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

Wednesday, August 31, 2016

The Robe (1953)

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Having declined in religiosity, I don't watch film adaptations of Christian legends/books as much as I used to. But a good swords-and-sa...
Tuesday, August 30, 2016

Kubo and the Two Strings (2016)

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Oh look, LAIKA again . For once, I felt like seeing their work in a theater, and so did my dad. Maybe that's because the stop-motion an...
Saturday, August 27, 2016

Romeo and Juliet (1968)

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Consider this a last hurrah for my Shakespeare viewings in the year of his 400th deathday. It didn't seem right to go without a more s...

Frida (2002)

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Frida Kahlo was one of those names I'd heard on many occasions without giving much thought. Aside from her being a Hispanic artist, I co...
Thursday, August 25, 2016

Deadpool (2016)

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While I dig comic book movies , especially Marvel's lately, I've hardly read any action comics in my life. My exposure to Deadpoo...
Sunday, August 21, 2016

Kid Galahad (1937)

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As you see from the year, it's not the Elvis Presley vehicle of the same title. (I doubt I'll ever watch a movie starring Elvis from...
Wednesday, August 17, 2016

Ilo Ilo (2013)

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I'm quite certain that I'd never seen a Singaporean feature before. I'm less certain how I came to put it on my list. But when m...

Contact (1997)

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Having quickly lost interest in Cosmos , I'm sure I didn't put this movie on my list for Carl Sagan's writing. Instead, I must h...
Saturday, August 13, 2016

The Little Prince (2015)

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I never read the novella by Antoine de Saint-Exup éry, tho a friend of mine loves it. All I had gleaned was the prince's appearance, his...

Atlantic City (1980)

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Uh-oh, Louis Malle at the helm again. I calculated about a 50% chance of liking his work. On the plus side, it guaranteed Susan Sarandon in ...
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