Hostage Film Review
The blogger otherwise known as the Scientist Gone Wordy and I return to the series we begun all the way back in 2010. This time taking on a…
Read articleAtonement Film Review
Picking up where 2013 (along with my collaborator and I) skipped over, we’re back for another go. Seriously, this year has had its share of poignant…
Read articleThe Hot Rock Film Review
A brand spanking new year, 2013, and we’re already one month down. Almost. The last day in January means it is time once more to restart…
Read articleGuest Film Review – Joe Wright’s Anna Karenina: The cost of desire and the value of authentic love.
It’s my distinct pleasure to welcome back Ronan Wright, the blogger and editor of the site Filmplicity. Back in January, my friend wrote a wonderful piece for…
Read articleExperiment in Terror Film Review
We’re at that time again, and it didn’t seem like it took that long to get here. Fall has fallen, and we keep tumbling toward the…
Read articleA Friday Night Lights Appreciation: The Best of Times
“Bakersfield must be destroyed!” Usually around this time of year, I’ll start watching darker, some would say horrific, fare as the autumn builds toward Halloween. My colleague…
Read articleThe Great Raid Film Review
My partner and I have done these duo posts for a couple of years now. We usually lay out a list of book/films a few months…
Read articleBubba Ho-Tep Film Review
I have to admit something before, dear reader, you get to perusing the review: I didn’t consciously plan this. Yeah, sure, last month’s duo post book/film…
Read articleAn Appreciation: Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
Given that I placed this particular film high on my recent Western post, one that was part of my AFI Top 10 arc, it inspired me to…
Read articleAn Appreciation: Unforgiven
Some years ago, the writer and movie blogger known as Mr. Peel examined John Wayne‘s final film, The Shootist, in another of his splendid film essays.…
Read articleField of Dreams Film Review
I have to admit, because of the ongoing AFI Top Ten arc that I began way back in January, I positioned and timed this review to coincide…
Read articleThe Black Dahlia Film Review
As the first half of 2012 reaches its end, it is becoming harder to take stock of the year, what with the speed of it all.…
Read articleThe Whistleblower Film Review
Heading into the last month of Spring and the first of Summer is always a juncture where I begin an accounting, of sorts. An attempt in…
Read articleThe Big Sleep Film Review
Somehow, and quickly, the first quarter of 2012 is nearing its end. Coincidentally, it rained pretty heavily (for L.A. that is) the day I screened the…
Read articlePersuasion Film Review
Leap day, February 29th, is a date that only occurs, obviously, during Leap Years — those annum that are evenly divisible by 4. Seems like the perfect occasion…
Read articleThe Maltese Falcon Film Review
The year 2012 is barely here, but as I look up at the calendar the damn thing tells me that January is coming to an end……
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