Islamic terrorism is a very touchy subject for multiple reasons. It immediately raises bad memories of 9/11, in addition to the ongoing terrors in Afghanistan, Iraq and Pakistan. There’s also the matter of religious persecution, with peaceful and moderate Muslims everywhere being discriminated against because a small and overly crazed minority claims to speak for … Continue reading
When you get in a habit of writing about movies and their makers, you get in a secondary habit of writing memorial pieces to the dearly departed. Looking back doesn’t have to be a melancholy process; it can also be an occasion to celebrate favorite film presences who always deserve the attention. Today, November … Continue reading
I’d like to take this opportunity to declare what you already know, and I already know, and everyone already knows, like there’s any need to be declared yet again: New Year’s resolutions are as useful as pouring lemon into your eyeballs, and sometimes as probable as discussing Schopenhauer with a talking pig. This year’s end … Continue reading
It’s not that I don’t like Australia; it’s just that I don’t care about Australia. To my generation of Brits Australia is the definition of the grass being greener on the other side, the idea of emigration to the antipodeans boundaries of the Commonwealth a pipe dream for the young and disenfranchised. But whilst the … Continue reading
In late October three blogger, Donnie Sturges, Mike Crossey and Ken Savage decided to watch Commando and attempt to write a shared blog on the movie. Over many weeks and through some serious personal crap for all three parties they discusses the film in more detail than any sane man should. However they had a … Continue reading
Tamara Drewe takes place in a fictional middle-of-nowhere village called Ewedown, England. There, a best-selling author and his wife have developed a quiet famland retreat for writers to come and work in peace. Things are calm at the retreat — though there’s plenty of egotism and eccentricity going around — until Tamara Drewe (now with … Continue reading
Legendary film producer Dino de Laurentiis passed away today at the age of 91. If you page through his astounding list of credits, you’ll see as many interesting fringe items as generally-acknowledged classic movies. For having a hand in some of my favorite movies (both to watch and to talk about), I will be … Continue reading
Link is currently enjoying a small surge in its cult following. Last month there was a Cinefamily event in Los Angeles hosted by comedian Doug Benson a couple weeks ago, and a positive review by the one and only Vern (one of the better webcritics you could follow) around the same time. The buck … Continue reading
I’d be lying if I didn’t admit that as I’ve gotten older I’ve developed somewhat of a distance to H.P. Lovecraft’s writing, even though they are possibly the most influential prose on my person from my younger days. It’s not the concepts, it’s the actual writing. Often it is just… bad. Recently I chronicled here … Continue reading
“Oh Marty, I almost forgot – Jennifer Parker called.“– Linda McFly “Um, which one?“– Me There’s always been one major disconnect with me in regards to the Back to the Future trilogy. Despite the fact that I will consistently pick apart how the time travel doesn’t really work in II, despite how I feel like … Continue reading