In A Blow To All That Is Good In The World, Betty White Dead at 99
An absolute cultural icon, and for all the right reason, Betty White was universally beloved in an age where very few folks in the public light are.
Category: TV and Movies
The Real Lesson of Siskel and Ebert
We need Siskel and Ebert. If I had a giant Batsignal featuring a thumbs up sign in lieu of a bat, I’d totally use it to call them back to us
The Month in Movies For November 2021
I only managed to see three movies in theaters in the month of November, but I made it up with thirteen additional films on streaming or otherwise.
Choosing To Be Contrarian On “The Chosen”
This is not a review on “The Chosen” because, like almost all Biblical adaptions for mass consumption, I’m not going to watch it.
The Parable of The Beatles: Get Back
Peter Jackson treats “The Beatles: Get Back” as close to unfiltered as a project that might be the most digitally filtered ever can be.
Things I Learned From Binging Siskel And Ebert
Siskel And Ebert was nothing groundbreaking, but for a kid who was limited in what movies he could watch and when, it was great to get the scoop from these guys.
The Maximum MacGuffin of Red Notice
It works, as long as you don’t take your movie watching any more seriously than Red Notice takes itself. Which, thankfully, it never does.
Sunday Morning! Dean Stockwell in “Blue Velvet”
It’s a cameo role as memorable as Brando’s is “Apocalypse Now.” It’s also the exact point at which Lynch’s masterpiece seems closest to tipping over into genuine madness.
The Month in Movies: Theaters October 2021
Only six movies in the month of October in theaters, but I did manage to watch thirteen movies on streaming or otherwise.
Sunday Halloween Morning! Seconds (1966)
Seconds is an existential horror movie scarier than any B-movie slasher- they can only kill you once; this film suggests you can be killed so surely long before that physical death is only an afterthought.
Star Wars: Visions Blends Star Wars With Anime, and It Mostly Works
Is Star Wars: Visions a gimmick, or something more? As someone who isn’t an anime fan, I set out to watch the series and find out.
The 2022 Best Picture Race: Pre-Festivals Projections
The Top 25 most likely nominees based on personal subjective views, awards journalism buzz, historic trends, and perhaps a few “insider” tips or two
The Lawsuit That Could Define The Future Of The Film Industry
Scarlet Johansson’s lawsuit might change the film industry for the talent involved, but could even change how we watch and pay for new movies
Tenshot: Revisiting Ally McBeal
Revisiting Ally McBeal, a cast of obnoxious people that it was fun to spend time around, and looking forward to the revival, which could be absolutely awful.
Wormwood: A Trip Back in Time, Literally
Wormwood is a Netflix series about MKUltra and the bizarre death of Dr. Frank Olson. Is it a dramatization or a documentary? Yes.
Citizen Paddington: Why Some Consider The Lovable Bear’s Films Among The Greatest Ever
“Every house should have a marmalade day”, and, well, I believe every film collection should have the Paddington films in its library.
Sunday Morning! Twin Peaks: The Return
Like many classic myths, the epic third season of Twin Peaks seems to say, if the pain of loss never really goes away, neither does love.
From Excitement to Hard Pass on Roadrunner: A Film About Anthony Bourdain
From eagerly wanting to make a rare theater trip to see Roadrunner: A Film About Anthony Bourdain to actively making sure I never see it
“It’s A Fat Camp!”: How The Box Office Bomb Heavyweights Became A 90s Kids’ Cult Classic
Heavyweights was seemingly a one and done bust kids movie that Disney could write off as a failed venture. And then a funny thing happened…
The Polka King: Polka-Dot Man As Batman’s Stupidest Villain
The Polka-Dot Man, a character whose schtick is so lame and mockable, he’s the quintessential D-list bad guy boiled down to his very essence
