This film should almost be titled “John Hughes Made It Look So Easy”. I’ve come to the conclusion that sitting down to watch any film aimed at teenagers if you aren’t a teenager is a dangerous proposition. The proposition gets infinitely more dangerous if you’re watching it outside of the era it was made. The…
Six or seven years ago I really began to love cooking. There was something about being creative in the kitchen that reminded me of studying art back in high school…exploring something sensory, diving into alchemy. The difference of course was that unlike my oil paintings, my creativity in the kitchen came with an extra level…
So you might recall a few months ago when I caught a screening of GREMLINS. That afternoon was my first experience with the film in possibly twenty years, and I was actually surprised at how well the film had held up. However, that was just me talking…a cat who’d seen the film as an impressionable…
Something a little different this time around. Thus far, my conversations with other bloggers on neo-classics has leant itself to the light and comedic. Today I figured we’d change gears a little and tackle something badass…and something whose neo-classic status has increased over the last decade or so. As it happens the power-grab story that…
The first time you watch it, you will be overwhelmed by its battle scenes. Watch this film a second time, and you realize its true heart beats in between those epic battles.
There’s a lot about MORNING GLORY that makes me want to just wail away on it. But in a rare twist, there is also an awful lot to dig. However, the fact that the details I dig are never really seen to fruition just makes me want to wail away all the more. It’s a…
When I was growing up, I outwardly acted like Tom Cruise in TOP GUN (which is odd because I wasn’t the best at anything). Inwardly I felt more like Lloyd Dobler (which is odd because I was never able to tap into his self deprecation). One might think given the rom-com iconic status of Dobler’s…
