A greasy sausage of a documentary that follows two promising bands, The Dandy Warhols and Brian Jonestown Massacre on their adventures in the 90’s music industry. Watch this only if you want to see what’s inside. Referred by Netflix.

This was a rewarding read, a mix of character drama with some pre- and post-Taliban description of Afghanistan. It doesn’t go into great depth in any one area, but chooses instead to remain accessible to a mostly clueless American such as myself, which I appreciated. The plot devices get a little transparent here and there,…

If a movie can have a bad plot and still be good, this is one. This is a long look into the eyes of poor immigrants in London. The plot is not awful but definitely has some weak points and what felt to me like compromises. Ultimately, though, it’s just a canvas to paint the…

Very interesting to watch this Coen brothers’ movie again after seeing many others over the years. It’s absolutely chock full of stuff that I didn’t recognize the first time around, much of which I recognize from movies they made later. There are even direct references to subsequent Coen movies! The slapstick comedy takes place in…

A bold, inspiring piece of historical fiction. Having the guts to portray the likes of Friedrich Nietzsche, Josef Breuer, and Sigmund Freud is impressive enough, telling a story of the origins of psychoanalysis ups the ante again, and it just keeps going. Not only has Yalom pulled it off, his premise and subtext ring bright…

I’d never attended the taping of a media show, radio, tv, or any other type. I was a little worried that the truth would ruin the illusion of a live quiz show. Would there be a big flashing APPLAUSE light?

A sentimental but sincere variation on the carpe diem theme by Akira Kurusawa. Beautifully filmed as I’ve come to expect from Kurusawa. I’ve noticed that his films I’ve seen so far all highlight western influences on Japanese culture in various ways. This time we have the western theme, a fairly western soundtrack, and a bureaucratic…

This film combines some fabulous elements, but doesn’t quite pull it off with full satisfaction. Elvis and JFK find themselves stuck as patients in an East Texas rest home, where they face off with a soul-sucking mummy feeding on the helpless old farts. The fact that it manages to provide even a little human insight…

It was fun to introduce this gem to Ann. This one of the few movies that inspired me to write a review in my early Netflix days: Kathleen Turner is unbelievable in this role. A very satisfying sick treat. She almost had me chanting, kill, kill, kill! (50 people found this review helpful.)

It’s been a long time since I read King Rat, but this seemed like a very subtle and well-crafted screenplay of it. Like the book Shantung Compound, this story of the prisoners of a Japanese POW camp in China uses the intense competition for scarce resources in such a place to illustrate the often harsh…