Doug’s Cinematic Firsties: A Simple Country Lawyer Headlines An Excellent Courtroom Drama With Anatomy of a Murder
Doug’s Cinematic Firsties is a recurring series wherein Douglas Laman (A.K.A. NerdInTheBasement) will review a…
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NerdInTheBasement (A.K.A. Douglas Laman) is a man of cinema, pure and simple. He loves good music, good food, good friends and the vocals of Idina Menzel. He does movie reviews, news pieces, editorials, occasional TV coverage and is well-known for writing like he's running out of time. Douglas Laman also has a Patreon, where you can donate to support his crippling movie-watching habit: https://www.patreon.com/DouglasLaman
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Doug’s Cinematic Firsties: Cameraperson Finds Captivating Unity Across Disparate Pieces of Footage
Doug’s Cinematic Firsties is a recurring series wherein Douglas Laman (A.K.A. NerdInTheBasement) will review a…
Doug’s Cinematic Firsties: Sorcerer’s Bleak But Masterful Filmmaking Is Like Some Form of Magic
Doug’s Cinematic Firsties is a recurring series wherein Douglas Laman (A.K.A. NerdInTheBasement) will review a…
Bloodshot Is The Worst Thing To Happen To America In The Past Week
“How can I have nightmares if I have no memories?” – Ray Garrison (Vin Diesel),…
Thoughtful Direction and Costume Designs Aren’t Enough To Fully Save The Frequently Formulaic Stargirl
Stargirl tends to evoke thoughts of other movies rather than its own distinct identity. For…
Doug’s Cinematic Firsties: The Killing Makes A Killing When It Comes To Delivering Top-Quality Cinema
Doug’s Cinematic Firsties is a recurring series wherein Douglas Laman (A.K.A. NerdInTheBasement) will review a…
Portrait of a Lady on Fire Blazes Bright With A Richly-Realized Romance
When Ava DuVernay saw The Irishman, she tweeted out a euphoric response to this Martin…
Doug’s Cinematic Firsties: Todd Haynes Solidifed Himself As The GOAT of 1950’s Period Pieces With Far From Heaven
Doug’s Cinematic Firsties is a recurring series wherein Douglas Laman (A.K.A. NerdInTheBasement) will review a…
Sonic the Hedgehog Goes Fast But Rarely Goes Anywhere Interesting
Sonic the Hedgehog is trapped between two influences. In one corner, we have the late-90’s/mid-2000’s…
The Director of Spotlight Delivers a Solid Family Movie With Timmy Failure: Mistakes Were Made
Tom McCarthy has had quite an eclectic career as a director and a writer. For…