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

Sometimes I can't believe my luck. When I put this next in my queue, I had no idea it was set around Christmas, with plenty of audiovisu...

On one hand, I've grown leery of R-rated Korean features, which aren't all as watchable as Parasite . OTOH, writer-director Kim Ki-d...

Yeah, that's two consecutive theater viewings of Marvel Cinematic Universe movies . And sadly, I've had only a dozen theater viewing...

All I really knew going in was that this would be my first viewing from the '30s in nearly four months , that it was based on a Pearl S....

Initially, I put this title off because I felt like I'd already learned all there is to know about it. Then I put it off more when I lea...

This was the first sequel ever to get an Academy Best Picture nod, but I hadn't known that going in. Bing Crosby as a priest in a Leo Mc...

Yes, I've been watching comic book movies at an unusual frequency lately . But I wanted to watch another movie in a theater for the fi...

In retrospect, I wouldn't have chased a musical biography with a biography of a musician. Still, that's about where the similarity ...

For all the popularity of the Broadway musical, I was reluctant to check it out. Anachronistic music and blatant racial/ethnic inaccuracy i...

In these polarized days especially, I've heard many references to the George Orwell book. I came to realize that I shouldn't just re...