War and Justice suffers a bit too much from Well-Intentioned Documentary Syndrome. It is one of those films with a serious, self-evidently important topic (the International Criminal Court) that struggles… Continue reading "War and Justice (Gentile and Vetter, 2023)"
The hardest films to review are not the ones a critic dislikes but the ones he doesn’t get. When the reaction is antipathy, an honest critic can usually pinpoint specific… Continue reading "Gunfighter Paradise (Water, 2024)"
My click-bait reaction to Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes is that it is the Star Wars movie that I’ve been waiting for almost forty years. The problem with… Continue reading "Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes (Ball, 2024)"
Warning: This review contains plot spoilers. Those who want to avoid in-depth plot points prior to viewing should save this review and read it only after viewing. Somewhere during the… Continue reading "The Idea of You (Showalter, 2024)"
Red Whiteville and Blue has all the trappings of a Frank Capra picture. Small-town, plain folks join together in the face of economic hardship, seemingly powerless in the face of… Continue reading "Red Whiteville and Blue"
Part I of Martin Bourboulon’s newest iteration of The Three Musketeers made it onto my list of personal favorites from 2023. I was decidedly cooler towards Milady, so I’ve spent… Continue reading "The Three Musketeers – Part II: Milady (Bourboulon, 2024)"
When I was a college undergraduate in the mid-1980s, I participated in a “debate” with the campus Atheist. I didn’t particularly want to do it– at least I don’t remember… Continue reading "The Way We Speak (Ebright, 2024)"
“Both parties deprecated war; but one of them would make war rather than let the nation survive; and the other would accept war rather than let it perish.” _- Abraham… Continue reading "Civil War (Garland, 2024)"
The Long Game is like a large balloon tethered to the earth by a long but strong rope. It flies high enough, and it occasionally pulls against the constraints keeping… Continue reading "The Long Game (Quintana, 2024)"
Do you watch enough movies that you’ve had the experience of being in the middle of a film feeling as though you have seen it before … but not being… Continue reading "A Bit of Light (Moyer, 2022)"
