Posted on May 16, 2023
Resolution
I love big movies — currently, I’m pacing the floors waiting for Dune Part II to come out in November — but my true obsession is finding little, off brand, often low budget movies that beat the odds… Read More
Posted on April 3, 2023
Gross Omens
Just remembered, for reasons I’m not clear on myself, that Ira Levin’s excellent (and brutally short) novel, “This Perfect Day” predicts the rise of the monstrous, galaxy-brain tech moguls. He got that pretty much right, along with their… Read More
Posted on March 26, 2023
Criss Cross (1949)
Whenever I can’t come up with a current or recent title for our weekly movie night, I dip into my list of films noir. Last night, we pulled Criss Cross (1949) starring Burt Lancaster & Yvonne De Carlo…. Read More
Posted on March 25, 2023
Q: The Winged Serpent
I should add a fair warning that I’ve fallen down a Joe Bob Briggs rabbit hole so there will be a few posts about drive-in quality movies on here for a while. As a member of the drive-in… Read More
Posted on March 17, 2023
Bride of Frankenstein
Having heard for most of my life that Bride is one of the few sequels that’s better than the original, I decided to actually watch it for myself. So… the thing is… okay, let’s put it this way,… Read More
Posted on March 3, 2023
Don’t Worry, Darling
Olivia Wilde’s second feature landed with some unfortunate baggage. In this age of massive content competition, that’s the last thing your baby needs before you kick it out into the world: another reason for people to skip it…. Read More