Prince of Darkness
(By http://www.impawards.com/1987/prince_of_darkness.html, Fair use, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?curid=17211922) Not one of John Carpenter’s best films, but an enjoyable cult classic all the same. To be fair, JC set the bar so high with Halloween and The Thing that anything else feels ordinary, even if it’s still better than most. The guy didn’t make horror flicks. He made horror…
James Bond’s Unapologetic Sexism is Refreshing
(My own photo) We live in a very neutered age. Everything is very watered down. Everything is fake or feels fake. People walk on eggshells, afraid to offend. Even writers. And writers are supposed to offend. Not because it’s “shocking” or because they are just railing against cancel culture or trying to be alt-right or…
‘Jagged Edge’: A Rewatch Almost 40 Years in the Making
(Fair use, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?curid=8198266) When I was five or six, I told my mom I wanted to watch a “scary movie.” At the time, I lived in a small town in Colorado, and right downtown there was a little video store we used to frequent every week to rent movies. This was the video store we’d…
Is ‘Thinner’ Any Good?
(By Moviegoods.com, Fair use, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?curid=21786900) I read the Stephen King novella awhile back and remember it being an effective, terse little thriller. King is a classic “over-writer,” often making up for a thin story concept with an encyclopedic catalogue of characters and their backstories, quirks, and then webbing them up in a messy convoluted plot…
“The World Is Tough on Beautiful Things”
Just a brief rant. This might constitute reason #874 for why I hate country music. I’ve been traveling recently. And one night I happened to stop at a Dickey’s Barbecue. Dickey’s is a chain BBQ place with a Southwest vibe. There are wagon wheel chandeliers hanging from the ceiling and other Old West-style decorations and…
Downfall (AKA that Hitler Meme Movie)
(By The poster art can or could be obtained from the distributor., Fair use, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?curid=56186129) Nowadays you almost won’t know about a film whatsoever unless it has memeability. I guarantee you that’s why so many went to check out Obsession. All those Gumby-esque facial expressions Indy Navarrette makes–how could you not want to see it.…
Anatomy of a Murder (and a Genre)
(By Saul Bass – http://ilovegraphicdesign.wordpress.com/2007/05/29/anatomy-of-a-murder/, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=25500751) It’s kind of weird how there are so many legal and courtroom dramas now that it’s hard to appreciate some of the classics that founded the genre and made it what it is today. There are so many Law and Order spinoffs I can’t even keep track…
The Great Escape
(By moviegoods.com, Fair use, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?curid=6629076) I’ve been thinking on this film for a few days and wondering why it didn’t quite connect with me. I’m not the world’s biggest fan of WWII films, to be fair. Not because of the time period or the events. But because too often filmmakers use the setting to say…
Sorry, My Vote Will Cost One Million
(Photo by Jonathan Borba from Pexels: https://www.pexels.com/photo/one-hundred-dollar-bills-14820416/) Last night President Donald Trump offered $5,000 to every American adult if Republicans win the midterm elections. I think this is a fantastic idea. Elected officials should not be wasting time trying to win anyone’s vote based on silly things like policy or ideas. We all know they…
Saint Maud
(By IMP Awards, Fair use, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?curid=62765453) This film was at threat of becoming a discarded “air conditioning movie,” but I’m glad I stuck with it. I started watching this over a year ago on Prime, gave up on it around the first act, then finally returned to it last night to finish. I do that…
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