Movie Review: ‘Straight Outta Compton’ Had Nothing New To Say
I suppose it’s a bad idea to start off a review of a film about a legendary rap... Read More »
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Op-Ed: AFI’s 100 Years…100 Passions – ‘Two for the Road’ (#57)
I will be watching and reviewing all of the films included on AFI’s 100 Years…100 Passions list. The... Read More »
Classic Film Review: ‘Fame’ Needed That Norman Jewison Touch
Musicals in the 1980s were a very strange beast. They were no longer a genre that could reliably... Read More »
Op-Ed: AFI’s 100 Years…100 Passions – ‘Roman Holiday’ (#4)
I will be watching and reviewing all of the films included on AFI’s 100 Years…100 Passions list. The... Read More »
Op-Ed: 100 Years…100 Passions – ‘West Side Story’ (#3)
I will be watching and reviewing all of the films included on AFI’s 100 Years…100 Passions list. The... Read More »
Classic Film Review: ‘In the Mood for Love’ Is Intellectually Challenging
This is one of those situations where I find myself just loving a film, even though I know... Read More »
Op-Ed: AFI’s 100 Years…100 Passions – ‘Jezebel’ (#79)
I will be watching and reviewing all of the films included on AFI’s 100 Years…100 Passions list. The... Read More »
Classic Film Review: ‘The Garden of the Finzi-Continis’ Was Too Muted For My Taste
Has anybody ever met one of the blonde ice queens who seem to populate every film ever made... Read More »
Op-Ed: 100 Years…100 Passions – ‘Pretty Woman’ (#21)
I will be watching and reviewing all of the films included on AFI’s 100 Years…100 Passions list. The... Read More »
Op-ed: AFI’s 100 Years…100 Passions: ‘Reds’ (#55)
I will be watching and reviewing all of the films included on AFI’s 100 Years…100 Passions list. The... Read More »
Op-Ed: AFI’s 100 Years…100 Passions – ‘The Philadelphia Story’ (#44)
I will be watching and reviewing all of the films included on AFI’s 100 Years…100 Passions list. The... Read More »
Op-Ed: 100 Years…100 Passions – ‘Beauty and the Beast’ (#34)
I will be watching and reviewing all of the films included on AFI’s 100 Years…100 Passions list. The... Read More »
Movie Review: ‘I Care a Lot’ Falls Apart in its Third Act
Have you ever had that sinking feeling in the pit of your stomach where you can just anticipate... Read More »
Classic Film Review: ‘Road to Morocco’ Conforms to the Racist Tropes of its Genre
The Road to… series probably wouldn’t be massively successful today because all of the entries in the series... Read More »
Op-Ed: 100 Years…100 Passions – ‘The Lady Eve’ (#26)
I will be watching and reviewing all of the films included on AFI’s 100 Years…100 Passions list. The... Read More »
Op-Ed: AFI’s 100 Years…100 Passions – ‘Dirty Dancing’ (#93)
I will be watching and reviewing all of the films included on AFI’s 100 Years…100 Passions list. The... Read More »
Classic Film Review: ‘Short Cuts’ is an Enlightening Exploration of Loneliness
I approached Short Cuts (1993) with unbridled excitement and high expectations. It did not let me down. So... Read More »
Op-Ed: 100 Years…100 Passions – ‘Now, Voyager’ (#23)
I will be watching and reviewing all of the films included on AFI’s 100 Years…100 Passions list. The... Read More »
Op-ed: AFI’s 100 Years…100 Passions: ‘Gigi’ (#35)
I will be watching and reviewing all of the films included on AFI’s 100 Years…100 Passions list. The... Read More »
Classic Film Review: ‘The Player’ Pulls Its Punches
When I saw The Player (1992), I was responding to the hype as much as I was responding... Read More »
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