I haven’t really mentioned it before on the site, because it’s not really something that makes sense for me to write about, but I love podcasts. My job can be very quiet and boring, a lot of busy work that needs something for me to entertain myself […]
I really love movies that are based on true events, probably because I really love learning about history. Yeah, no movie that’s based or inspired by true events are ever wholly accurate, but they’re still little dramatizations of historical events that can give you gist of something that […]
I love James Bond. I don’t talk about it nearly enough on this site, but he’s seriously one of my favorite fictional characters of all time. He’s essentially a superhero, and my love for him has reached a point where I can find enjoyment in pretty much any […]
I’ve mentioned a couple times on the site that I have a deep love of James Bond. And while I know the things James Bond does aren’t really accurate representations of espionage (there’s less speed-boat chases) he was my gateway drug into the world of more spy fiction. […]
I’m a big fan of Guillermo del Toro. I was kind of shocked when I went back to look at his filmography to verify that statement that he hasn’t really directed that many films. His name gets slapped on a lot of stuff as executive producer, but the […]
I feel like there’s an odd trend going on in Hollywood lately, where they seem to think it makes sense to make films out of successful documentaries. A couple weeks ago we got a film called Freeheld that’s about a dying female cop who becomes emroiled in a […]
So I went to the theater and saw a new movie twice this weekend, and man could they not be less alike, aside from the fact that they’re both great. Saturday I saw the amazing optimism of the Martian, and felt happy about the human race and life […]
Back when I read Andy Weir’s great novel the Martian, I thought about holding off one it until the movie came out, and do a Film Library article on it, but after reading the novel I was too excited to write about it to wait. And as I’ve already written […]