2024 In Memoriam - Bill Cobbs (d. 6/25/24)
The Coen's and Sam Raimi team up. You know, for the kids!
Or, more accurately, to do a supposedly biting satire of evil big business and celebrate good ol' human decency in the vein of Frank Capra & Preston Sturges, with a good bit of Howard Hawks thrown in (and some Terry Gilliam weirdness to boot). But, no matter how much I'm all for tearing down rich assholes, The Hudsucker Proxy just doesn't…
3/29/25 Re-watch to check out the new Lionsgate 4k. This is the best the film has looked on a home release, but it is a bit too waxy in spots.
I've always loved the Kill Bill duology; I was already a fan of Bruce Lee and chanbara films when they first came out, but my admiration just grows and grows as I've become much more versed in the genres of wuxia, kung fu, and spaghetti westerns. And while Vol. 2…
I find it pretty ironic that a documentary about a film with fantastic camera work and editing has such terrible editing. I *hated* the gag with the one director's anecdote.
So, I'm watching the first episode because analysis of horror (including the use of queer theory) is one of my literary interests, and it starts off by focusing on Mary Shelley. Makes sense. But in the first 9 minutes, they state that Mary Shelley's mother was Mary Goodwin...
If you even ignore the fact that it should be GODWIN (as in William Godwin, Mary Shelley's father and the man who wrote the novel my Master's thesis was on, Things as…
