As much as I, personally, may enjoy a good movie franchise or a great “cinematic universe,” the truth is that not every movie has to be a part of a franchise. More than that, they certainly need not be wedged… Read More ›
Month: October 2020
Movie Review: “The Atlantic City Story”
Some titles tell you, if not the plot of a film, the overall tone a movie is going to have. If you hear a title like “The Atlantic City Story,” which is currently showing at the Denver Film Festival, you… Read More ›
“Ben 10 vs. the Universe: The Movie” vs. Inertia
Just because you haven’t seen something already, it doesn’t mean that you can’t start watching. Then again, it doesn’t mean you have to start watching either. How do we make those choices about what to see and what to tune… Read More ›
Movie Review: “Borat Subsequent Moviefilm: Delivery of Prodigious Bribe to American Regime for make Benefit once Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan”
It is, sadly with no surprise, incumbent upon me to report to you that we, as a country, may be doomed. If you didn’t know it before, if you weren’t clued in by the number of people who think it’s… Read More ›
Movie Review: “Roald Dahl’s The Witches” (2020)
It is essential to, at some point in a review of the new version of “The Witches,” based on Roald Dahl’s novel, to call the movie “deeply weird.” So, right now, right off the bat, let’s get it out of… Read More ›
Movie Review: “Radium Girls”
If you listen to the wrong kind of politician, you will hear about how regulation kills commerce. You will hear about how all these unnecessary laws stop ingenuity, reduce profits, decrease production, depress the economy. What you will not hear… Read More ›
Choose Your Own Batman Adventure
On today’s podcast we’re talking about the Batman… and the Robin (the second Robin, to be clear). There’s a new DC animated adventure out, “Batman: Death in the Family,” which is based on the comic storyline of the same name… Read More ›
Movie Review: “Honest Thief”
The Liam Neeson action thriller is its own genre. Twenty years ago one may not have thought his career would head in such a direction, but here we are – when someone tells you that they’re going to see the… Read More ›
Changes for the Better with “The Haunting”
Sometimes things just work out. Earlier this year, although we couldn’t say just when, Amazon put Shirley Jackson’s “The Haunting of Hill House” on sale for the Kindle. I just happened to read the book and finish it less than… Read More ›
Movie Review: “The War with Grandpa”
It can be exceptionally weird when the setup for a movie mimics a portion of your own life, especially a relatively recent portion. With luck when watching such a movie, it’s a comedy or some sort of lighthearted affair, not… Read More ›
Movie Review: “The Wolf of Snow Hollow”
As the end of “The Wolf of Snow Hollow” approached, I was surprised. Timing-wise, I knew we had to be getting there, but the Jim Cummings written/directed/starring feature had gone off on a tangent at some point and it felt… Read More ›
Movie Review: “Cagefighter” (2020)
It can be exceptionally difficult to judge a filmmaker’s intent. What viewers see is not intent, but the result of that intent. This result may be exactly what the filmmaker wanted to offer up, or it may be something wholly… Read More ›
Why Haroula Rose left “Once Upon a River” in the 1970s (and Other Stories)
Writer-director Haroula Rose is here today to tell us all about her work adapting the novel “Once Upon a River,” and then filming that adaptation. Why did she leave it in the 1970s? How does she infuse her movie with… Read More ›
Movie Review: “The Racer” (2020)
If you haven’t heard of Kieron J. Walsh’s new movie, “The Racer,” you may be forgiven. It had been due to appear at this year’s cancelled SXSW, released in mid-September. With the world the way it is this year, it… Read More ›
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