A personal journal of film and documentary reviews, and reviews of anything else that intrigues me.
Dan Gilroy, “Roman J. Israel, Esq.” (2017) Once in a while an intelligent and worthy film comes out of Hollywood that demonstrates someone there still knows…
Fred Haines, “Steppenwolf” (1974) There was a period in the 1960s when this 1927 novel was the darling of the psychedelic counter-culture in the United States,…
Rick Morales, “Batman vs. Two-Face” (2017) Adam West’s final outing as Batman before his death in June 2017 brings him face to face (or face to…
Rick Morales, “Batman: Return of the Caped Crusaders” (2016) The series of Batman films by Tim Burton and Joel Schumacher in the 1990s and by Christopher…
Raoul Peck, “I Am Not Your Negro” (2017) Initially an expose of the modern history of the United States as seen from the viewpoint of black…
Oscar Rudolph, “Batman (Season 2, Episodes 51 / 52: A Piece of the Action / Batman’s Satisfaction)” (1967) Even for the lightweight situation comedy / family show…
Paul Thomas Anderson, “Inherent Vice” (2014) Director Paul Thomas Anderson must be commended for daring to tackle a Thomas Pynchon novel and managing to be faithful…
Sam Liu, “Batman and Harley Quinn” (2017) Teaming Batman and Nightwing together with The Joker’s on-off girlfriend Harley Quinn might have seemed a good idea at…
British Films, North American Films
Paul Thomas Anderson, “The Phantom Thread” (2017) If viewed as a comedy romance about a successful narcissist couturier who aspires to be part of the upper…
Robert Wise, “The Andromeda Strain” (1971) Although made over 45 years ago, this science fiction film about a team of scientists battling to identify and contain…