The Untouchables (1987) Revisit

This movie is as hypnotic as any DePalma film, with the added advantage that it is straightforward and to the point. Maybe it is just good guys versus the bad guys, but when the Good Guys are lead by Kevin Costner and Sean Connery, I don’t know how anyone can turn away. Throw in DeNiro as Al Capone and you have a heavyweight fight that would break pay per view records if it were a boxing…

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Jesus Christ Superstar (Revisit 2024)

It’s Easter, so it’s time to revisit Jesus Christ Superstar. Much like “Jaws” seems to come out to theaters around July 4th each year, “Jesus Christ Superstar” surfaces on Easter Holiday and lets us take in the story of Christ’s sacrifice and enjoy the hippie rock staging of the whole thing. I have written before about both Carl Anderson and Ted Neely in these roles and there was nothing in…

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Godzilla X Kong: The New Empire (2024)

We have a winner for the stupidest movie of the year. It will take something colossally awful, like “Five Nights at Freddy’s” to displace this from the list of dumb movies of 2024.  This is a perfect example of making up stuff as you go along. It’s as if we are listening to a story being told by a parent to a small child, and every time the kid’s attention starts to wander, the parent throws in…

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Late Night with the Devil (2024)

I almost pulled the trigger on this with one of my streaming services, but on the podcast, one of my guests did say it was playing in theaters, which I had not realized. I immediately went in search and found a screening in one of our favorite venues, and boy am I glad I did. This is an early contender for top film of the year, and seeing it with a sold out audience was fantastic because when a…

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Ghostbusters Frozen Empire (2024)

I’m a few days late on this one. I did see it a second time, and I did a Lambcast and edited a YouTube version of the podcast since then, so I feel a little like my thoughts are already out there for interested parties. Still, I am going to do a short post here, and I will include the link to the video for more detail. This is the least of the “Ghostbusters” franchise, with the exception of the…

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The Fugitive (1993) Re-visit

Color me amazed that I have not written on this film before. I was sure there was a Fathom Event where I had commented on the movie, but I can find no trace of it on my site. I feel a little like Deputy Gerard, I don’t have any clues as to where to look, and my memory is escaping. The film on the other hand has not escaped my memory, this is a movie that I have seen dozens of times over the years…

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Arthur the King (2024)

I have been a little negligent as of late, keeping up with my posts as quickly as possible after seeing the movie. This post comes four days after I saw this great family film, and I am sorry I can’t do more to promote the movie and save it from the discard pile that it appears to be headed for. Mark Wahlburg and a dog should be a sure thing for most family audiences, but I suspect that the…

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Drive-Away Dolls (2024)

You would think that a film from one of the Coen brothers would draw a lot more attention and interest from the film community than this slightly misbegotten exercise in excess has received. I didn’t hate the movie but I was surprised at how over the top some of the things were in the film, and that the director’s choices were also obviously designed to provoke and be distinctive, without being…

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Dune Part 2 (2024)

Completing one of the great film projects of my lifetime, Director Denis Villeneuve delivers a terrific part two to the “Dune” stories he began three years ago. Actually it was four years ago, we got delayed a year by Covid, and this film was delayed by six months due to the actor’s strike. Maybe those were not bad omens but rather good luck charms. My original review of the first film was…

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I’m not sure if this movie will be getting a regular theatrical release. It is from Amazon and they are streaming it next wee, so it seems dubious. That’s too bad, because one of the joys of a good comedy is bathing in the laughter of the audience surrounding you, and believe me, this film will have lots of laughter to go around.  If you watch the trailer, you will get the premise, but I know…

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Kotch (1971 For Movie Rob's Genre Grandeur Series)

GG (Feb) chosen by Richard of Kirkham A Movie A Day! GG (Genre Grandeur) is a series Rob started a few years back where each month a different blogger chooses a genre for everyone to write a review of their favorite film (s) of the particular genre. (There is no limit or restrictions on the number of reviews) A 1971 picture that contains a nomination for best actor, by one of the big stars of…

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Land of Bad

I’m getting to this almost a week after I saw the film, sorry. I’ve been under the weather for a few days and just not in the mood to think much about blogging. There’s nothing particularly special about this film, it’s also getting such a limited release that it will probably be out of theaters after the first week, which was when I saw it. That’s too bad, because this is a pretty successful…

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Dune 1984 Revisit and Comparison

Here is a brief video comparison of some of the visual stles of the David Lynch film in contrast to the Denis Villeneuve version.

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Madame Web

The amount of hate this movie is receiving is hard to understate. I have seen reviews that suggest this movie will be able to be the measure of bad films for the next 15 years. People have even suggested that a root canal is more entertaining. I haven’t seen this level of disdain for a movie since Morbius opened a couple of years ago. It will certainly not be my position that this is a good…

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KAMAD Throwback Thursdays 1975: The Fortune

Throwback Thursday #TBT Throwback Thursday on the KAMAD site will be a regular occurrence in the next year. As a motivational project, to make sure I am working on something, even in a week where I don’t see a new film in a theater, I am going to post on movies from 1975. Along with 1984, this is one of my favorite years for movies and it is full of bittersweet memories as well. 1975 was my…

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Lisa Frankenstein

I didn’t hate this movie but I didn’t love it the way I wished I had. Diablo Cody has written a couple of films that I do admire quite a bit, both “Juno” and “Jennifer’s Body” are regular visitors on our TV screen. So it was with some enthusiasm that I looked forward to this newest film penned by this talented screenwriter. I can’t say the fault for this film’s failures is entirely with the…

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Dune Part 1 (Revisit)

In anticipation of the second chapter of Denis Villeneuve’s Dune films, the first part from 2021, has been released in theaters for a week so that we can all catch up. When I say we, I was hoping that there would be other Dune fans in the theater, sadly I was by myself without another soul in sight. That didn’t change the movie much for me, I still liked it very much, and was happy to see it on…

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