Film on the Internet: THE CORE (2003) on HBO
–Usually on the show, they came up with a complicated plan, then explained it with…
Celebrating the Living: Alan Alda
He’s one of my earliest childhood crushes, of course. Hawkeye Pierce. I used to watch…
Flashback Comics Rack: Highlights of January 1948
Crazy Rich Asians Conquers Labor Day Frame As Searching Finds Success And Other New Releases Flounder
Note: All figures discussed in this article are for the three-day weekend. Summer 2018 closed…
Attention Must Be Paid: Gypsy Rose Lee
As a child, she literally didn’t know how old she was; her mother had a…
How Many Films by _________ Have You Seen? BLAKE EDWARDS (from Orrin Konheim aka SunnyD)
This might be a bold statement for a director who’s not even listed in my…
Disney Byways: KRONK’S NEW GROOVE
I wonder sometimes if the biggest problem with Disney is that they want the amount…
SEARCHING
Searching takes place entirely within laptop screens and uses this very in-the-moment gimmick to craft an entertaining…
Year of the Month: Jake Gittes on The Sting
A consummate entertainer of a movie and a rare uplifting critical and audience smash in…
Year of the Month: Miller on Charley Varrick and The Friends of Eddie Coyle
“It was a bad sign when a man like Handy started owning things and started…