Archive for the ‘Movies’ Category

My wife had a brilliant idea last week; brilliant in every respect of the word. We were talking about movies while we were out at dinner and she mentioned that, yes, while movies like The Godfather and Psycho are considered classics they are in no way rewatchable. At least, not like Superbad, Almost Famous, and [...]

Ten years ago it was 1999 and that year, for me, was easily the greatest year for movies. Sure, there have been some great movies that have been released since but 1999 featured a veritable murderer’s row of classics. Don’t believe me? Here is a chronologically ordered list of movies released in theaters in 1999: [...]

I desperately wanted to like No Country For Old Men when I saw it over the weekend. I really did. For the most part, it is an above average movie. Javier Bardem absolutely deserved the Oscar he won, Josh Brolin played the part of the Southern tragic figure about as well as it could have [...]

I blame it all on Independence Day really. Like the other 90 million plus viewers of Super Bowl XXX I saw the trailer for Independence Day and was amazed at those alien ships blowing up the White House and how real it all looked. However, this movie is the sole demarcation point of my relationship [...]