I’ve always watched the 'The Breakfast Club' as a more metaphorically commentary on high school, but the interesting part is that the film seems to comment that high school really isn’t of that much of importance, which is right, although it does influences everything else that happens in our life.
Read More »CANON OF FILM: ‘Dark City’ (Directors Cut)
At some point, it went from cool to cliche to say that you were a fan of 'Dark City'. I think it's well-respected and well-known enough now, but at one point in time, even people who thought they really knew sci-fi and all the famous archetypal elements and the films that created them like Fritz Lang's 'Metropolis' or Kubrick's, '2001: A Space Odyssey'. Hit the jump to read on.
Read More »CANON OF FILM: ‘2001: A Space Odyssey’
'2001: A Space Odyssey' recently ranked #6 by the Critics and #2 by Directors on “Sight & Sound” magazines Greatest Movie polls, strange considering how the reaction was mixed originally, and panned by many. It was definitely an anomaly in its time.
Read More »CANON OF FILM: ‘Pleasantville’
As the nation heads towards another election shortly, the national debate has become strikingly philosophical. Phrases like "Family Values" and "The Role of Government" always come up, never has the divide, in my memory, been so drastic. It's at times like these, that I find myself thinking about Gary Ross's film 'Pleasantville'.
Read More »Why CBS All Access Is Stupid!
I Wish I had something cleverer to say here, but yeah, this is just stupid what they're doing with CBS All-Access...
Read More »CANON OF FILM: ‘Back to the Future’
What is it about 'Back to the Future', really? I mean, I'm with everybody on it, it's one of my all-time favorites, like everybody, and this seems to be the one iconic '80s movie that even Hollywood sees absolutely no point in reviving or bringing back, and for good reason.
Read More »CANON OF FILM: ‘Jurassic Park’
I don't think I'd even rank 'Jurassic Park' among Spielberg's Top 20 features. Admittedly, that's as much a tribute to Spielberg's body of work than anything else, but this is basically just a well-made horror movie.
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