Roy Bean (Paul Newman) walks into a saloon in Vinegaroon, and receives singular mistreatment by the inhabitants. With the help of a local woman, he arms himself and slays those who’ve wronged him … and names himself judge of the West Texas bordertown. All of that is vaguely tantalizing; it’s directed by John Huston (The… [Read More]
Bull Durham – Criterion Collection: Love & Life on the Diamond
In 1988, Ron Shelton made his directorial debut with a film based loosely on his experiences as a minor league baseball player with four different teams from 1967-71. He would go on to make seven more sports-related films as writer or director: White Men Can’t Jump, Cobb, Tin Cup, The Best of Times, Blue Chips, The Great White… [Read More]
Ready Player One: Real Life
Ernest Cline’s book Ready Player One, was a massively geeky love letter about the 1980s wrappd in virtual reality. The movie is noticeably different yet somehow works well enough that people will come in droves to watch.
Rampage: George Saves the World
If you’re in the thirty to fifty range, and spent any time in an arcade, you know that you could choose to spend a quarter to play as George (gorilla), Ralph (wolf), or Lizzie (Godzilla-like lizard). Now, as The Rock explores his various nostalgic takes (Rampage = Jurassic World, Skyscraper=Die Hard, Jumanji=… Jumanji?), we get a Midway game brought… [Read More]
A Quiet Place: Don’t Make a Sound
I don’t do horror. Don’t like it, can’t stand it, don’t want to watch it. But I had to see A Quiet Place. So I waited until I could watch it on my own screen, with all the lights on, in the safety of my otherwise normally loud home. And then I listened to the quiet…. [Read More]
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