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

I had put this film off, because it runs 162 minutes. How serendipitous that I should get around to it on Memorial Day weekend. The title...

I had enjoyed the first GotG but had trouble ranking it with respect to other parts of the Marvel Cinematic, er, Universe. It's just so...

I've reviewed political movies before, but this felt a little harder to approach. Part of it comes from having seen a special screening ...

For all the old cinema I watch, including silents, I don't feel like I've seen many depictions of the 1920s themselves. Not in a way...

I consider Fred Zinnemann a bit underrated. Sure, he had his honors in life, but how often do even film buffs mention the director of  High ...

This is also known by three other English titles:  Confessions of a Cheat , The Story of a Trickster , and The Cheat . I guess that kind of ...

After watching, I thought I should have saved this for Friday. Further research told me that Cinco de Mayo commemorates an event nearly 50 y...

Despite the esteem of Roald Dahl, Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory  appears to be the only highly popular adaptation of his literature....

Rocky  has been my favorite boxing movie for ages, but that's not saying much. I had never watched any of its sequels in full, tho I did...

Sometimes all it takes to gain my interest is a distinctive poster. And repeated suggestions on Netflix. And a good IMDb score. I hadn't...