This Week in Poorly Argued Criticism
Man in line: Wait a minute, why can’t I give my opinion? It’s a free country! Alvy: I mean, d- He can give you- Do you hafta give it so loud? I mean, aren’t you ashamed to pontificate like that?
Man in line: Wait a minute, why can’t I give my opinion? It’s a free country! Alvy: I mean, d- He can give you- Do you hafta give it so loud? I mean, aren’t you ashamed to pontificate like that?
Having established their style and become a cohesive writing and performing group with the first few seasons of Monty Python’s Flying Circus and their first feature film, ‘And Now For Something Completely Different,’ Monty Python set out to break new ground for themselves as a comedy troupe: a feature length film of completely original material. …
Watching sports on film can be tricky: the audience needs the story and the sport needs the story because, otherwise, we’re just watching a fixed game. We know there’s only one conclusion and as a viewer, that’s not interesting. Instead, what leads us to our spirited involvement in the fixed fight is everything surrounding it …
What killed ‘Superman’ actor George Reeves? A jealous lover? Himself? Was he depressed over his failing acting career? These questions are at the heart of Allan Coulter’s movie ‘Hollywoodland.’ The story takes place at two different times- the first one opens, at the beginning of the end of Reeves’ career. Played by Ben Affleck, Reeves …
Two couples break-up and make-up in Manhattan in ‘Trust the Man,’ a comedy by Bart Freundlich.
If cinematic history has taught us anything, it’s that kids with bowlcuts are creepy.
Rob Zombie’s directorial debut, ‘House of 1000 Corpses,’ should, by all accounts, be a train wreck.
I just finished watching the ‘Indiana Jones’ trilogy to get excited for the
Mark Dacascos probably isn’t a household name. Maybe you know him from when he starred in the Saturday afternoon television series,
Make no mistake, Nicolas Roeg’s 1976 film ‘The Man Who Fell to Earth’ is bizarre. It is the least science-fiction-y science fiction movie I’ve seen, the narrative and story are very loose and almost unnecessary and it’s at its most interesting when it’s at its most mundane. Yet, for the entire two and a half …