Eyes Wide Shut
Stanley Kubrick’s Eyes Wide Shut was released in 1999. At the time it was released I had just won a major screenwriting competition and was […]
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National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation
Okay, last blogpost for Christmas and I’m not going for It’s A Wonderful Life, Elf, Scrooge, Scrooged or Miracle on 34th Street. No, no…I’m going […]
Local Hero
The next two blogposts are about a uniquely British trait: whimsy. Local Hero directed by Bill Forsyth is one of the greatest British films of […]
Rawhead Rex
What’s so good about a film which is pretty badly written, badly acted, stolidly directed and without any real redeeming features? Not a lot really, […]
State of Grace
Phil Joanu’s State of Grace was released at the same time as Goodfellas. Goodfellas is about the mafia (mainly Italian descent gangsters). State of Grace […]
The Homesman
Tommy Lee Jones’ The Homesman is the newest film I’ve blogged about so far. I caught this little gem on Amazon Prime and watched it […]
From Beyond
Ah the joys! Stuart Gordon’s From Beyond is a great little film. Very low budget, very odd, based on a seven page HP Lovecraft story […]
Broadway Danny Rose
As a youngster I had a friend who was a teenage Woody Allen fan. He got me into the Woodman as a youth. Mostly, I’ve […]