For me, Raiders of the Lost Ark is peak cinema. It is unequivocally one of the greatest movies ever made, one that embraced all the miraculous possibilities of film promised… Continue reading "Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)."
Author Stephen King is an institution. He’s been working for five decades, writing 61 novels, a number of short story and novella collections, memoirs, and screenplays (a total of 85 published books to date… Continue reading "The Institute by Stephen King (2019)."
There is a certain pleasure that comes from watching a Jackie Chan movie. There are bigger and often better action films out there and there are funnier comedies, but few… Continue reading "Police Story (1985)."
This in the first of a (possible) series of film retrospectives in which I watch for the first time, a long-time favorite of a podcaster I admire. The first shot… Continue reading "Against All Odds (1984)."
After the career renaissance that 2006’s Rocky Balboa had given Sylvester Stallone, it remained to be seen if the reintroduction of of Sly’s other iconic character would have the same… Continue reading "Rambo: The Long Road to Last Blood."
Side quests punctuate part two of Andy Muschietti’s effort to adapt Stephen King’s monstrous 1986 novel, detours that are superfluous in a story that’s thinner than it’s pretending to be.… Continue reading "It: Chapter Two (2019)."
Episode 34 of The Film ‘89 Podcast is our biggest episode yet as we dive headlong into an in-depth celebration and analysis of a classic western that’s celebrating its 60th… Continue reading "The Film ‘89 Podcast Episode 34 – Rio Bravo (1959) & Horror Film Special."
After his audacious 1983 adaptation of the 1960 Jean Luc Goddard film Breathless, (reviewed here), Jim McBride continued his exploration into the fragility of masculinity in his 1986 movie The… Continue reading "The Big Easy (1987)."
There have been many great director/actor partnerships across the history of cinema. From D.W. Griffith and Lillian Gish to Scorsese and De Niro (or Scorsese and DiCaprio if you wish), every… Continue reading "Marlene Dietrich & Josef von Sternberg at Paramount, 1930-1935 (Limited Edition) – Blu-Ray Review."
I remember a few years ago when film critic Mark Kermode attempted to list the films with the most boring titles. This was inspired by the release of that forgettable… Continue reading "Closely Watched Trains (1966)."
