Creed, or: Old Man Rocky Passes The Baton
Rocky’s past comes back to be trained. Boxing ensues.
Category Archives: Active Observation
Intercontinental Lousy Movie Marathon II
A profound cinematic meditation 30,000+ feet above the Earth. Part 2.
Bone Tomahawk, In Which Kurt Russell’s Moustache Steals The Show
There’s not much of a show to steal, but what there is, the moustache makes off with.
After Another Shadow Song of The Thin Man Goes Home
Between 1934 and 1947, William Powell and Myrna Loy made six Thin Man films and you should definitely watch three of them.
Spectre, One of Only 24 James Bond Movies
Another Bond movie exists. What more can you say?
The Many Lives of Mr. Nobody
A big strange movie you might have let slip by, at least in this life. In a parallel universe, you’ve seen it twenty times.
Intercontinental Lousy Movie Marathon
Uncensored thoughts concerning the seven movies that stand united and determined to defeat me from my User-Editable Favourites Queue on the seatback screen on this 17-hour trip to Australia.
Experimenter, In Which Stanley Milgram Requests Your Obedience
You will watch this because I’m telling you to.
Sicario: Newsflash—Drug War Is Messed Up On Both Sides!
Prepare to not be surprised.
How I Won The War, or: John Lennon Pretends To Be An Actor For About Eight Minutes
A few words on Richard Lester’s impenetrable anti-anti-war movie.
Can The Martian Rescue Ridley Scott?
Nothing ever happens on Mars, even if you’re Matt Damon.
The Martian, In Which Ridley Scott Does Not Make Another Blade Runner
Man abondoned on Mars. Grows potatoes. Is rescued. The end.
A Pigeon Sat On A Branch Reflecting On Existence, Just Like You
More droll Swedish humor to perplex and befuddle you.
Excellent Doc ‘Finders Keepers’ Pulls Your Leg Clean Off
Yep. That’s America right here.