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 →
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 →
Best Christmas ‘Genre’ Films – Action
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 →
Tenet Would Have Been a Better __________ Than a Movie
I wrote an entire review of the flick and TL;DR SPOILER ALERT!!! I didn't like it all that much. I gave it a NOLAN/10 so you can see where I stand on the NOLAN scale. For reference, I gave INTERSTELLAR (2014) a MCCONAUGHEY'S TEARS/10. A movie should not be this hard to understand. Like what... Continue Reading →
Best Christmas ‘Genre’ Films – Horror
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 →
The Cranes Are Flying – Freedom of The Thaw
Exploring the new artistic and political possibilities presented by the policies of thaw and de-Stalinization must include a conversation about a few films, one of them is The Cranes are Flying. The film makes great use of the thaw’s artistic freedom in almost every way. The freedom to show workers, farmers and soldiers in a... Continue Reading →
Tenet (2020) Review
Watching Tenet was like when a friend explains a movie to you, and you can't really understand what he is saying, and he is ranting and raving on like a lunatic forever and you just wish he would stop. You nod once an a while, just to make sure that he knows you still care,... Continue Reading →
Setting the Bar for Thrillers! – The Third Man (1949)
The Third Man tells the story of Holly Martins (Joseph Cotton), who has just arrived in Vienna. He is looking forward to seeing an old friend he hasn't seen in years. Harry Lime is his name and unfortunately, he is dead. The film opens very casually with light music and the credits giving you a... Continue Reading →
Murder Can Be Fun! – The Thin Man (1934)
The movie adaptation of The Thin Man by Dashiell Hammett, directed by W.S. Van Dyke, is unfortunately hilarious, and what I mean by that is that even though it entertains a dark story filled with unfortunate circumstances, it remains a comedy at heart, and can be laugh out loud entertaining. Nick Charles (William Powell) and... Continue Reading →
The First FIRST Person Point of View Film – Lady In The Lake (1947) Review
Solve a murder mystery together! They are screaming it at you! It is a gimmick but you are solving this mystery with Phillip Marlowe, who is played by Robert Montgomery this time around. We don't get to see much of him due to the subjective nature in which the movie was filmed, which is in... Continue Reading →
