Until recently, I hadn’t watched Saturday Night Live in probably 10, maybe even 15, years. I could easily kick the show in groin by saying that I haven’t been watching because the skits are no longer funny and neither are the actors. But I won’t. The real reason I haven’t watched is, of course, I [...]
Archive for the ‘Main Features’ Category
MacGruber: The ultimate tool
Posted in Main Features, Movie Reviews, tagged Kristen Wiig, MacGruber, MacGyver, Ryan Phillipe, Saturday Night Live, Val Kilmer, Will Forte on May 23, 2010 | 15 Comments »
“Man is a genius when he dreams ” The Mythology, Style, and Films of John Ford & Akira Kurosawa Part 2
Posted in Main Features, tagged Akira Kurosawa, Culture, director, Dostevesky, Entertainment, John Ford, seventh samurai, Shakespeare, The Searchers, western on April 18, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Part 2 The Searchers (1956) based on Alan Le May’s novel from nineteen fifty-six is highly regarded as Ford’s finest work and ranked as high as number five on the prestigious British Film Institute’s Sight and Sound worldwide critics poll. The Searchers(1956) concerns the story of ex-confederate soldier and outlaw Ethan Edwards played by John [...]
“Man is a genius when he dreams ” The Mythology, Style, and Films of John Ford & Akira Kurosawa
Posted in Main Features, tagged Culture, director, Entertainment, John Ford, john wayne, Kurosawa, mythology, seventh samurai, western on April 9, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Part 1 “‘Oh for shame, how the mortals put the blame on us gods, for they say evils come from us, but it is they, rather, who by their own recklessness win sorrow beyond what is given……. -Zeus, from Homer’s Odyssey “Art is a lie that Tells the Truth.” -Pablo Picasso Tales of human perseverance, [...]
Morning cup of angry
Posted in Main Features, tagged Culture, Entertainment, Movies on March 31, 2010 | 4 Comments »
I am a fairly cynical person these days. Not sure if it has always been that way or this is a new thing. Nah, on second thought it’s a new thing. Can you blame me? How can someone these days not be cynical, especially when it comes to popular culture? Music is beyond terrible, where [...]
Strolling the Vegetable aisle at Three AM…Opinions of the film Invictus
Posted in Main Features, Movie Reviews on March 8, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
This film reminds me of cucumbers, please, let me explain. First, Nelson Mandela and the Springboks both deserve better. Mandela, perhaps the transcendent world figure of the 1990s and the Springboks, the symbol of South Africa’s racist and hegemonic past to most Africans and who miraculously pulled off one of he greatest athletic upsets of [...]
The Squid and the Whale
Posted in Main Features, tagged Billy Baldwin, divorce, Film review, Jeff Daniels, Jesse Eisenberg, Laura Linney, Movie Reviews, Noah Baumbach, The Squid and the Whale on March 2, 2010 | 4 Comments »
I know I had promised an in depth review of Crazy Heart, but I just saw a movie the other night that caused a lot of discussion between me and my wife for the past few days. I swear I will get to Crazy Heart at some point, perhaps when the Oscar’s draw nearer. Last night [...]
The Tracking Shot Manifesto
Posted in Main Features on February 1, 2010 | 2 Comments »
There is a certain order to things, always has and always will be. To explain what I mean I would like to briefly discuss the subject of the much debated, sometimes infamous, “tracking shot”. Now, before we move forward I believe that it is important for all of us to be on the same page [...]
