CALIGULA: THE ULTIMATE CUT DVD Review
** ½ out of **** The mid-1970s to early-1980s were an interesting time in movie history for a variety of reasons. On the one hand, the...
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Sep 275 min read
Mia Farrow and the Me Too Misfire
Note: This is not meant to be a criticism of the entirety of the Me Too movement, but one story of those who exploited it for...
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Sep 134 min read
Top 10 Best Remakes
A version of this list appears in my collection Everyone Else is Wrong (And You Know It): Criticism/Humor/Non-Fiction . Click the link to...
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Sep 64 min read
Blake in Bloom: A Review of IT ENDS WITH US
***1/2 out of **** It was completely by accident that I saw It Ends with Us . In a confusing back-and-forth with my fellow moviegoer, I...
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Aug 304 min read
"Top" 10 Worst Remakes
A version of this list appears in my collection Everyone Else is Wrong (And You Know It): Criticism/Humor/Non-Fiction . Click the link to...
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Aug 235 min read
Top 10 Best Sequels
Two versions of this list appear in my collection Everyone Else is Wrong (And You Know It): Criticism/Humor/Non-Fiction . Click the link...
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Aug 175 min read
"Top" 10 Worst Sequels
A version of this list appears in my collection Everyone Else is Wrong (And You Know It): Criticism/Humor/Non-Fiction . Click the link to...
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Aug 24 min read
Lost Classics: DON JUAN DeMARCO
Searching for something to watch this last weekend, I stumbled upon a movie that loomed large in my mind as a kid while, when it...
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Jul 53 min read
My 4th of July Tradition (Revealed on the 5th)
I suppose most people have burgers and hot dogs and pools and fireworks and I enjoy all those things, but my 4th of July tradition is to...
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Jun 145 min read
THE LIFE AQUATIC: 20 Years On
2004 happened to be a surprising year at the movies for offbeat comedies. I’m thinking specifically of Jared & Jerusha Hess’ Napoleon...
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May 106 min read
Marilyn Monroe: The Death of Arthur Miller
Whenever I contemplate who America’s dramatic masters are, my answer is always Eugene O’Neill and Edward Albee. The reason for this is...
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Apr 267 min read
Jefferson & Hemings
I was perhaps in my junior year of high school when the news broke that, after many years of speculation and debate, Thomas Jefferson,...
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Apr 127 min read
Christopher Durang (1949-2024)
Christopher Durang was a playwright and actor from Montclair, New Jersey. He wrote the plays Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike (Tony...
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Mar 83 min read
Oscars pt. 2: Who Will Win? (Updated)
This list includes my Oscar predictions for the upcoming ceremony. The choices are not necessarily who/what I think should win, but...
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Mar 18 min read
Oscars pt. 1: Who Should've Won Anyway?
At one time, the Oscars were my Super Bowl. As young as sixth grade, I would watch them and dream of my own shining moment when I would...
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Jan 195 min read
Lost Classics: Disney's THE HAPPIEST MILLIONAIRE
One need only look at the output from Walt Disney Studios in the 1960s and see that, progressively, Walt was less and less interested in...
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Jan 126 min read
Lost Classics: Norman Mailer's MAIDSTONE
While during his lifetime, his work became more and more critically derided, there has been a resurgence of interest in American...
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Jan 57 min read
MAESTRO: WaySide Story
** out of **** We find ourselves in that time of year where films in which studios have no faith are dumped on the American public. The...
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Dec 15, 20233 min read
Underrated Christmas Specials, pt. 3: MICKEY'S CHRISTMAS CAROL
While I will stipulate that the story of Christ’s birth is perhaps the Greatest Story Ever Told, I maintain that Charles Dickens’ A...
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Oct 27, 20236 min read
Universal Monster Mash
I thought I had picked out the perfect week to take my vacation. The third week of October, I said, would be my favorite kind of...
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