In Theaters
Needful Things (1993) En iyi Stephen King uyarlaması filmlerden biri. Bir gün küçük ve sevimli bir Amerikan kasabasına Hitler’in mercedesiyle bir adam gelir ve herkesin en çok ihtiyacı olan nesneyi bulabileceği bir hediyelik eşya dükkanı açar ama bu eşyalar sadece para karşılığında değil aynı zamanda bir iyilik karşılığında satılmaktadır. Başrollerde Max von Sydow ve Ed […]
Airplane! Release Date: July 2, 1980 Director: Jim Abrahams, David Zucker, Jerry Zucker. Starring: Robert Hays, Julie Hagerty, Leslie Nielsen. Tag Lines: You’ve read the ad, now see the movie!” “The IN-FLIGHT comedy that airlines won’t show!!{“ “What’s slower than a speeding bullet, and able to hit tall buildings at a single bound?” “Thank […]
Welcome to Part: 21 of My Journey into Science-Fiction. If you would learn more about my journey and how it has taken me from Radar Men from the Moon to Ready Player One, click on the link below. My Journey into Science-Fiction Archives. I’m not sure I have come across anyone who has pointed out […]
Ready Player One, 2018. My Journey into Science-Fiction Part:21.
Truth Seekers has all the ingredients to quickly become a cult favorite among fans, but can Nick Frost and Simon Pegg pull off this mystery while maintaining their dry sarcastic humor? Let’s find out…
Spoiler-Free Review of “Truth Seekers” on Prime Video: The Paranormal can be fun
In season 11, episode 3, “Frances Francis Franny Frank,” Frank attempts to take Franny to school, which ends up being more difficult than he anticipated. Meanwhile, Carl gets a new partner, Tami gets some heartbreaking news, and Kev shows off with pride. My top 5 moments from Shameless season 11 episode 3 are:
Ranking the top 5 moments from “Shameless” season 11 episode 3: “Frances Francis Franny Frank”
With 2021 nearly upon us, I wanted to count down my Top 10 worst films of this year. What are some of yours? Let me know! (Oliver’s Story) (1978) 1. Oliver’s Story (1978) – Two rich people meet and complain about how rich they are. Oh the inhumanity! For all of its faults, at least […]
Eugene “Joey” Albin and Julie A. Ward on the parallels between the imagined Viking past of “Midsommar” and the racist, nationalist myths held up by neo-Confederates in the USA.
Midsommar’s Nordic Nationalism and Neo-Confederate Nostalgia
The Color Purple Release Date: December 18, 1985 Director: Steven Spielberg Starring: Whoopie Goldberg, Danny Glover, Adolph Caesar, Margaret Avery, Rae Dawn Chong, Oprah Winfrey. Tag Lines: “Alice Walker’s Pulitzer Prize Winning Story.” “It’s about life. It’s about love. It’s about us.” Relevance: ‘The Color Purple’ was released in December of 1985. Directed by […]
Ava tells story of Ava Faulkner (Jessica Chastain), who has a troubled past, a turbulent present, and an uncertain future. As we learn via a series of still frames during the film’s opening credits, Ava was the valedictorian of her high school class but her bright future was derailed by her own alcoholism. She killed […]
The Films of 2020: Ava (dir by Tate Taylor)
Poltergeist Release Date: June 4, 1982 Director: Tobe Hooper Starring: JoBeth Williams, Craig T. Nelson, Beatrice Straight. Tag Lines: “From a dimension beyond the living, a terror to scare you to death.” “Mommy, Daddy, where are you?” “Its form is revealed, Its focus is clear and the games are over.” “They’re here.” “It knows […]
West Side Story Release Date: October 18, 1961 Director: Robert Wise, Jerome Robbins. Starring: Natalie Wood, Richard Beymer, Rita Moreno, George Chakiris, Russ Tamblyn. Tag Lines: “Watch this shot now. Hey. Shoot, man. Go. Hey, yeah.” “Unlike other classics, West Side Story grows younger!” “The Screen Achieves One of the Great Entertainments in the […]
Splendour. Here’s a cult classic from 2003 starring Paul Giamatti and Hope Davis. Directed by Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini, it tells the tale of everyman comic book writer Harvey Pekar. American Splendor Harvey Pekar (1939-2010) became an unlikely underground comic book star. Although he wasn’t an artist, his sardonic autobiographical style appealed to […]
American Splendor: Fun Harvey Pekar Sort of Romp
Time: 99 Minutes Age Rating: Cast: Simon Pegg as Shaun Nick Frost as Ed Kate Ashfield as Liz Lucy Davis as Dianne Dylan Moran as David Penelope Wilton as Barbara Bill Nighy as Philip Director: Edgar Wright Shaun (Simon Pegg) is a salesman whose life has no direction. However, his uneventful life takes a sudden turn […]
Shaun of the Dead (2004) Review
I rarely do summaries of films. Just go to Wikipedia if you want that. But this still may contain spoilers! It’s hard to believe that the guy who directed 2001: A Space Odyssey and A Clockwork Orange could create something like Eyes Wide Shut. Is that a compliment or an insult? Well, depending on how […]
Continue reading “Another look at Eyes Wide Shut”
Prometheus (2012) Filmin özgün öyküsü özetle şu: Yeryüzünde yaşamı başlatan, “mühendis” dedikleri uzaylılarmış. Mühendislerin yurdunda yaşamı kim başlatmış, o konuya girilmiyor. Mühendisleri bulacaklarını umdukları yıldız sistemine araştırma yolculuğu yapmak için Peter Weyland bir bilimadamları takımı oluşturuyor. Vardıkları gezegende kafalarındaki sorulara beklemedikleri yanıtlar alıyorlar. Kendilerinden hoşnut olmayan bir mühendisle ve ayrıca öldürücü bir maddeyle yüz yüze […]
Change can be difficult. So this is about a heavy metal drummer named Ruben (Riz Ahmed). His life is about to be thrown through a loop when he starts to lose his sense of hearing. He has no choice but to figure something out posthaste. Now I went into this movie fully expecting it to […]
High Price to Pay – Sound of Metal (2019)
The Chicago Film Critics Association announced their picks for best of 2020 today! Check out their nominees here and the winners below! BEST PICTURE Nomadland BEST DIRECTOR Chloé Zhao – Nomadland BEST ACTOR Chadwick Boseman – Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom BEST ACTRESS Frances McDormand – Nomadland BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR Paul Raci – Sound of Metal […]
I wasn’t 100% sold on the trailer, I can’t stand the typical posh British accent in films, you know the ONLY British accent that seems to exist in the film industry… Well as soon as I heard this accent come out of Enola Holmes mouth I kind of checked out, but then I watched it. […]
Enola Holmes: 2020 Feminist in 1884.
The Gentlemen (2020) Released: January 24th, 2020 Genre: Crime, Comedy, Action Director: Guy Ritchie Writers: Guy Ritchie, Ivan Atkinson, Marn Davies Cast: Matthew McConaughey, Charlie Hunnam, Colin Farrell , Jeremy Strong Opening Thoughts: Going into 2020 I was all excited for a bunch of movies. (Little did I know!) One of the first to get […]
Movie Review: The Gentlemen (2019)
