Watched and Learned: My Take on Films from Whenever and Wherever
Saturday, July 27, 2019
The Fallen Idol (1948)
›
My viewings since Netflix slowed down deliveries have trended more recent. I had to look back two months for a review of a movie older than ...
Tuesday, July 23, 2019
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2007)
›
Whew, glad this format allows titles of that length. Say what you will about that clunker; it did more than anything else to get me interest...
Saturday, July 20, 2019
Missing (1982)
›
The '80s were good for popular comedies, fantasies, and adventures on screen, but only a handful of serious works from the decade enjoy ...
Saturday, July 13, 2019
Spider-Man: Far from Home (2019)
›
Huh. I hadn't realized going in that Disney had no production or distribution claim on this movie. Or on Spider-Man: Homecoming , whose ...
Sunday, July 7, 2019
Dazed and Confused (1993)
›
Before I knew much about this, I expected it to be a John Hughes piece. Then I learned that Richard Linklater was at the helm. As I read of...
Friday, July 5, 2019
Toy Story 4 (2019)
›
To me, the Toy Story series has been almost the antithesis of the Cars series . TS1 , while flawed, was destined for classic status. TS2 ,...
Tuesday, July 2, 2019
The Lower Depths (1957)
›
Not for the first time, Akira Kurosawa directs an adaptation of Russian literature , albeit a Maxim Gorky play in this case. I see that anot...
Saturday, June 22, 2019
Cowboy Bebop: The Movie (2002)
›
Cowboy Bebop is easily my favorite action anime series, partly for its relatively normal premises. I still had some trepidation in approach...
Wednesday, June 19, 2019
America America (1963)
›
My reviews have slowed because of a big project I'm doing (unrelated to movies). For this reason, it was an especially bad time to recei...
Saturday, June 8, 2019
Rocketman (2019)
›
I've been listening to Elton John a lot lately, no doubt under the influence of ads for this. To me, even his more obscure songs are nev...
‹
›
Home
View web version