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 …
I will admit that for most of my run in catching up with the Best Picture winners I hadn't seen yet it has been a bit of a slog. It simply confirmed that there was a reason why I ignored most of these movies in the first place as I ran the gamut of over-wrought, …
The emergence of superhero movies as a boon for Hollywood has long been frustratingly monolithic in the demographics of its said superheroes. So for that reason alone, a superhero story as profoundly and unabashedly African featuring a cast of almost exclusively non-white actors like Black Panther is an achievement worth celebrating and championing in and of …
As the title of this post may indicate, this is the second edition of my quest to actually see all the Best Picture Winners. While Volume 1 helped to shatter some preconceived notions of the kinds of movies that win the Oscars, Volume 2 has only emphasized that there are very valid reasons why the …
So I had grand plans of making a comprehensive ranking of every Academy Award best picture winner at the end of the month. I just have one problem: Apparently even though I've watched over 2,500 movies I've only seen 63 of the 89 best picture winners. This is hardly surprising given that I tend to …
Anybody who has had a glimpse of the magnitude of my personal movie collection has long suspected that I have a problem. And they would be right. My collection is enormous thanks to the lethal combinations of my completionist streak, the increasing availability of disposable income, and the general collapse of the home video market. …
Continue reading Adventures in Criterion Vol. 1: Crime Movies
Last year was year two of my ongoing pledge to watch 52 films made by women a year. Unfortunately while I have come close, I have failed to reach that goal in both of those years. But rather than feel defeated, I'm going to take solace in two things: I have come close to fulfilling …
In a lot of classic Hollywood monster movies, from King Kong to Dracula to The Mummy to The Creature From the Black Lagoon, there is always the implied threat that these monsters, as horrific as they are may have the power to seduce and steal our weak-willed women and that it is the role of our straight-laced men to …
(Disclaimer: Although I am going to refrain from going into any true spoiler-territory, plot details will be discussed. If you don't want to hear any details of the movie then first of all, what the heck are you doing here? And secondly, those things will be discussed so get out, watch the movie, and then …
Continue reading Star Wars: The Last Jedi (Big Screen Review)
It's that time when we approach the end of the year and I feel immense pressure to catch-up on as many 2017 movies as I possibly can before putting together an end-of-year "Best Of" list that has a wide enough sample to be somewhat legitimate. Spoiler alert however: The list I put out in December …
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