REVIEWS
AndersonVision Blu-ray/DVD 2021 Derby [Reviews]
What do you do when you watch every Blu-ray and DVD in the world, but want to say a lot about them? The compromise is that periodically I have to stop talking about classic movies to cover random rele...
Why Quick Change (1990) is the greatest Bill Murray Movie [Warner Archive Blu-ray review]
Quick Change was the first crime that I ever loved. As the years went on, I came to realize it’s the greatest Bill Murray movie ever made. That’s not to besmirch his work with Reitman, And...
Each Dawn I Die (1939) [Warner Archive Blu-ray review]
Each Dawn I Die works on many of the popular trappings of 1930s American fiction. At the time, the rise of immigrants into America viewed journalists as the champions of the underdog. So, why not show...
Another Thin Man (1939) [Warner Archive Blu-ray classic review]
Another Thin Man is the third of six movies about upper class WASP detectives. No, it would be cooler if this was a 1930s movie about insects solving crimes. This is just a movie about a married coupl...
Nomadland (2020): Life in a Poop Bucket
Nomadland is considered by many to be the odds-on Oscar favorite for the top prizes. To that I say, don’t discount the sheer volume of older voters that were put off by McDormand’s tantrum...
The Father (2020): Mental Aging Horrors Clout
The Father is the most passively complex film of the past year. Playing carefully with the nature of location and memory, director Zeller takes us into the wilds of dementia. Seeing how so much of the...
Judas and the Black Messiah (2021): Black Panther Snyder Cut
Judas and the Black Messiah has one of the best scripts of 2020. But, many will not understand why for years to come. In a year where the mechanics of oppression are being studied in our streets and o...
Promising Young Woman (2020): Jezebel Fan-Fic Long Form Winner
Promising Young Woman is the perfect film that exists in the minds of imperfect people trying to make sense of the world. Many detractors are quick to slap them with the SJW brush, but I think it goes...
Minari (2020) [Best of 2020 Movie Review]
Minari was my favorite film of 2020. Over the last few months, there was a ton of other films that came close. But, there is something to this little drama that could that spoke to me. While everyone ...