I grew up during the young days of VHS recordings. My family lived in Tokyo at the time and we recorded many English language movies…
Justice League is not as bad as purported or as good as desired. At the time of this writing, Justice League won the weekend and…
With the premature demise of the Blade Runner sequel that no one was demanding, a postmortem may be instructive to writers and film makers. **…
This year’s Rorschach test of cultural gender norms and aspirations turns out to be Wonder Woman. In case you haven’t heard, the director is a…
Okay, hear me out. This is important for writers… According to the AFI, the two greatest comedies of all time are Some Like It Hot,…
Those who do not learn history are doomed to replace it. We’re currently awash in current event stories (e.g. Patriot’s Day) competing with historical revisions…
I took a bit of flak for my Facebook post saying that Star Wars: The Force Awakens (SW:FA) “was the sequel we’re looking for.” Look,…
Which came first, the great movie or the great director? Like the chicken or egg theory, people for years have wondered how great directors make…
A fun one for a Sunday. Slow-motion is another way for directors/editors to convey story. At best, they reveal story. At worst, they provide empty…
A Man for All Seasons? Wait, that’s an OLD movie. It’s about some white male in the 1500s who refused to accept the king as…
Remember when Hollywood sold us movies about teens getting a day off, chasing girls and getting drunk? Today Hollywood is selling teens getting in the…
This “found footage” / buddy teen / superhero origins Chronicle movie effectively packages the issues of friendship, identity, and personal responsibility into an entertaining thrill-ride. …
I wanted to like Blue Like Jazz (BLJ). I want to like every movie I pay to see, and since so many Christians lose their…
While not among the best of the Pixar canon, Brave is a tightly (and familiarly) structured work that panders to the worst Scottish stereotypes while…
As of this post, Act of Valor, the movie about Seal Team 7 tracking down Jihadi-terrorists, has a Rotten Tomato score of 29%. Comparatively, Green…