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These stories have been around a long time. Some of them I have updated. Many of them I haven’t. This started out when blogs were like, new!
Okay, But You’re Still A Psychopath, Howard: “10 Cloverfield Lane”
I wasn't always sure what was happening in 10 Cloverfield Lane (2016), but I was entertained by it. One thing is clear: Even a cruel lunatic like John Goodman's Howard can be right about something---in this case, the occurrence of apocalyptic events. But he's still...
On “Game of Thrones” – The PREVIOUS Season
Season 5 of Game of Thrones is now on DVD and I saw the first episode of it last night. Plot problems notwithstanding, I've had a good time with the series up till now, and currently, with Season 5, it feels like an old friend. At least the first episode did. The...
No True Density: Szabo’s “Sunshine”
The Istvan Szabo film, Sunshine (2000), gives us a Jewish family in Hungary as it encounters historical events of the 20th century. This, however, is designer history meant to point up anti-Semitic politics and policy; history's true density is missing. Small wonder...
“Punch Drunk Love” Has Its Virtues, But . . .
Paul Thomas Anderson's Punch-Drunk Love (2002) is an existentialist romantic comedy. The protagonist is a severely frustrated misfit (Adam Sandler) who meets a girl who is gaga over him. What hinders it from working is a rotten subplot wherein Sandler encounters a...
Google Adsense – Don’t Break The Rules
I got a notice from Google about my Adsense account. You can see the ad's there on the right..(maybe) I have owned this site for several years.. I don't blog on it much anymore. My brother uses it a lot - he is a film buff and enjoys reviewing movies . So anyway...
The Worthwhile Extra-Biblical “The Young Messiah”
In The Young Messiah (2016) Jesus, as a young boy, does not yet know that God the Father has predestined him to be . . . everything. Alpha and Omega. The Savior of the world. Cyrus Nowrasteh crafted the film in such a way as to suggest that the earthly existence of...
Oh, “Shenandoah,” Do I Long To See You?
The Virginia farmer acted by James Stewart in Shenandoah (1965) has every intention of keeping himself and his family neutral in the War Between The States, but abundant gloom descends after Yankee soldiers make a costly mistake, etc. It is impossible to buy much of...
“Late Spring,” Of You I Sing
Another great, or at least very good, Yasujiro Ozu film, Late Spring (1949) concerns a young Japanese woman, Noriko (Setsuko Hara), whose 56-year-old father (Chisu Ryu) wants her to marry despite the daughter's insistence that she is happy simply to live with and take...
Yet Another Report On “Jane the Virgin”
Human relations can get so loathsome. In last night's Jane the Virgin, a very pregnant Petra treated Jane condescendingly, bitchily, before the unexpected childbearing, and Paolo (Ana De la Reguera), who seemed so sane at first, continued to keep Rogelio captive in a...
