For the last October movie of the week, I let myself bend the rules and watch a movie I’ve already seen. This was partly a birthday present to myself, and partly a chance to spend some long-distance quality time with my girlfriend. We kept a…
Last Sunday’s movie was supposed to be Lair of the White Worm, but since Netflix didn’t have that, I took my girlfriend’s sage advice and watched Tales from the Hood instead. I’m glad I did. Not because it was a great movie, but because half…
I may have to change these to “movies of the week,” since Sundays are shaping up to be busier than expected. I got this one out of the way early just in case. Unfortunately, I didn’t like it quite as much as I’d hoped to….
This is the second Woody Allen movie I’ve ever seen. I was much more impressed by this than I was by Sleeper. The shots were so unusual and well-composed — characters speaking out of frame, or seamlessly taking focus at exactly the right time —…
I really do plan to watch some serious important movies in this series, but since I have a concert ticket for tonight, it’s the Sunday Lunchtime Movie instead. So I wanted to go with something light. I’ve seen surprisingly few Mel Brooks movies. I opted…
Having decided it’s well past time I started watching a few grown-up movies I’d never gotten around to seeing, as opposed to spending all my screen time on the same British science fiction shows, I inaugurate tonight my Sunday Night Movie. The first selection: The…
While waiting in line to get our movie tickets, we were reminded by a monitor showing rotating trivia questions and preview clips that Monsters University is the only Pixar prequel so far. It sounds like an unremarkable fact, but there’s probably a good reason for…
The theme tune is just okay. I want to love Adele, but I don’t, quite. She seems a sort of pale imitation of what she ought to be. The girl is young, though, and perhaps she’ll grow into that voice. Surprisingly, the Chris Cornell theme…
I never thought I could get tired of the color black. Thanks to Tron Legacy, I never want to see it again, which is unfortunate since my wardrobe is based on it. This is one of those movies where it’s easier to talk about what…
At least as good as Azkaban, perhaps better depending on what you like. Me, I like dark wizardry and Tom Riddle, walking the line with Snape, and Dumbledore Gandalfing it up. This one was finally restrained in all the right ways; for once the music…