occurring Monday feature! I’m speaking, of course, of Infrequently Occurring Fifth Monday …
My Favorite Movies 48: The Big Lebowski (Joel and Ethan Coen, 1998)
December 9, 2013
One possible reason the private eye film has always been so resonant with myself might be how closely it aligns with the hero cycle that is supposedly embedded in the psyche of the human condition. …