They Shot the Piano Player (2024)
Spanish director Fernando Truaba is one of those [...]
Archive for April, 2018
Avengers: Infinity War (2018)
A little less than an hour before sitting down to write this review, a lady asked me “Would the new Avengers movie make any sense to someone who hasn’t seen the other movies in this series?” My quick answer is simple: “Yes, but it won’t mean as much to you because you don’t know the […]
The Pod Bay Doors Podcast, Episode #42: The Great Dictator (1940)
This episode, Doug and Jerry celebrate the birthday of Charlie Chaplin while skewering the madness of Hitler, also born last week, with Chaplin’s first talkie and first talkie masterpiece The Great Dictator (1940).
The Revolted #4: Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace (1999)
Some things just don’t work out. Sometimes the intention overrides the execution and what you come away with is a misstep that, if you’re lucky, you can easily get over. When it comes to movies, sometimes the misfires come in gargantuan proportions. Enter: The Revolted, a bi-weekly examination of big-budget, highly anticipated movies that, for […]
Ebertfest 2018, Day 3
Well . . . you can win ‘em all. Day 3 of Champaign, Illinois’ 20th Ebertfest was packed with the usual fan excitement amid a cold weather pattern that seemed to be improving. One could only hope that the roster of movies featured on the schedule were worth getting excited about. Save for American Splendor, […]
Ebertfest 2018, Day 2
Day 2 of the 2018 edition of Ebertfest and a cold wind is proving to be the festival’s only unwelcomed guest. Once inside, all is well. The day started with a panel discussion at the Hyatt sponsored by Rotten Tomatoes on the future of film criticism. Chazz Ebert managed to gather the site’s cream […]
Ebertfest 2018, Day 1
Time has a funny effect on great movies. Watching The Fugitive last night as the opening film for Champaign, Illinois’ 20th Annual Ebertfest was chance not only to catch up on a movie I hadn’t seen in at least a decade, but also to recapture the magic in a theater with an excited audience. The […]
The Pod Bay Doors Podcast, Episode #41: Fargo (1996)
This week, Jerry and Doug travel to the snow-bound Upper Mid-West for the Coen Brothers violent, bloody and often very funny modern classic. Aw, you betcha! It’s Fargo.
Isle of Dogs (2018)
Wes Anderson takes to whimsy like a duck to water. It must be in his bones, he knows how to conceptualize it in a way that is droll and wry but never forced. After 20 years one might think that his bag of whimsical drollery might be wearing out its welcome, but not so fast. […]
