Category Archives: Movies

“The Counselor” (2013)

Blowhard, Esq. writes: Given my distaste for him, I probably have no business reviewing this movie, the first based on an original screenplay by Cormac McCarthy. However, when I found out it was about a lawyer and was coming out around my birthday, … Continue reading

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Horror Movie Posters

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: Nosferatu. Does this word not sound like the deathbird calling your name at midnight? Beware you never say it — for then the pictures of life will fade to shadows, and haunting dreams will climb forth from … Continue reading

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Quote Du Jour

Blowhard, Esq. writes: Another time, I met him at a party in Palm Springs. I hadn’t seen him for about a year. He was having a rough time. MGM had dropped his contract. He asked me what I was doing. I … Continue reading

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Shu Qi: Queen of the Selfie

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: If the selfie is the premier photographic genre of our age, then I name Shu Qi as its queen. Are you all familiar with Shu Qi? She’s a Taiwanese model and actress best known in the … Continue reading

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Movie Still Du Jour

Blowhard, Esq. writes: Dorothy Malone and Bogie in Hawks’ THE BIG SLEEP

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“Much Ado About Nothing”

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: Whenever I see an interview with Joss Whedon I experience a slight urge to throw up. Yet I’ve enjoyed several of his projects. I thought his recent stab at “Much Ado About Nothing” was pretty good. … Continue reading

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Johnnie To’s Romances

Sax von Stroheim writes: Johnnie To usually makes movies about cops and robbers, but in the spirit of the great Hollywood studio directors, he seems willing and able to tackle any popular genre. In the comments on his recent post … Continue reading

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Some Posters Have More Oomph than Others

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes:

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I Love Adam Sandler Movies

Sax von Stroheim writes: God knows, they aren’t very well made. Adam Sandler may be our Jerry Lewis – he certainly seems to embarrass middlebrow would-be-sophisticates in the way that Jerry did – but unlike Lewis he has no interest … Continue reading

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Listing Movies: Double-Digit Directors

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: For some years now I’ve kept a spreadsheet containing information related to movies that I consider to be part of my personal pantheon. It’s hardly an exclusive list — it now includes over 2000 movies (I’m an inclusive sort of … Continue reading

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