Movie Review: Back to the Future
Generic [SPOILER ALERT] Time Travel as a concept is great for storytelling. Screenwriters must love the chance to weave twisty, crazy stories that double back …
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Movie Review: Requiem for a Dream
Generic [SPOILER ALERT] Make no mistake: drugs can consume people in such a way that not only is their life destroyed, but the lives …
Movie Review: Pulp Fiction
A generic [SPOILER ALERT] Few directors have as much sustained success as Quentin Tarantino. The man is 8 for 8 on directorial efforts, with each …
Movie Review: Psycho
Generic [SPOILER ALERT], major spoilers coming… Alfred Hitchcock is the Master of Suspense, for all time. Just LOOK at his resume: Dial M for Murder, …
Movie Review: The Godfather
A general [SPOILER ALERT] for a movie from 1972… It’s a shame for most younger viewers, The Godfather is just a meme. I’ve been around …
Movie Review: Minority Report
What are the pieces of a great sci-fi movie? Usually the source material is from a stellar writer, especially the master Philip K. Dick. This …
Movie Review: Schindler’s List
The Holocaust is one of the worst showcases of the depths of unconscionable behavior in the history of the human race. You get a sickness …
Movie Review: Saving Private Ryan
Generic [SPOILER ALERT!!!] I love the Oscars, and usually defend them. I so want them to represent the truly great films for the year, particularly …
Movie Review: Hell or High Water
Hell or High Water puts the Western through the 2008 financial crisis ringer. Turns out the combination creates a potent story set in a desolate …
Movie Review: Selma
2014 was the year of attempting biopics of larger than life people. Frankie Valli’s was terrible. Stephen Hawking’s and James Brown’s were ok. Alan Turing’s …