Category Archives: Movies

The race is on between 3rd wave COVID case records and vaccine rollout, and so far COVID is winning. We’re over a year in now, and I have no doubt you are wondering “which movies are the best for day … Continue reading →

A lot of the movies we’ve watched lately involve themes of murder, which seems about right for the times, given how Covid has murdered our social lives. Here, then, are a few. [Updated: I neglected to include ratings. This has … Continue reading →

Here is a quick refresher of the Barrett/Zaleski (mostly Barrett) family movie rules. They are standing the test of time pretty well, although Nicolas Cage in a strong contender to replace Kevin Costner in rule 4, mostly because of Face/Off. … Continue reading →

It’s hard to write funny when we are in our 10th month of COVID isolation and boredom, and I apologize in advance for that. At the same time, there’s a vaccine (actually at least three of them) and we are … Continue reading →

I present to you ten more movies, and just in case you (unlike me) don’t actually have 25 hours at your disposal, I have offered up some alternative viewing opportunities. One or the other should appeal! A Streetcar Named Desire … Continue reading →

Today, I shamelessly steal from my old movie critic heroes, Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert. This assorted collection of 15 movies almost catches me up to the present. However, COVID rages on and we have a PVR loaded up with … Continue reading →

It is a lame, uninspired choice to use Good/Bad/Ugly as a movie rating system so I made a slightly adjacent choice. The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly is not so much my kind of movie (although there was a … Continue reading →

20 movies, 10-word reviews. In hindsight, I should have done haikus! Giant – Texas rancher’s life seemingly unfolds in real time. Reeeaaaalllll tiiimmmmmmeee. Some Came Running – Unrequited three way love triangle leads to tragedy. As usual. The Thin Red … Continue reading →

There are a lot of movies that I have been wanting to see based solely on the fact that they contain a line of dialogue that made top 100 list of Hollywood’s best quotes of all time. I’m just that … Continue reading →

There’s no end of movies in the 1001 book of men behaving like big fat jerks. Here are seven of them that we “enjoyed” throughout pandemic house arrest. Mean Streets – Harvey Keitel is a conflicted catholic/gangster, who places upon … Continue reading →