Friday, 30 May 2025

Sith Happens: 20 Years of "Revenge of the Sith"

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It's interesting how the reception of the Star Wars prequels, particularly the first has so dramatically changed over the 26 years since...
Saturday, 2 November 2024

I have been taught by masters: "The Heiress" and the Art of Cruelty

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Spoilers Below Hamlet once said  he had to be cruel only to be kind. I couldn't help but think of this while watching William's Wyle...
Saturday, 8 June 2024

The Essential Films: “Alien” (1979)

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A series of writings on films that I feel are essential for film lovers, coupled with films that are important to me. Spoilers for those who...
Monday, 29 April 2024

On "On the Waterfront" at 70. Kazan, Brando, and the Method

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Spoilers Below Dockworker Terry Malloy (Marlon Brando) has unknowingly set up fellow dockworker Joey Doyle to be murdered for testifying aga...
Thursday, 4 January 2024

Death, Taxes, and Franchise Longevity: "Alien 3" and "Alien Resurrection" as Franchise Extensions and Parallel Versions of "Alien" and "Aliens"

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Spoilers for the Alien series below When Charlton Heston blew up the planet of the apes at the end of Beneath the Planet of the Apes, it was...
Friday, 27 October 2023

Hitchcock's Experimental, Art-House Monster Movie: "The Birds" at 60.

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  Spoilers for The Birds and Psycho Do I own The Birds on Blu-ray and can watch it comfortably at home? Yes. Did I still head out to a th...
Saturday, 23 September 2023

"No One Will Save You"

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Some spoilers below My favourite director, Alfred Hitchcock, always believed in the concept of "pure cinema," which is basically t...