SEVERANCE https://variety.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Severance.jpg?w=681&h=383&crop=1 I didn't want to start writing about this 9-episode series until I had finished it, but fortunately, I can heartily recommend this Apple+ show -- which you think is starting off as one thing and become...

Maybe we should start a betting pool to guess which obscure Disney property will be rebooted next? Given the popularity of Yellowstone , I predict a gritty reboot of The Apple Dumpling Gang . Or maybe a Knives Out style updating of Candleshoe ? I do have nostalgic feelings for the second Witch Mount...

I'm eight episodes in and agree with BobaMike, it's far better than Obi-Wan though not as fun as The Mandalorian . It took me a while to get used to the show's format which is more in line with a Netflix style "binge" show that what we've seen before with Star Wars. The pacing definitely c...

There's also the extended TV version of Dune (1984) directed by "Alan Smithee."

Scream Factory's edition of Eye of the Cat includes the alternate TV version.

I challenge you to do a romantic movie marathon in February! It would be too depressing (and I have zero experience with romance, so it would be pointless). I've never been to space or used the Force, but that doesn't stop me from going on about Star Wars. I don't think you need experience with the...

I'm willing to cut some slack on the lack of true fidelity to Scripture in "The Omen" largely because as a product of Evangelical circles I have seen far too many productions on this subject by Christian companies that might get the text right but who produce horrible drama in the end. Th...

In the last few weeks, I've watched the first two Omen movies. Even though I'm sure I've seen them before, it felt like I was watching them for the first tome. I didn't even remember the decapitation scene! Anyway, I'll offer a third opinion on The Omen vs. The Exorcist based on their religious appe...

Going back forty years, it's WILD how many adult dramas there were year-round. Even the summer movie seasons had plenty to choose from. Recently I've been watching lots of movies from 1987 and it's amazing how many R-rated movies were hits during that summer: Predator, Beverly Hills Cop II, The Wit...

Right, but again, do you think that was a truly informed opinion, or was from people who "shaped" the early years of FSM providing their analysis? Because I can tell you in 1994 he hadn't seen many films from the Golden Age. lol I can complain about films and their music being crap these ...

I am baffled by Lukas's assertion that the Hero's Journey is basically an "adolescent narrative" and that so called 'grown-up" stories are more realistic. That is a gross misunderstanding of what the Hero's Journey is and how it functions as both myth and storytelling template. I am n...

I've never seen Weekend at Bernie's . I think I saw Siskel and Ebert pan it and never gave it a chance. I'll have to check it out. Coincidentally, I just got a copy of One Crazy Summer in the mail today. Not familiar at all with North Shore . I like this idea of picking a theme and recommending a di...

The Gray Man 1.5/10 Not sure where the $200 million budget went on this stunningly bad Bourne/Bond rip-off from the Russo Brothers. Certainly not for good CGI and definitely not for the lighting crew as every single shot is poorly lit. With a standard issue plot (criminal gets out of prison if he a...

Elvis 7/10 Take the cinematic styles of Oliver Stone (different film stocks), Quentin Tarantino (retro techniques) and Robert Altman (overlapping dialogue), throw them into a blender, play at double speed (and occasionally half-speed) and you’ll be close to describing what it’s like to watch Baz Lu...

Can they afford to LIGHT SCENES PROPERLY on this show?! All nighttime scenes are basically nothing but pools of inky blackness with lightsabers bobbing around in them. :x I was distracted by many of the directorial choices in the last episode, possibly because the series had been getting more unint...