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

Friday, July 29, 2016

The Outsiders (1983)

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Nothing to do with Band of Outsiders , except that both feature young criminals. I chose to see this one mainly because Francis Ford Coppola...
Monday, July 25, 2016

Star Trek Beyond (2016)

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Thankfully, I did not let Nemesis be the last Trek film I ever watched. But I did approach STB with a little trepidation. Reports of it be...

Bound for Glory (1976)

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I knew very little about Woody Guthrie going in. I'm more familiar with his son Arlo, whose songs are less serious (and probably less ta...
Saturday, July 23, 2016

Prisoners (2013)

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At one time, I would have refused to see this. It seemed to me that revenge flicks were largely just an excuse to have a "hero" be...
Monday, July 18, 2016

The Night of the Iguana (1964)

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What sounds like a cheesy horror is actually based on a Tennessee Williams drama. His plays have a good track record on screen, if not even ...
Thursday, July 14, 2016

The Naked Spur (1953)

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My first western viewing in half a year seems to have one of the most generic titles , but I assure you that the spur does serve an unusual...
Wednesday, July 13, 2016

Dersu Uzala (1975)

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This Akira Kurosawa film easily stands out from all the rest that I've seen. Not only is it based on a true story; it's set in Siber...
Sunday, July 10, 2016

Finding Dory (2016)

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Normally, I agree with the majority of viewers on which Pixar features are among the best and which are merely OK. Finding Nemo  has been th...
Thursday, July 7, 2016

Band of Outsiders (1964)

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Also known as Bande à part (inspiring Quentin Tarantino's A Band Apart production company), this was Jean-Luc Godard's next film af...
Friday, July 1, 2016

The Science of Sleep (2006)

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For all its peculiarity, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind is one of my favorite celluloid romances. When I learned that writer Michel ...
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