My last film was “Blade Runner,” which I said was kind of a cheat. This one is not a cheat. Despite having read multiple Hunter S. Thompson books, I’ve never seen “Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas.” My parents introduced me to the concept of Hunter S. Thompson at a young age, giving me a… Read More 100 films I haven’t seen: ‘Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas’
This one feels like a bit of a cheat. Of course I’ve seen “Blade Runner.” Everyone has. But I had never seen the theatrical cut. It had sort of disappeared from home video following the release Ridley Scott’s director’s cut. Film 4: “Blade Runner” My excuse for not seeing it: I first saw “Blade Runner”… Read More 100 films I haven’t seen: ‘Blade Runner’
Last week I went to Chicago to see Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, a Christmas present from my wife. I’m not going to write about that experience, because the nice thing about being a semi-retired music writer is now I can just enjoy a concert and not worry about organizing my thoughts on a… Read More 100 films I haven’t seen: ‘The Proposition’
I’m going to do a few of these where I feel almost a bit embarrassed to admit I haven’t seen the film. This is definitely one of those. Film 2: “Escape From New York” My Excuse for Not Watching It: I think it’s partly just that John Carpenter was kind of in my pop culture… Read More 100 Films I Haven’t Seen: ‘Escape From New York’
I used to see a lot of movies. In college, I had a membership to the local art house theater that let me see everything for free (I think it was $50 a year). After college, I spent about two years doing weekly movie reviews for Juice, which often involved seeing films that weren’t quite… Read More 100 films I haven’t seen: ‘Singin’ in the Rain’
A few weeks ago, Ava kept asking me why I haven’t watched “Minions” yet. After being asked the same question a few times, I finally replied “Why haven’t you watched ‘Citizen Kane’ yet? She’s four, so of course she hadn’t seen it. She asked what it was about, and I said it was about a… Read More Ava Reviews Daddy Stuff: ‘Citizen Kane’
This morning I logged onto my favorite movie forum and clicked on the thread for the upcoming Ghostbusters remake/reboot. Ever since the female leads were announced in early 2015, the discussion has largely been about how this film was basically spitting on the childhood of any male born in the 1970s. The thread has been… Read More Everyone needs to chill out about pop culture
This week Rifftrax is doing a live riff of “Time Chasers” in theaters (it will be showing locally at Jordan Creek’s Century 20). Back in 2009 I interviewed Kevin Murphy of Rifftrax for a now defunct website. I recently found the text for the interview and decided to revive it. It’s interesting to look back on… Read More That time I interviewed Kevin Murphy of Rifftrax
So what, exactly was wrong with the Star Wars prequels? That’s a difficult question to answer, because you could pull at a million little Jar Jar or “Padme making a huge impression on Leia in 30 seconds of parenthood” threads until you’ve turned into a living, breathing message board post. There’s a lot wrong with… Read More Star Wars: Return of the Ronin
