A semi-serious investigation.
( Published Friday, January 2nd, 2026 @ 12:44 am )]]> Ridley Scott employed the perfect balance of narrative, cinematic imagery and adventure to build the timeless tale of a once great empire beginning its fall into the moral decay that was Rome.
( Published Sunday, January 26th, 2025 @ 5:22 pm )]]> The toughest and bloodiest war ever fought on this planet was fought all over the globe in two theaters of action. This is the story about one of them -The Pacific.
( Published Sunday, March 27th, 2022 @ 5:53 pm )]]> The redemptive process, from seeing clearly the good and the bad of terrible times, defines and hones the best of humanity, and thus has preserved our species for millennia, and may sustain us for many more.
( Published Friday, January 28th, 2022 @ 5:53 am )]]> Polish immigrant Leonard Chess wanted a better life, and he built it on the talented backs of some pretty good musicians, like Muddy Waters, Etta James, Howl'n Wolfe, Willie Dixon and Chuck Berry.
( Published Monday, January 24th, 2022 @ 3:13 pm )]]> "Goodbye My Sweetheart, Hello Vietnam" This refrain from Dave Dudley's country ditty, an integral melody in the soundtrack of the classic "Full Metal Jacket" regarding a more patriotic approach to the Vietnam predicament.
( Published Friday, January 21st, 2022 @ 7:58 pm )]]> I always wanted to know an Atticus Finch, and yet I never quite met him. I never found him in any of my coaches, my teachers, my friends, the fathers of my friends.
( Published Thursday, January 20th, 2022 @ 10:44 pm )]]> "But Now he's (Wyatt) going to be a marshal and an outlaw. Best of both worlds, son." These words were spoken by a tubercular Doc Holliday, played by a gaunt 145 pound Dennis Quaid.
( Published Tuesday, January 11th, 2022 @ 12:16 pm )]]> This tiny independent film is an enigma. It is also one of the ten most important indies in the last 25 years for one reason: It could not have survived, and prospered without its singular visionary.
( Published Tuesday, January 11th, 2022 @ 1:58 am )]]> "Vanilla Sky," as the remake of the Spanish film "Open Your Eyes," is one of the most misunderstood films of that decade, and is generally fated as the lesser film as the remake.
( Published Thursday, January 6th, 2022 @ 1:51 pm )]]> Both boys are the "The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas." Their individual stories that led them to that conclusion represent the intertwined paths of these two fated peoples: the Germans and the Jews.
( Published Tuesday, January 4th, 2022 @ 6:16 pm )]]> This Francis Ford Coppola classic, about a man trying to hold his family together while seeking the American Dream, launched the careers of a number of America's greatest actors.
( Published Monday, January 3rd, 2022 @ 9:09 am )]]> Touching film full of life lessons, with more than its share of unforced humor, "The Blind Side" was easily one of the best films of 2009.
( Published Monday, January 3rd, 2022 @ 5:31 am )]]> They came from all over the United States to become part of something new - the 101st Airborne. These young Americans learned how to fight, but moreover, they learned to be brothers.
( Published Sunday, January 2nd, 2022 @ 8:24 am )]]> Just the film title itself, "Pulp Fiction" denotes a lightweight film. If one dissects the story, the message, the importance of the film, "Pulp Fiction" comes up light.
( Published Saturday, January 1st, 2022 @ 12:10 pm )]]> Royal "Died Tragically Rescuing his Family from the Wreckage of a Destroyed Sinking Battleship"
( Published Saturday, January 1st, 2022 @ 9:16 am )]]> Once Upon a Time in the West is a surreal exploration of an Italian director's view of the lawless West.
( Published Friday, December 31st, 2021 @ 10:23 am )]]> This remake of the 1939 film by Director /Actor Gary Sinise, of John Steinbeck's classic novel, communicates well the lengths men will go to survive, and yet retain some semblance of dignity.
( Published Thursday, December 30th, 2021 @ 7:20 pm )]]> Infrequent Screenwriter / Director Cameron Crowe made another indelible mark in this film about himself, and how he did, or may would have interacted with notable Rock 'n' Roll artists, who humorously struggle to become dysfunctional Rock 'n' Roll stars.
( Published Thursday, December 30th, 2021 @ 2:53 pm )]]> "Forrest Gump" is one of the five best films ever made. It is the best of American art ... in scope, in tone, in message.
( Published Wednesday, December 29th, 2021 @ 9:51 pm )]]> One of the 10 best films in the last 25 years is the film that offers each of us a unique perspective into our well considered lives.
( Published Wednesday, December 29th, 2021 @ 6:15 am )]]> The Last Waltz is arguably Oscar Winner Martin Scorsese's best film as it documents The Band as they bid fairwell to an eclectic collection of their most adoring fans.
( Published Tuesday, December 28th, 2021 @ 9:34 am )]]> Jean Shepherd's humorist view a of one family's Christmas skewed toward the bizarre in a very cold northern Indiana - very industrial, very middleclass, and of course, very funny.
( Published Saturday, May 16th, 2015 @ 2:06 pm )]]>