They Shot the Piano Player (2024)
Spanish director Fernando Truaba is one of those [...]
Archive for May, 2017
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales (2017)
The Pirates of the Caribbean movies put a lot of stock in curses. It should, really, when there are haunted men walking around with scales for brains and barnacles for skin. But the biggest curse that the new installment of the series must overcome is The Curse of the Fourth Sequel. This is a lamentable […]
Hokey Religions, Ancient Weapons: Star Wars turns 40
If my passion for movies were a galaxy then Star Wars would most certainly be its brightest star. George Lucas’ seminal masterwork landed on America forty years ago today and its impact has never left us. It has certainly never left the panoply of my life. It’s still there in much the same way that […]
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017)
Let’s talk about Baby Groot. He’s precious. You could watch his antics all day. He’s like a cute puppy, he could be the star of a series of YouTube videos where you watch him do anything. Clearly the people behind Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 know what they have in Baby Groot. They understood it the […]
