Watched and Learned: My Take on Films from Whenever and Wherever

Had I remembered that this was set around Christmas, I would have waited until late July if not December. As it was, I knew only that it was...

That's right, the original, not the musical currently in theaters. I had no desire to see it when it debuted, but people have continued ...

I think the only other film I've seen set even partly in Bhutan is Little Buddha . By contrast, this one was shot entirely there, under ...

I had known director Gus Van Sant only for Good Will Hunting , Milk , and a segment of Paris, je t'aime . When I learned that FF resemb...

I wasn't particularly taken with what I knew of this movie going in. Sure, I was a high school nerd once, but it's not really my sce...

It's a little strange that I should see this film in 2019. The last time I heard anyone talk about it was a decade ago, when it was nomi...

Had I realized that this was a sequel to My Father's Glory , I would have given higher priority to the latter. But since the two movies ...

Dramatic movies about dogs tend not to end happily. Stories that won Newbery Medals  have that reputation even more so . Perhaps it's f...

Ads for this movie jumped out at me because, for the first time to my knowledge, Disney was portraying native sub-Saharan African humans. Sp...

Zhang Yimou might be best known in the west for directing action flicks, including the wuxia  variety, like Hero  and House of Flying Dagger...

Wow, only 31 IMDb votes before mine and no comments. Leave it to AFI to dig up obscure foreign titles. Still, an 8.7 is nothing to sneeze at...

I was starting to think that I shouldn't bother seeing any more films about inspirational teachers. They're usually enjoyable, but t...

Somehow, I hadn't heard about Denzel Washington's second directorial effort when it was new. Perhaps I just wasn't paying attent...

Paul Newman's first time as a director netted him and wife/star Joanne Woodward several awards and nominations. It's one of those ge...