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Entertainment > Movie Genres The James Bond film series: A critical overview: 1 of 4
Those familiar words, "Bond, James Bond"... 21 films later, the new James Bond film Casino Royale has premiered. Despite the controversy of the casting of Daniel Craig as the new 007, this latest installment has garnered some very positive reviews. From the looks of things, Craig seems to have done a pretty nice job, and he'... More..
Entertainment > Movie Reviews Movie reviews: Lost in Translation: 2 of 6
I'm always curious, when watching a film for the second time, if I'm going to enjoy the film in its' second viewing. While I thoroughly enjoyed Lost in Translation the first time around, it shook me deep into my soul the second time around. This film moved me like no other film for such a long time (trust me, I hate sounding... More..
Entertainment > Movie Reviews Movie reviews: Dr. Strangelove: 2 of 4
The image of Slim Pickens as Major Kong, waving his cowboy hat and straddling a falling nuclear missile like a bucking bronco is without question the funniest and most damning indictment of the absurdity of the nuclear arms race from an era not too long ago. Originally intended as a straight serious film, Stanley Kubrick and... More..
Entertainment > Movie Reviews Movie reviews: Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!: 1 of 2
Directed by the legendary Russ Meyer, Faster, Pussycat, Kill! Kill! is Meyer's undisputed masterpiece, a slam-bang, fast-paced, desert-gritty shit-kicking tale of sex, greed and murder. It's best known for the on-film exploits of three of the most voluptuous beauties ever to grace not just a Meyer film, but any film ever. Ru... More..
Entertainment > Movie Reviews Movie reviews: The Wages of Fear (Le Salaire de la Peur): 1 of 2
This is one of the few thrillers where the drama is more psychological than physical, and it works best that way. And one of my favorite films. In a dirty, corrupt, backwater town somewhere in the jungles of South America (we are never told where, but my guess is Venezuela), a motley assortment of losers congregate around a ... More..
Entertainment > Movie Reviews Movie reviews: Throne of Blood: 1 of 2
Shakespeare's Macbeth reimagined by Akira Kurosawa in feudal Japan. In a long line of samurai epics directed by perhaps the most influential director ever, Throne of Blood is easily Kurosawa's best of the genre, and that's saying a lot considering how monumentally influential Seven Samurai, The Hidden Fortress and Yojimbo ar... More..
Entertainment > Movie Reviews Movie reviews: Plan 9 From Outer Space: 1 of 1
Written, produced and directed by legendary bad film auteur Ed Wood Jr., Plan Nine From Outer Space is an earnest sci-fi flick. Earnest in the sense that what Ed Wood lacked in true cinematic talent, he made up for it in drive and determination. So what if the budget of Plan Nine matched the budget of a Howdy Doody episode? ... More..
Entertainment > Movie Reviews Movie reviews: The Kids Are Alright: 1 of 1
I have to, first off, admit a bias for the Who. For many there's that one band or musician that, when they heard them for the first time, the world opened up for them and their lives changed. That moment occured for me when I first heard Who's Next when I was twelve years old. Having been weaned on crap Top 40 and the limpne... More..
Entertainment > Movie Reviews Movie reviews: Five Easy Pieces: 1 of 1
Before Jack Nicholson and his larger than life personna became a lifestyle, he was a hungry young actor ready to assume his place as one of the greatest thespians of the post-Brando era. In Five Easy Pieces, Nicholson takes the role of Bobby Dupea, an alienated former concert pianist now toiling in an oil field, and makes it... More..
Entertainment > Movie Reviews Movie reviews: The Magnificent Ambersons: 1 of 1
Orson Welles' follow-up to his undisputed masterpiece Citizen Kane is a knee-jerk reaction to the brilliance of Kane; whereas Welles painted Citizen Kane in bold, brash strokes, here Welles paints The Magnificent Ambersons in a more subdued, rawer fashion, with equal brilliance. Using the Amberson mansion as a metaphor for t... More..