When I was fourteen or fifteen years old, my oldest brother, Michael, took me to a movie. We saw a Western starring a young Jeff Bridges called Bad Company (1972). Though it was rated PG, I knew as we left the theater that I could never talk about the movie with my parents, because I… Continue reading Video Review: Slow West (2015)
Category: Movie Review
Video Review: The Dark (2005)
As writer, editor, and publisher of this blog, I consider it part of my mission to guide you towards movies that–as the saying goes–flys under the radar. These are movies that I enjoyed watching but that most people haven’t heard about. They might not be the best movies, the Oscar winners or the blockbusters, but… Continue reading Video Review: The Dark (2005)
Movie Review: Blade Runner 2049
One of Harrison Ford’s line sounded more like Han Solo than Rick Deckard. There! I said it! Blade Runner 2049 has a flaw. Perhaps it has more than one flaw, but that Han Soloism in Rick Deckard’s mouth struck me as the most obvious false note in the movie. It wasn’t just the line itself that… Continue reading Movie Review: Blade Runner 2049
Video Review: Blade Runner (1982)
Though I don’t have a favorite movie, or even a list of favorite movies, there are several movies that stand out to me as being superior to the norm and worthy as being considered among the greatest movies ever filmed. It’s no hyperbole to say Ridley Scott’s 1982 film Blade Runner stands as such a film.… Continue reading Video Review: Blade Runner (1982)
Movie Review: It
In my review for It, the Stephen King novel, I stated that after reading the novel, I was less excited to see the movie. It wasn’t that I didn’t like the novel–I enjoyed it a lot and gave it a favorable review–but I found myself doubting that a 2-hour movie could do it justice. From… Continue reading Movie Review: It
Video Review: The Fog (1980)
About once a decade, since its release in 1980, I find myself craving to rewatch John Carpender’s The Fog. Like a chocolate craving, it’s a craving for calories without nutrition, because after seeing the movie again, I wonder why I chose to honor such a mindless craving. This is a bad movie. It’s bad in… Continue reading Video Review: The Fog (1980)
Movie Review: Mother!
Anyone who knows Classical music knows Maurice Ravel’s Boléro. Of this piece, Ravel called it a composition with “no music in it.” Since I never studied music, I don’t know what to make of this quotation, but I do know that I love to turn the lights off, pour a glass of wine, sit on the… Continue reading Movie Review: Mother!
Video Review: Jack Reacher (2012)
Lee Child has made a name for himself writing the Jack Reacher novels, about an former military police officer who turned quasi-private investigator in civilian life. Years ago I read Tripwire, the third Jack Reacher novel. I found it entertaining, but not much else. It’s the type of novel we think of as a page… Continue reading Video Review: Jack Reacher (2012)
Video Review: American Pastoral
Looking from the outside, Seymour “Swede” Levov has the idyllic America life. He runs a glove factory that has been in his family for generations, and he’s married to a former Miss New Jersey. They have a daughter, Merry, who, despite her stutter, grows to become a passionate dissedent. They live in rural New Jersey… Continue reading Video Review: American Pastoral
Movie Review: Spider-Man Homecoming
Tom Holland is Peter Parker; Tom Holland is Spider-Man. From good writing to compelling performances to exciting set pieces, Spider-Man Homecoming gives us several reasons to love it. But the top reason, the number one reason, is Tom Holland. Like no other actor I’ve seen, he owns this role. Since 2002 there had been six… Continue reading Movie Review: Spider-Man Homecoming