Long Live Ian Holm, The Greatest Napoleon in History, and I Include the Real One in That Assessment
Another great steps backstage.
Movies in The Time of Coronavirus, Part I
In which with a certain morose ennui we muse upon what, lately, has been watched
RIP Stuart Gordon, Max von Sydow, and the Film Industry
Seems like a good time to talk about death.
The Burnt Orange Heresy: Book vs. Movie
In which Charles Willeford’s steamy Floridian art-noir is moved to Italy. Hm.
RIP Monty Python’s Terry Jones
Another Python goes.
The 26 Best Movies of the 2010s, AKA the Twenty-Teens, AKA that Last Decade We Just Muddled Through
A list! A list! Hooray, a list!
A Surprising Victory for the Dark Side in Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
An unlikely ending reveals the evil genius of the Sith.
The Rise Of The Return Of The Last Of The Revenges Of The Skywalker: Star Wars Episode IX
As SB4MC readers may already know, I only love to review movies while drunk on an airplane! Luckily for you, I am A) currently in that precise condition, and B) […]
Let’s Film the Hawkline Monster
At one time Greer thought he saw something different but he was mistaken. What he saw was exactly the same as what he had been seeing. He thought that it was smaller but then he realized that it was exactly the same size as everything else.
63 Up, or: Still Above Ground (Mostly)
Time continues to get wider in Michael Apted’s lifelong documentary project.
Knives Out, or: A Donut Missing Its Hole
Plenty of amusement, minus much mystery.
To Joker or Not to Joker?
A movie in search of a point.
On Martin Scorsese and Theme Parks
Martin Scorsese, a man who knows a little about movies, stirred up the denizens of the interwebs recently when, referring to Marvel’s superhero whoop-de-doos, he said, “I don’t see them. […]
Gilliam’s The Man Who Killed Don Quixote is Better than You’ve Been Led to Believe
It’s all Gilliam, after all, and what more do you want in a movie?