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

Thursday, December 31, 2015

Kung Fu Hustle (2004)

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I confess I don't watch many martial arts movies. Even the popular ones rarely rise above average in my estimation, because they tend to...
Wednesday, December 30, 2015

Hell Is for Heroes (1962)

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Have you ever marked a Netflix suggestion "Not Interested" and later changed your mind? I have several times, but this may be the ...
Tuesday, December 29, 2015

Star Trek: Nemesis (2002)

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I know what you're thinking: "What a follow-up." I may be the only person in the world to have chased The Force Awakens with ...
Monday, December 28, 2015

Star Wars, Episode VII: The Force Awakens (2015)

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I considered skipping this review, because it's quite likely that you've already formed your opinion from multiple other reviews if ...
Saturday, December 26, 2015

My Life as a Dog (1985)

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Although the Netflix summary mentions only summer, I recalled from what little I had already seen of this movie that it gets snowy -- not a ...
Wednesday, December 23, 2015

The Wind That Shakes the Barley (2006)

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Many movies and shows stop streaming on Netflix on January 1. This one stops on December 31 for some reason, so I gave it priority. At least...
Tuesday, December 22, 2015

The Legend of 1900 (1998)

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Netflix gives the length of this Italian-made English-language film as 170 minutes, while IMDb gives it as 165 -- until you poke around the ...
Monday, December 21, 2015

Liza, the Fox-Fairy (2015)

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This rivals Son of Saul for the year's most popular Hungarian film. I don't think I ever saw one before. But in light of (heh) its ...
Thursday, December 17, 2015

Friendly Persuasion (1956)

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William Wyler was an unusual director, in that he made many hits and I've seen nearly half his body of work, yet I can hardly characteri...
Sunday, December 13, 2015

The Amazing Spider-Man (2012)

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I was not pleased when Sony announced the release of another Spider-Man origin story only ten years after the last. It's not that focuse...
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