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I think people have been trying to make anti-war movies for just about ever — and have been writing about it even longer. The Red Badge of Courage comes to mind as one of the earliest, but the entire field … Continue reading →

After he’s dead and gone — I’d prefer burning at the stake to a beheading, but I’d take either of Henry the VIII’s favorite methods of killing his rivals and the other 80,000 people he murdered — Trump’s era will … Continue reading →

The Dog movie is basically a family enforcer — practically a tool of the Christian Nationalists, who I consider to be the most dangerous religion currently infesting our world. In the past, Islamic Fundamentalism was probably the most dangerous, but … Continue reading →

I got to see Oppenheimer in IMAX, the way it was meant to be seen, and what a joy it was to hear and see the full movie in the form it was meant to be. But this time, I … Continue reading →

Well I don’t know how to do much with this web stuff, so I can’t figure out how to put text next to this image. This Jane Campion movie and the novel it’s based on, published in 1967 if you … Continue reading →

I’ve written it over and over and over, again and again and again. Addiction is boring. I think William Burroughs is probably the only writer who got it right (write). (But I haven’t read a word by Bukowski.) When Burroughs … Continue reading →

Another of Coppola dynasty has become a director. Well she’s been a director for awhile, but this might be the one that gives her some fame, just like Lost In Translation gave her aunt Sophia her a taste of fame. … Continue reading →

The premise of this play is that in Tehran, or somewhere near it, in the late 90s I think, a woman at a school is teaching English to a group of students whose skills vary from struggling to almost perfect. … Continue reading →

I don’t feel qualified to review this Robert Eggers movie because unlike the others, I kept falling asleep. I didn’t see anything up until the titles because I was snoring away. Many points of the movie were lost (and not … Continue reading →

I didn’t really feel like searching for an image to go with this “take” on this movie. I didn’t even look up the writers. Reasons: 1) I have always hated his voice; 2) I have always disliked his face; 3) … Continue reading →