Here it is, inauguration day. While there are some who didn’t vote for Barack Obama, I think it’s pretty cool to see the transfer of power and to see the promise and excitement that seems to be everywhere. (Except my supermarket. They’re still bitter, bitter people. I double checked this afternoon.) Here’s a look at …
Usually main characters have rather normal names. Jerry McGuire. John Shaft. Joe Black. Nothing too strange, nothing too out of the ordinary. However, sometimes an interestingly named main character is just the beginning of a sign that you’re watching a special movie.
It seems that nowadays everyone keeps a blog. Vatche does. I do. Your mom does. (OK, maybe not your mom.) And while Lonely Reviewer is still the perfect place to check out for movie news, information and commentary, here are a few others that are taking the art of film appreciation to a higher level. …
The Dead Pool Granted, 1988’s ‘The Dead Pool,’ is not the best in the Dirty Harry series and it was one of the first movies to un-leash Jim Carrey on an un-suspecting movie-going audience. But any Clint Eastwood movie is worth seeing at least once. (Well, except for ‘City Heat.’) ‘The Dead Pool’ is no …
‘Tonight I’ve got a question for you,’ sang Rhett Miller and the Old 97s. Everyone has questions. Only some people have answers. Here are three great movies that not only ask questions but also provide answers.
The writing life is a lonely one. You spend much of your day in a room. Alone with your thoughts and a typewriter. Or a computer. Or a dull #2 pencil and piece of paper. You get the point. So maybe it’s no surprise the cinema is rife with films about the loneliest pursuit in …
It’s pretty much agreed to by almost everyone that Monty Python was awesome. Even today, the reverence and admiration that meets the former members seems to only grow with the passage of time.
You’re probably looking at the title wondering just what in the hell I’m thinking. World war as fun? Millions of dead people as entertainment? Not possible. In fact, a rather sick premise. However, please, hear me out.
Nuns- you know ‘em, you’re scared to death of ‘em. They also have their own film genre. Granted, nunspoloitation isn’t something they give awards to. That said, we’re not going to be discussing those types of movies. (I mean, Ken Russell’s’ ‘The Devils,’ which features a nun orgy and is also really high on my ‘must …
This weeks edition of three cool movies takes a closer look at movies about movies, specifically, documentaries about movies.