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

This was an Academy Best Picture nominee starring Gary Cooper, but neither of those details drew me in as much as the peculiar title. What m...

I've heard that the latest crop of Academy Best Picture contenders is especially depressing. With that in mind, perhaps I should have gi...

This has nothing to do with the hit '67 TV series of the same title. That said, it is another British program in which nobody has a give...

Blue Sky Studios , once said to be #3 among CG movie studios, shut down for good today. I was not aware of this scheduled event or the compa...

I had known director Gus Van Sant only for Good Will Hunting , Milk , and a segment of Paris, je t'aime . When I learned that FF resemb...

As I've said, movies about real-life British royalty have a good track record with me. This one is by the same director (Charles Jarrott...

This was it: the last 1920s movie on my Netflix queue or list and thus probably the last silent. If it would become my last silent viewing e...

Another family feature already , because I hadn't arranged my queue with care in that regard. Anyway, I chose this more for title recogn...

Until a few months ago, I had never read a Paddington Bear book in my life, so I brought no nostalgia to this viewing. Ordinarily, I'm l...

I didn't expect to get much out of this. You may have noticed that there are only so many comedies I really like, and SatB has mixed re...