(Note: this capsule review is part of my farewell to the Netflix DVD service. #GetThroughMyQueue) This is one of those classics I can’t remember if I’ve seen, which usually means it’s been over 30 years if I did see it. And speaking of classics, if you’re not in a “Turner Classic Movies” mood, the action may seem to slow-paced and tame… and you might focus on the fact that this film was so clearly based…
Banned Books Week 2023 is almost upon us, so it’s time for me to finalize what book or books I’ll be reading next week — and you might be in the same boat! Often I go looking for books that have been historically challenged, but the current vitriol against the free flow of ideas has led to a lot of books being challenged or outright banned in a lot of different localities across the country.…
(Note: this capsule review is part of my farewell to the Netflix DVD service. #GetThroughMyQueue) So, even though it wasn’t available for the longest time, this proved to actually be streaming at just the right time on Paramount+ (which of I naturally have, because Star Trek). There’s something to be said for using some of the exact same crew you used for the documentary version of the subject (Little Dieter Needs to Fly) and a…
So I’ll have a longer post in October as previously mentioned, but for those seven or nine people actually getting some updates about the strikes from this blog, a tentative deal has been struck between the AMPTP and the WGA as reported various places. As you’ll see in the article linked above, there are several procedural steps that are not perfunctory that involve the WGA West and East boards validating the deal and then, importantly,…
(Note: this capsule review is part of my farewell to the Netflix DVD service. #GetThroughMyQueue) Werner Herzog is such a prolific filmmaker, I suppose I could have filled up much of my queue with his films, because, although I’ve seen dozens, there’s way more that I haven’t seen. This particular film has bounced in and out of Netflix’s “very long wait,” so I was happy to have it finally pop up (to be followed by…
(Note: this capsule review is part of my farewell to the Netflix DVD service. #GetThroughMyQueue) Yet another DVD I’ve been meaning to check out for ages. This black comedy is an absolute favorite of several indie filmmaker friends I know. Now, I get why. Being into smaller indie films will definitely aid your enjoyment of the film, as well as wanting humor that’s dry as a bone and peppered with profanity as punctuation in that…
(Note: this capsule review is part of my farewell to the Netflix DVD service. #GetThroughMyQueue) This DVD has been hanging out on the “unavailable” section of my Netflix queue for years. Years! It’s one of many collections and has the Quay’s films from roughly 1979 through 1993. There are apparently more comprehensives collections, though finding them available in the U.S. is difficult. Yet another reason I’ve been happy to keep the Netflix DVDs flowing. For…
Evidently, meetings will resume between the WGA and AMPTP staring tomorrow, Wednesday, September 20th, so just a few things to update from the Strikes. “Hot Strike Summer” continues to radiate heat throughout the film industry and beyond. The studios suspended some development deals with more established writers, some of whom were about to meet with the studios before the main WGA/AMPTP meeting was announced. Related to labor organizing Marvel VFX artists have been feeling the…
(Note: this capsule review is part of my farewell to the Netflix DVD service. #GetThroughMyQueue) This is a mini-series version, so at 3 hours, divided into two parts, it gives the story time to breathe… and I really like that approach for this story. One of my favorite versions of Treasure Island is a two-plus-hour audio version by the Mind’s Eye. At the same time they make the fatal flaw so many of these adaptations…
(Note: this capsule review is part of my farewell to the Netflix DVD service. #GetThroughMyQueue) This is one of those films I’ve been meaning to catch for ages… likely since it came out. And I’m thinking some of it has not aged so well since then — though the main plot of a pharmaceutical company being more than a little unscrupulous in trying to mass distribute a happiness pill with disastrous side effects is still…