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

Monday, May 30, 2016

The Bridge (1959)

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If I had realized that I was already seeing  another movie set in the 1945 European Theater , I would have put this further down my queue. B...
Saturday, May 28, 2016

Captain America: Civil War (2016)

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The comic book adaptations have been coming fast and furious, but this is the first 2016 entry I've seen. What can I say? My dad didn...

Stripped (2014)

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Another of my favorite media is comic strips, whether in print or online only. So I pretty much had to add this documentary to my queue on p...
Thursday, May 26, 2016

The Age of Adaline (2015)

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There's something to be said for taking a single sci-fi/fantasy concept and running with it. Unlike world building, it doesn't requi...

A River Runs Through It (1992)

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This has to be the first movie I've seen because of its poster. Specifically, I learned of its existence from a large poster on a classr...
Saturday, May 21, 2016

Big Deal on Madonna Street (1958)

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Rififi  is my overall favorite film noir. Thus, when a popular Italian movie is advertised as a satire of it, I pay attention. Bonus points ...
Wednesday, May 18, 2016

The Train (1964)

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I'm a little surprised at myself for having associated John Frankenheimer only with The Manchurian Candidate when I had also seen Birdm...
Sunday, May 15, 2016

Gun Crazy (1950)

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In light of last year's Trumbo , AFI is playing a bunch of movies with screenplays written by Dalton Trumbo. Thanks to the blacklist, GC...
Tuesday, May 10, 2016

Cloud Atlas (2012)

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The Wachowskis have not done a great job of sustaining their directorial popularity in the wake of The Matrix , with V for Vendetta being t...
Saturday, May 7, 2016

Force of Evil (1948)

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There's something fun about watching fare by blacklisted directors. I feel like I'm sticking it to the McCarthyists whenever I do. A...
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