So the summer is officially winding down and as such it’s time to start taking stock of everything that has happened. First up television! Does it feel like anything really moved the needle this year in TV land? There was lots of stuff I really enjoyed but not much shook me to my core, other
Remakes are, and always have been, a staple of not just Hollywood cinema, but film history. Some rise above their previous source material, some don’t. There are few that feel as ill-conceived as Death Note, a poorly slapped together fan fiction film version of what should have been a strong morality tale. Death Note
List time! I was originally going to be doing a 2012 5 years later retrospective but naturally my plans were thwarted. You’ll get to see that piece in a couple of weeks. Today, I want to talk about comedies, specifically the best ones. BBC recently polled a whole bunch of people and asked them what
Like an oasis during these messy times, Queers on BBC was a beacon of light shining on a really interesting part of British/LGBT history. An eight episode miniseries of monologues, the monologues were penned as part of a celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Sexual Offenses Act and chronicles the LGBT journey across several
New week, new film! This week’s Wayback Wednesday takes a look at The Breaking Point (1950). The Breaking Point (1950) Starring: John Garfield, Patricia Neal, Phyllis Thaxter, Juano Hernandez, Wallace Ford, Edmon Fod Directed By: Michael Curtiz Synopsis: An otherwise moral captain of a charter boat becomes financially strapped and is drawn into illegal activities
Welcome to what will hopefully be a long running series! Wayback Wednesday is something I’ve had on my mind to do for a while to both revisit classic movies as well as make my way through my ever growing, but never played Criterion collection. Blending the two enabled me to start this weekly jump into