I truly don’t know where I stand here in 2021 in regards to Quentin Tarantino and Wes Anderson.
40 Movies About Noises and Consequences, 2002: Adaptation
In which many actors put in iconic performances (Chris Cooper, Meryl Streep, Nic Cage, and Nic Cage) and I squander […]
40 Movies About Noises and Consequences, 2003: A Mighty Wind
Because I didn’t use This Is Spinal Tap for 1984 and have regretted it for months.
40 Movies About Noises and Consequences, 2001: The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
The 2001 essay was always going to be about 9/11 and Tolkien.
40 Movies About Noises and Consequences, 2000: Wonder Boys
“No offense, Professor Tripp, but you look kinda crappy.”
5 Thoughts on… Dracula 2000 (2000)
Dig through the ditches and burn through the witches and slam in the back of my… Virgin Megastore?
40 Movies About Noises and Consequences, 1999: Ravenous
<sighs with embarrassment at repurposing The Silence of the Lambs in a Ravenous essay> I’m having an old friend for […]
5 Thoughts on… The Four Seasons (1981)
Alan Alda, Carol Burnett, and friends boat, ski, stir fry, and shout their way into middle age.
40 Movies About Noises and Consequences, 1998: Shakespeare in Love
It is no Baz Luhrmann’s William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, that’s for sure.
A Quick Week at the Movies, August 2021
I caught three movies at the theater this past week: The Green Knight, Jungle Cruise, and The Suicide Squad. I […]
40 Movies About Noises and Consequences, 1997: As Good As It Gets
“What if this is as good as it gets?” Truly a haunting thought in summer 2021.
40 Movies About Noises and Consequences, 1996: The Rock
Let’s talk junior high school, and basketball, and Nicolas Cage, and Michael Bay, and Christian rock.