The Layered Genius of Miyazaki, Part I
You don’t have to be an animator to draw inspiration from Miyazaki’s films. Nor do you need to be an expert on anime. All that’s required is an appreciation for great film-making.
Category: TV and Movies
The Shark Still Works: 45 Years of Jaws
I’m going to tell you about the first time I showed “Jaws” to my college roommate.
Saying Something Important: The Man Who Killed Hitler And Then The Bigfoot
set aside a couple hours in the screaming and the chaos that is surrounding us now and watch The Man Who Killed Hitler And Then The Bigfoot
Where Are They Now? Dora The Explorer
Whenever people wonder whatever happened to that beloved star of yesteryear, Bryan O’Nolan investigates.
100 Favorite Films To Recommend Part 10: The 2010s
And here we are. After ten long weeks I have reached the end of this series on my favorite films from each year in the last hundred years of cinema.
100 Favorite Films To Recommend Part 9: The 2000s
In the 1920s, the film industry in America and eventually across the globe had grown large enough to become an important part of the American past time. That was followed by four straight decades...
100 Favorite Films To Recommend Part 8: The 1990s
After a decade of auteur focused film-making in the seventies helped bridge the path past its golden age, and a blockbuster and franchise dominated eighties helped it to start making big money at the...
100 Favorite Films To Recommend Part 7: The 1980s
The eighties? This decade’s films attracted me with over-the-top adventure and bone-chilling horror with some comedy mixed in and one drama.
Defenders of the Gold Bikini 3: In Which Leia Swoons and Dies
Women who grew up idolizing Leia in Star Wars wanted something MORE than just Leia swooning and dying from a malignant case of motherhood.
100 Favorite Films To Recommend Part 6: The 1970s
So with all that griping out of the way, time for some positivist so let’s take a look at some of the best films the seventies had to offer
100 Favorite Films To Recommend Part 5: The 1960s
I’m now half-way through this series and I truly hope I have given out some new titles for others to discover as I go through this list.
100 Favorite Films To Recommend Part 4: The 1950s
The 1950s, an era in which Hollywood’s golden age began to slowly fade away, it seems my favorite movies from this decade tend to be human dramas
100 Favorite Films To Recommend Part 3: The 1940s
A decade in which Hollywood found itself joining the war effort, and those films were regarded as some of the most enduring of the decade by classic movie fans to this day.
100 Favorite Films To Recommend Part 2: The 1930s
If the 1920s established film as a way for Americans to pass the time, the 1930s established its celebrity and its integration into the fabric of American culture
Tiger King: America’s Newest Obsession
Never before have I watched a documentary where several of the interview subjects say things that are potentially incriminating. It is like a prosecutor’s wet dream.
100 Favorite Films To Recommend Part 1: The 1920s
I realized that I’ve seen at least one film from each year since 1920. So why not recommend my favorite film from each year from 1920 to modern day?
Fried Green Tomatoes and The Husband Problem
Since Valentine’s Day is looming on the horizon yet again, I decided to reread several of my fave romance novels just like I did last year. But this time, I’m reading literary books rather...
Pleather and Mace: Harley Quinn and the Joker
Harley Quinn stayed with the Joker because she did the math and she decided she was better off with him than without him. That’s the reason why women stay with everyday bad guys who aren’t Jokers.
For Your Consideration: A Preview Of The 92nd Academy Awards
With the nominees officially announced, I give my two cents with some personal takes, who i’d vote for, and what I think the likely winners will look like.
