While watching It Happened One Night for the umpteenth time the other night I was reminded just how old the romantic comedy "formula" is. Guy meets girl, guy gets girl, guy loses girl, guy gets …
Here are some two sentence reviews of the movies I watched in June. Stats Movies watched - 25 Movies that were new to me - 16 Romantic Comedies I was embarrassed to review - 4 Monthly …
The "gangster film" is a true American creation. There were of course many early foreign films with elements of "crime" in them (Feuillade's Les Vampires, or Lang's Dr. Mabuse to name just a few), but the …
This is the fourth entry in my fairy tale series. Each entry attempts to analyze one archetypal element of myths legends and fairy tales in a short introductory essay followed by an original fairy tale …
Here are some two sentence reviews of the movies I watched in May. Stats Movies watched - 20 Movies that were new to me - 11 All time favorite movies rewatched - 4 Monthly Masterpieces - White …
Wolverine really seems like a pretty simple character at first glance. I mean, he can heal really fast and has extendable claws, how complicated can that be? As it turns out, pretty complicated. Like any …
I have to say that Mexican is probably my second favorite food of all time (right after any thai dish featuring basil and garlic as the two main ingredients. Thus, it should be no surprise that …
It is astonishing how different Werner Herzog's Nosferatu: Phantom of the Night is from Murnau's classic silent horror film considering it is an almost scene for scene remake. To be sure, both versions share the fixation with the natural …
Silent films get a bad rap. Even among film snobs there is the attitude that “yes, they are important, but come on…wouldn’t you rather watch something a bit more polished?” However, while the acting is …
Here are some two sentence reviews of the movies I watched in April. Stats Movies watched - 39 Movies that were new to me - 27 Supposed classics I'd never seen that were just ok - 7 …