From Variety by Rebecca Rubin & Matt Donnelly In a surprising break from industry standards, Warner Bros.’ entire 2021 slate — a list of 17 films that includes “The Matrix 4,” Denis Villeneuve’s “Dune” remake, Lin-Manuel Miranda’s musical adaptation of “In the Heights,” the “Sopranos” prequel “The Many Saints of Newark” and “The Suicide Squad”... Continue Reading →
Netflix Nukes The Theaters From Orbit | Releasing New Film EVERY WEEK In 2021
From Variety: Netflix has made good on its high-profile promise to deliver new movies every week.Teased last October in national commercial spots, the streaming monolith is guaranteeing its roughly 193 million subscribers unseen features every week in 2021. Largely consisting of original productions as well as some splashy acquisitions, the slate has 71 titles across genres... Continue Reading →
Apocalypse Now | Sound on The Do Lung Bridge | Best Post Production Of All Time
This particular scene finds our heroes in a place that looks and sounds like a carnival of hell. The scene is the final descent into madness and the last we see of the US Army in the film. To this point the soldiers on the boat have met a US Army in control of both... Continue Reading →
January 11th, 1991 @ The Theater | Wide Release Films | LIONHEART AND NOT WITHOUT MY DAUGHTER |
You may have been in New Jersey watching Ric Flair win the NWA World's Heavyweight Championship from the evil surfer Sting or watching the US Congress authorize the Gulf War on this crazy weekend in history. I am going to pretend I went and saw these films even though my age precludes me from that... Continue Reading →
The Little Girl Who Sold The Sun | Thematic Oppositions | Political Journalism
One of the films most important thematic oppositions is that a little girl, Sili, who is the main character is disadvantaged by a disability among other things. She is treated poorly by the boys in the village and in the case of the people of the village the main disadvantage they have is still being... Continue Reading →
Disney World War II Propaganda Is Fun
"After the war was over, we were like a bear coming out of hibernation. We were skinny and gaunt and we had no fat on our bones. Those were lost years for us." Roy Disney While the second world war was going on the Disney Corporation struggled like many entertainment industries. The managed just enough... Continue Reading →
From Professor To Clown Show — THE BLUE ANGEL (1930) — No Wrath for Rath
The character that is most interesting to me in THE BLUE ANGEL is the clown. The silence the character brings to the story stands out to me as seeing the downfall of the first clown we can see the downfall of the second coming and we can't do anything to stop it. The clown may... Continue Reading →
TONY MANERO Is Not Messing Around – Dictators Should Not Get In The Way Of Dreams
When you set your mind to something, don’t let anything stand in your way! Murder, theft, these things are just obstacles in your path and can be dealt with any means necessary. The psyche of a dictator is on full display in TONY MANERO. Raul just wants to be known as the best look alike... Continue Reading →
Best Christmas Genre Films – Comedy
Serious question, is “Christmas” a genre of film on its own? A film can be set near or on the day, near or during the month, but can a film solidly be a “Christmas” film? I’m not really here to decide that but I’ll hedge my bets. Here is a list of the best genre... Continue Reading →