This is a bad time of year to hit the local multiplex at least once a week. January means all the stuff the studios didn’t think was remotely good comes out as it’s all they have left after releasing the good stuff for possible awards consideration. True, a number of Read more…
I don’t, for whatever reason, watch too many Netflix original movies. I find watching movies at home sometimes distracting, so I want something I am really going to want to focus on. But something about Dolemite Is My Name did catch my attention. I won’t claim to be the biggest Read more…
Netflix has some real treats in its vast catalog if you know where to look. Since I’ve been trying to expand my general cinematic knowledge, I opted for a Chinese martial arts film that was also a biographical movie based on a real man. That would be the 2008 Ip Read more…
I read this book once, whose name I cannot remember, that was a biography of Denys Finch Hatton, the aristocratic English big game hunter best known for being the lover of Karen Blixen. Blixen, a Danish woman who married a Swedish baron, had some fame as a writer under various Read more…
Yesterday, I reposted the group post from Gabbing Geek about how last year’s pop culture turned out. Today, it’s the annual look ahead to all the things we may or may not be looking forward to. via 2020: Year Of Anticipation — Gabbing Geek
Why in the name of God did I watch The Croods recently? I’d never seen it before, so why now? Well, short answer: I found it on Netflix and apparently there is a sequel coming out next year. So, here we are. Set at the time the supercontinent of Pangaea Read more…
Twice a year, the Gabbing Geek crew and I craft a long post. One goes up New Years Day, saying what we’re looking forward to in pop entertainment in the coming year. The other comes out on New Year’s Eve where we review what we actually got around to during Read more…
I’m not generally one for ranking movies, but I see enough and this is a movie review blog, so I guess I’ll rank them. My method is generally around the time the year comes to close, I look over the titles of my old reviews and see which ones stuck Read more…
I’m a big Stanley Kubrick fan, though truth be told, I don’t like every single thing he’s ever done. 2001 baffles me even after multiple viewings, and I figure I should probably revisit Eyes Wide Shut one of these days to see if I can appreciate it for what it Read more…
Back when I reviewed the pilot episode of The Mandalorian, I wondered if Disney could do right by Star Wars. True, many talented filmmakers and storytellers want to work in that universe, but can they do so without seeming like well-meaning children playing with borrowed toys? After finishing the first Read more…