Movies
Marilyn Monroe the Actress: Bus Stop (1956)
There is a moment in Bus Stop (1956) that is a striking testament to the worth of Marilyn Monroe as a serious actress. It lasts only a moment or so, but like all great screen […]
Month: September 2013
Opinion
Woody Allen and His Two Worst, But Most Crucial, Films
Around the time Husbands and Wives was released in 1992, Woody Allen had tap danced himself into the crosshairs of the media and the public. Overshadowing his take on Bergman’s Scenes from a Marriage was […]
Movies
Left Needing More: Review of Elysium
Director Neill Blomkamp understands that a good science fiction film is made by its social commentary. After all, he directed District 9, one of the better sci-fi films in the last decade, combining thrilling action […]
Movies
Safe Stalking: Going Hollywood (1933)
Before motion pictures learned to talk– they sang. Vitaphone, the champions of sound technology, had been producing short musical films as early as 1926 (others existed before then), and it is hardly a coincidence that […]
Movies
DVD Review: Fire in the Sky
I can remember being ten years old and riding my bike to the local video store to pick up Robert Lieberman’s alien abduction film Fire in the Sky (1993). I was obsessed with aliens at the time, […]
Movies
Not a Sequel, A Continuation: Review of Kick-Ass 2
I went to see Percy Jackson and the Sea of Monsters last week. During the previews, I noticed that more than half of them advertised sequels. Sadly, it’s no surprise. Sequels are hit and miss, […]