Passion and Pastries, Lovefest 2017: MY BLUEBERRY NIGHTS
This may sound twee, but Wong Kar-Wai doesn’t make films: he makes daydreams. Really, though,…
The Visuals In Valerian And The City Of A Thousand Planets Are Glorious But Why Did They Have To Be In Service Of Such A Clunky Story?
Twenty years after The Fifth Element premiered to initially mixed reviews and then a massive…
It’s All Fun and Games… 8 X 8: A CHESS-SONATA IN 8 MOVEMENTS (Year of the Month)
This film deals with the world of fantasy. It is a fairytale for grownups. –…
War For The Planet Of The Apes Is A Captivating & Grim Work Of Art
Third movies in big franchises or trilogies have a tendency to be regarded as frequently…
Defending the Silly Version: Lovefest 2017 Tribute to SHERLOCK HOLMES (2009)
The funny thing is that I don’t even like the character of Sherlock Holmes all…
The Railway’s There Yet: THE BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI (Year of the Month)
“The conquest of the earth, which mostly means the taking it away from those who…
The Big Sick Has A Severe Case Of “Excellent-Comedy-Itis”. Hope It’s Contagious!
MILD SPOILERS FOR THE BIG SICK AHEAD 2017 has not been kind to the American…
Year of the Month: Sonny Rollins’ A Night at the Village Vanguard by Dylan “Balthazar Bee” Groves
To paraphrase Nicolas Cage in Matchstick Men, for most people, jazz is like a foreign film…
The Spectacularly Fun And Endearing Spider-Man: Homecoming, Like A Beauty School Drop-Out, Goes Back To High School
“And so a legend is born and a new name is added to the roster…
Year of the Month: The Tall T by John “Son of Griff” Anderson
In 1956, screenwriter Burt Kennedy submitted a script for a Western to John Wayne. He…