At some point in every Star Wars fan's life they end up asking these series of questions: How did Han Solo and Chewbacca meet up for the first time? Why is he called Han Solo anyway? How did Han win the Millennium Falcon from Lando? Why did Han go on the Kessel Run, and why …
Continue reading Solo: A Star Wars Story (Big Screen Review)
Continuing my never-ending quest of diving through all my Criterion movies, this month I decided to tackle a bunch of my screwball comedies. Of course given the enormous magnitude of my collection, I was only able to get through maybe half of my Criterion screwball comedies at best. To be fair, as the high number …
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Lady and the Tramp was a first for Disney for several reasons. After a series of fantastical stories it represented Disney's first domestic picture based not on a fairy tale but in a more realistic human setting (with Bambi of course being a realistic movie set in the wilderness). It was also Disney's first feature film not …
A lot has seemingly happened since the last time we checked in with Netflix. Most importantly they recently got into an epic battle with Cannes over the film festival's decision to disqualify any film from being in competition that did not have a planned theatrical distribution. This resulted in Netflix pulling all of its movies from …
The fruitful Golden Age of Walt Disney Studios in the 1930s and 40s is a period of critical success unrivalled by most studios. In the space between 1937 and 1942 they released five powerhouses in a row in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Pinocchio, Fantasia, Dumbo, and Bambi. Each of those movies are iconic in their own right and instrumental …
As you may or may not guess, one does not get to a collection of over 2000 DVDs and Blu-Rays (which is admittedly a ridiculously sized collection) without being a little bit of a sucker for a bargain bin. And as you may or may not surmise, the quality of movies from said bargain bins …
Early on as Wade Watts (Tye Sheridan), or Parzival as he is known online, is describing the vast and seemingly limitless online world known as Oasis he suggests the possibility of being able to go ice climbing with Batman as one of the great benefits of this virtual world, if you should so choose. In …
It may come as a surprise to some of you that I am a Christian (and a seminary-trained one to boot). It shouldn't because I explicitly state this in my bio, but I understand if that is potentially shocking given the fact that (a) I haven't reviewed any explicit Christian films (and haven't intentionally watched …
Recently I read the fascinating book The Big Picture by Ben Fritz which chronicles the dramatic changes in last two decades or so in the movie industry and one thing stuck out to me more clearly than ever. Most of us cinephiles have bemoaned that the current climate seems to only allow for very big event movies …
Here is my continuation of my pledge to watch 52 films directed by women this year. Given the fact that next month I officially close the book on 2017 (if my deadline to file 2017 taxes is April, then I figure that's as good a time to also wrap up 2017 in film) this month …
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