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I think that I’ve always harbored a fear of the Christian need to proselytize from having grown up in a “Born Again” fundamentalist family (only 1 of whom, by the way, believed it — the patriarch of course.) But living … Continue reading →

I saw this was re-issued for its 40th Anniversary, having spawned a now-considered Camp classic movie, a musical, a sequel or two, a Joan Crawford fan club which doubles as a Christina bashing free for all, the destruction of one … Continue reading →

The poster for Eddington vaguely resembles the famous Apocalypse Now poster, (which I used to own, until I sold all my movie posters to Posteratiti.) In this apocalypse, the apocalyptic event is, basically, Covid and our horrific response to it. … Continue reading →

I guess because Manohla Dargis gave it a wonderful review in the NYTimes and it became a “critic’s pick” in the same newspaper, this play seems to be doing well. Sorry, it’s supposed to be a movie. But it’s a … Continue reading →

I’ve become so bored with movies and television shows, primarily because of the terrible writing, casting, plotting, acting, directing and all the other gerunds. The most interesting recently was Department Q which had only a few drawbacks: one being the … Continue reading →

David Cronenberg invented, apparently, the body horror genre, but I think the word horror is really a terrible description of his fascination. The last movie he made, people were watching surgeries as entertainment. These surgeries would take place without general … Continue reading →

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 →