Part of the reason I read film books is to have an outsider entice me to check out a movie. Where some of you come here to have me tell you whether a certain film is worth your time or not – and if you value my opinion, I thank you – I defer to…
**This is the last call for the contest. If you’d like to win either of these books now’s the time to get your entries in. Contest closes June 29th** Yes there is a contest going on and this time I’m expanding to TWO winners! I’m giving away a copy of two very different books…
You all voted for a mix of old and new reviews so here’s a more contemporary film for you, the 1994 Joel Schumacher directed adaptation of John Grisham‘s novel The Client. I’d seen bits and pieces of this film before, and I do enjoy Schumacher’s other film with Brad Renfro, Sleepers. By the end of…
I’ve been off the blogging scene for two days and that’s all due to my damn need for higher education. I’m in the home stretch, only three weeks left of school and I’ll be free to watch whatever I want, whenever I want, and blog about it freely. Until then…you’re stuck with a blogger who…
The final Academy Award nominee for Best Picture makes me frustrated. I don’t want to end on a sore note (not counting the wrap-up on Sunday when the award is actually given out), but this movie pissed me off. I understand not liking Tree of Life, it wasn’t my taste, but this movie fricking sucks…
I recently saw Kiss Me Deadly on Criterion and contemplated purchasing it, sight unseen because I love anything Criterion. Unfortunately I didn’t have the money for it and decided to just watch it via TCM. While I’m a big film noir fan I was left a little cold by Robert Aldrich’s take on Mickey Spillane’s…
