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

Wednesday, October 25, 2023

Us (2019)

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Another Monkeypaw Production already . I didn't set out to do this; it was simply the next horror I found on Netflix. And it got a somew...
Sunday, October 22, 2023

Wendell & Wild (2022)

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In my continuing quest for Halloween-type movies that I haven't seen before and might want to, I accepted Netflix's up-front suggest...
Sunday, October 15, 2023

The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996)

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Why have I waited so long between movies when not on vacation? Well, mainly, I've kinda painted myself into a corner by insisting on Hal...
Saturday, September 30, 2023

Let the Dance Begin (2023)

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This may be the first time in eight years that I attended the Latin American Film Festival at AFI. It took my parents' invitation to ge...
Saturday, September 23, 2023

The Spirit of the Beehive (1973)

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The fact that most if not all of the major characters in this picture use the actors' real names led me to assume that it was an indie ....
Wednesday, September 20, 2023

Blonde Venus (1932)

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This makes the fifth collaboration of Marlene Dietrich and director Josef von Sternberg that I've seen. Ordinarily, I wouldn't watch...
Tuesday, September 19, 2023

47 Ronin (2013)

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I didn't remember whether this was supposed to be good, but its 118-minute run made it seem a decent choice to keep me occupied while do...
Friday, September 15, 2023

One, Two, Three (1961)

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It took me a while to understand the reason for this movie's title. The story is based pretty loosely on a Ferenc Molnár play by the sam...
Saturday, September 9, 2023

The Spanish Prisoner (1997)

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I had seen several movies written by David Mamet but none directed by him. This one was probably recommended to me because more than one rev...
Tuesday, September 5, 2023

48 Hrs. (1982)

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I picked this not so much for promising entertainment as for a lesson in influence. People credit it with launching the buddy cop subgenre, ...
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