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The Age Old Question: “Who wins, astronauts or cavemen?”
The question of “who wins in a fight, astronauts or cavemen?” has plagued the great minds of the twentieth century since the very first manned…
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I prefer my crime with a bit more style.
After finally watching Robert Altman’s Thieves like Us the other day, I had a bit of a revelation: I’m just not that into “crime spree”…
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Co-ed Slumming from Hollywood’s Golden Age.
Like some kind of desert island male wish-fulfillment fantasy, there seem to have been a lot of golden age Hollywood films about a guy who…
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OMG! It’s Isley fun facts!
In the interest of staff bonding, my place of employment has started creating MYSTERY EMPLOYEE displays in the staff lounge. Each week a different person’s…
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Sometimes it is ok to cheat.
After such an inflammatory blog title, I should add that there are plenty of times it is not ok to cheat as well. Yet, in…
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Board Games: More than just Monopoly.
When most people think of board games, images of never-ending Monopoly games or completely arbitrary torture sessions of Candyland with younger family members quickly come…
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L’Avventura – A Study in Alienation
Another one bites the dust. One day after Bergman’s death, elite European director, Michelangelo Antonioni, has died as well. I’m not a superstitious man, but…
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My second favorite movie in the whole world: Scenes from a Marriage.
Bergman is a director that seems to be rather out of favor these days. Pretentious, old fashioned, one note, everyone from Conan O’Brian to Woody…
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Foreign Film Fun Facts – European Tour!
I don’t like to stereotype, but…French movies are a little fruity. German films? Not the greatest komedies. Polish cinema? Heartwarming is not exactly the word…
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My favorite movie in the whole world: The Mirror.
There is a scene in Andrei Tarkovsky’s The Mirror where a young child looks through a book of art. The camera is close, showing only…
