Category: flicks

If I recall correctly, I am somehow contractually obligated to use the term “rousing tale” with the phrase “adventure on the high seas.” Fortunately in this case, it’s an apt description. An amazing yarn from beginning to end– though it ends with the hint of another adventure to be had, which is fitting, considering the…

I haven’t read the book, but my wife tells me that the first two acts of this film (the ones I call “maddeningly intriguing”) are the closest to the source. It all comes together in the end, but the re-emergence of Finn’s benefactor took the film on a seemingly unnecessary action-adventure bent. That said, most…

James Stewart being upstanding, Jean Arthur being lovely and encouraging, and Claude Rains being shocked– SHOCKED!– that there’s corruption in the U.S. Senate. A wonderfully clean-cut fairy tale of right and wrong in the Federal Government. We could use more movies like this one. What the hell happened to Frank Capra, anyway? Oh. Well… crap….

So, for the first time tonight, during the umpteenth time of watching Groundhog Day (which is an excellent, excellent movie, by the by), my wife pointed out that it features two songs from other time warp/travel movies, namely Rachmaninoff’s Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, which forms the basis for John Barry’s score for Somewhere…

A really slickly edited documentary about the evolution of 70s surfing into what we know as modern skateboarding. I never really got into the whole skate “scene,” probably mostly since even when I was young enough to not worry about my own mortality, I had nowhere near the coordination (or, honestly, mere lack of clumsiness)…

Just realized, I gotta get my movie review macro set up on here ASAP, since I’m planning to watch a movie-a-day (or more) during my winter vacation. Hopefully, I can get ratings up for all of the movies on my Netflix “rented” list as well, though we’ll have to see about that. I’m seriously looking…

So, the new Indiana Jones DVDs boast: Exclusive DVD-ROM Content: Each of the Indiana Jones DVDs has the ability to unlock exclusive Indiana Jones content, available only through a special DVD-ROM website. An additional link to the Indianajones.com web site (the official site for Indiana Jones fans) will offer regular features and updates on the…