★★★½ The moment DUNC: Part One was over, I wanted Part Two. That was the problem. Now that Part Two has arrived, I can safely say that if we never get Part Three, I will not be disappointed. Is there more to experience? Certainly. But the core story is complete – the themes imparted, and […]
★★★½ How ’bout them oners? One of the things my subconscious does during a film, even a film I hate, is to mimic some of the immediate experiences of the people at the center of it. When James Bond goes underwater, I hold my breath with him. When Dave Bowman from 2001: A Space Odyssey […]
★★★½ “Never apologize, Mister! It’s a sign of weakness.” – Captain Nathan Brittles If I had to sum up the basic differences between films before vs. films after 1972, it’s that films before practiced the art of subtle non-subtlety, while films after it tend to practice non-subtle subtlety. The difference looks a bit like this: […]
★★★½ Most controversial movies get that way because of the things they do. Yet so much about this movie works because of the things it doesn’t do. It seems ironic that apart from the United States, the country that arguably produced the greatest filmmakers in the twentieth century was its greatest enemy in World War […]
★★★½ This movie references both of the two things that scare Austin Powers: (1) nuclear war, and (2) carnies. Every Guillermo del Toro movie has at least two monsters. There’s the movie monster, and there’s the “real” monster. The movie monster is usually a victim or a misunderstood friend, or, perhaps, if it’s still something […]
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