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

As a Steven Spielberg fan, I could hardly have waited long to see a new pic of his with decent reviews, so I didn't hesitate to accept a...

It had been more than 1.5 years since my last Akira Kurosawa viewing . More than 2.5 years since my last characteristic Kurosawa viewing . A...

I didn't care for DM1 as much as most viewers. Partly the world of rampant, overt, mostly unpunished villainy turned me off, and partly...

I had not heard about this Zach Braff comedy when it was in theaters last year. The only reason I know about it now is that it was played on...

I question the wisdom of keeping this franchise going. The first Cars was possibly the least popular Pixar feature at the time. The second ...

This makes five Arthur Penn movies I've seen, along with The Miracle Worker , Bonnie and Clyde , The Train , and Little Big Man . So far...

This is one of those flicks I heard of long ago and was never sure whether it would be worth my time. It sounded like a lesser successor to ...

Judging from Hollywood, people in past decades (hopefully not today) had an overly broad idea of what constitutes a mirage. To them, it wasn...

I could tell from the preview that this would be...distinctive. Not necessarily smart or enjoyable, but surely interesting. I might've f...

Whew, I almost finished 2017 without seeing any of its animated features. Honestly, it was awfully low on promising ones. Even Coco  seemed ...