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‘Fargo’ Is The Show To Watch

I never really caught on with the TV anthology show Fargo initially. I missed the first two seasons but started to watch the third when I recognized the cast of Ewan McGregor (in dual roles), Mary Elizabeth Winstead and Carrie Coon. It was a pretty good season but I really didn’t have any interest inContinue reading “‘Fargo’ Is The Show To Watch”

‘Jacob’s Ladder’ Is A Nightmare That You Never Want To Experience

Christmas may be over but a movie like Jacob’s Ladder isn’t technically a Christmas movie. It’s set in the dreary late fall/early winter of December for a reason. It’s about the darkness a man experiences following a traumatic experience. Jacob Singer (Tim Robbins) was once a philosophy professor but after his youngest son, Gabe (MacaulayContinue reading “‘Jacob’s Ladder’ Is A Nightmare That You Never Want To Experience”

‘Tombstone’ Retells How The West Was Won, For The Most Part

The story of Wyatt Earp and Doc Holliday had been told so many times before that in the early 1990s, attempts were being made to tell it like it really happened. Earp himself dabbled in acting before his death at 80 nearly 95 years ago. And early filmmakers weren’t really consumed with telling the truthContinue reading “‘Tombstone’ Retells How The West Was Won, For The Most Part”

‘The Last Voyage Of The Demeter’ Never Does Find Right Course

I’ve often thought that the tale of what happens on the Demeter ship in Bram Stoker’s Dracula would make a good movie. Imagine being in a ship in the middle of a body of water many miles from land with a killer on board but no way to stop it I had a more differentContinue reading “‘The Last Voyage Of The Demeter’ Never Does Find Right Course”

‘The Secret Life Of Walter Mitty’ Is A Wonderful Storytelling Achievement

Every now and again, a movie is released that isn’t favored by many critics and doesn’t do well at the box office but finds its audience, respect and admiration later. The Secret Life of Walter Mitty opened on Christmas Day in 2013 to polarizing reviews. Produced on a huge budget of $90 million, it madeContinue reading “‘The Secret Life Of Walter Mitty’ Is A Wonderful Storytelling Achievement”

And On Earth Peace

It’s one of those stories that you never hear about even though it’s been recanted by President Reagan, Reader’s Digest and featured on Unsolved Mysteries. Maybe the reason it hasn’t been made into a movie is that it’s just a story of several people coming together to have a dinner. But when you think aboutContinue reading “And On Earth Peace”

The Filmmaker Who F@#%ing Loves Christmas

For many cinophiles, they don’t care for the Hallmark Christmas movies or whatever family-friendly “instant classic” Disney tries to present each year. No, there’s one filmmaker whose pretty much made it his goal to focus as many movies he can around the holidays. A lot of people may not know the name Shane Black. ButContinue reading “The Filmmaker Who F@#%ing Loves Christmas”