There are some movie reviews that you finish reading and wonder to yourself whether you’ve learned more about the critic than you have the film. Whether you better understand their politics or likes and dislikes or favorite sports teams or… Read More ›
“There is a good movie there, somewhere.” There are some movies that you watch and you just know it to be true—there’s a good movie there, somewhere—but it isn’t the movie as it’s been presented. The good movie, the one… Read More ›
We have all seen the action movie where the soldier decides that the higher-ups have it all wrong and goes off on his own. We have all seen the action movie where the hero is unjustly sent to prison. We… Read More ›
This week we take a look at newly minted Academy Award winner, “Nomadland.” The film is out on Blu-ray this week and has a lot to say about capitalism. We, as you may have noted in the past, have a… Read More ›
We may all come from different places and have different thoughts and feelings and points of view, but there are some things that feel more universal; there are some things that virtually everyone knows. Although I have not run a… Read More ›
Ah, the miracle of life. Who hasn’t seen the movie where the couple gets pregnant and has to go through all the ups and downs that occur before the birth of their child(ren)? There are any number of spins that… Read More ›
Currently out on Netflix, “Bad Trip” is a really funny movie. Like “Borat,” It is a hidden camera film — actors are playing roles and interact with random people they meet. The comedy often results from the responses the actors… Read More ›
Watching some movies is like watching a train wreck. That statement is undeniably true, but it doesn’t go deep enough, does it? The question that has to be answered is whether that means that it’s a wreck within the frame—that… Read More ›
We all like to root for the underdog and there is, perhaps, no better filmic example of an underdog story than “Rocky.” Although it is not about a boxer, writer-director Paul Starkman’s debut feature, “Wheels,” offers up a similar vibe… Read More ›
This is going to be a conversation we keep having. There are just so many streaming options out there and it can be tough to know the right thing to do. This week we’re going to flip things slightly from… Read More ›
There is a hazard in writing a review of a less than great (or less than good) movie that it become simply a litany of what is wrong with the film. The farther from good the movie, the more problems… Read More ›
I love a good mystery. Even if a movie itself is not within the mystery genre, if I get something to puzzle over as the story unfolds, I’m in. My concern—anyone’s concern—is that the solution to the mystery won’t be… Read More ›
There are any number of reasons to remember this week’s podcast. Perhaps though it is most likely that you will walk away thinking of our discussion of movie titles. “Our Friend” is based on a piece in Esquire called “The… Read More ›
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