I’m currently rewatching all the movies I remember fondly from the 1970s, ’80s, ’90s, 2000s, and ’10s, and also and always anything else that’s smart, subversive, and/or simply strange in a good way. … [read more]

I wanted to see Dario Argento’s Inferno (1980), and it was actually kind of heard to find and steal, because so many other Infernos popped up, so today’s movies are all Infernos and nothing but. … [read more]

I’m starting to like my flatmate Robert. Is that allowed? He’s the one who doesn’t talk at me all the time. We talk now and then, casually, but he knows how to shut up too, and he has a sense of humor. … [read more]

You know I love movies, especially weird movies, but I’m finished with modern-day horror movies. I saw one a few days ago (review written but not yet published), and it sickened me again, like almost all modern-day horror movies sicken me, so that’ll be the last one for me. … [read more]

I’m the guy in the picture above, frowning, because today’s movies are mostly disappointments.Don’t miss Winter Kills, though.

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About Time (2013)

Domhnall Gleeson plays Tim, a shy but nice enough young chap (it’s a British movie, so he’s a chap) whose father, played by the ever-charming Bill Nighy, pulls him aside for a serious talk on Tim’s 21st birthday. … [read more]

All the President’s Men (1976)

I’m a sucker for hard-boiled journalism movies, and this one’s great. It follows Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein, scrappy reporters for the Washington Post, as they sniff out who was behind a burglary at Democratic Party headquarters — yeah, the Watergate break-in. … [read more]

Bad Boy Bubby (1993)

I don’t even know what I just turned off. There’s a plump woman, and a balding man I thought was her son but I guess he isn’t, since he squeezed her boobs. … [read more]

Everyone in the family is invited, but attendance at the regular family breakfast is usually three — just me, Mom, and my sister Katrina. Yesterday’s get-together was more crowded, with the regulars plus my nephew George the stoner, his wife I barely know, and my friend Leon. … [read more]

Usually I write about nothing much, and try to make it worth reading. When there’s just plain nothing going on, though — no arguments with homeless people, nothing outrageous from my mom or my flatmates — there’s nothing to say, and that’s today. … [read more]

Americathon (1978)

In this odd but slightly pertinent satire from way back when, the United States of America is teetering near bankruptcy. Fortunately, a benevolent billionaire lent the USA enough money to squeak by for a while, but unfortunately, he wants the debt repaid. … [read more]