Year of the Month: Joseph Finn on Breaking Away
A sports movie can be the very definition of a cliché: an underdog story, a…
Year of the Month: Joseph Finn on The Long Halloween
I think you can split Batman stories into three branches by tone. First off you…
Year of the Month: Joseph Finn on Shanghai Express
How much are we willing to forgive and forget in older movies, ones where they…
Year of the Month: Joseph Finn on Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House
I try to come up with some sort of theme for each of these articles…
Year of the Month: Joseph Finn on Enter the Dragon
It’s a little hard for me to look objectively at this movie, one that meant…
Year of the Month: Joseph Finn on Captain America
Happy Birthday, Captain America! More specifically, today is Steve Rogers’ birthday. Born on July 4th…
Year of the Month: Joseph Finn on Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day
Miss Pettigrew is a prime example for me of a subgenre I like to call…
Year of the Month: Joseph Finn on Bad Day at Black Rock
Recently, I’ve been trying to discover more of what’s been called “desert noir.” These are…
Year of the Month: Joseph Finn on On Her Majesty’s Secret Service
So, sat you’re at EON Productions in 1969. Since 1962, you’ve been reliably pumping out…
Year of the Month: Joseph Finn on Not Another Teen Movie!
Subtlety is overrated. Let me say that again, properly: SUBTLETY IS OVERRATED. Sure, it’s great…