Movie Review: The Last Jedi
I missed the opening crawl, because some idiot stepped in front of me during it–not once, but twice. I lost my place the first time, and just as I was finding it, he cut in […]
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Video Review: The Girl in the Photographs
Netflix has changed their rating system, so instead of rating a movie on a scale of 1-to-5 stars, I must decide a thumb up or down. That works well for movies that I really love […]
Movie Review: Justice League
The opening credits justified the admission dollars. That’s a bit of an exaggeration, because who comes just to see the opening credits? But I went to a matinee and received an early bird discount, so […]
Book Review: Leaving Berlin by Joseph Kanon
The Nook, Barnes and Noble e-reader, lacks the same cachet as Amazon’s Kindle, but it has at least one noteworthy feature that makes it the right reader in a specific situation. That situation is when […]
Movie Review: Murder on the Orient Express
My movie reviews tend to come in three flavors: positive, negative, and neutral. Or in hand symbols: thumbs-up, thumbs-down, or the ambivalent hand wiggle people do to show something is so-so. I’ll give Murder on […]
Video Review: Suspiria
The 1977 Italian movie Suspiria is a masterpiece of Eurohorror. I’m don’t recall where I read that quotation, and I won’t even swear under oath that I’m remembering it verbatim, but I remember the word […]
Movie Review: Thor: Ragnarok
When I went into the theater to see Thor: Ragnarok, I didn’t know what to expect. I’ve seen a trailer or two, so I knew Hulk was in it. But I haven’t read over the […]
Video Review: Swordfish (2001)
Years ago, I added Swordfish to my Netflix DVD queue. I’m not sure why. Perhaps I saw it on some list of movies to watch, or I was just processing Netflix recommendations, or maybe I […]
Video Review: Jack Reacher: Never Go Back
Why do people who make action films believe they need to be mindless entertainment? Why do they think that all we need and want are fist fights, car chases, gun battles, and big explosions? Those […]
Video Review: Slow West (2015)
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, […]