Dedicated to movie nerdom, nostalgia, and escape. In the late 90s, I worked at Blockbuster Video where they let me take home two free movies a day. I caught up on the classics and reviewed theatrical releases for Denver 'burbs newspapers and magazines. Today, while raising two young, beautiful daughters with my amazing wife, I look forward to anything rated R and not Bluey. Comments and dialogue encouraged!
Ryan Gosling stars as Ryland Grace in PROJECT HAIL MARY, from Amazon MGM.Photo credit: Jonathan Olley© 2025 Amazon Content Services LLC. I might be the only person on the planet who wasn't over the moon with this one. If you pull back, Project Hail Mary is recycled material orbiting space: the survival practically of The Martian,... Continue Reading →
I'm a cinematic traditionalist and rival to today's overuse of CGI and all the disbelief it forces us to suspend when we really know we’re looking at unnatural pixels on a screen. The George Lucas-derived, Michael Bay-exploited “video game movie” bores me to visual fatigue, and I'll never forget when Rogue One: A Star Wars... Continue Reading →
A friend of mine suggested an interesting notion for Christopher Nolan to consider: What about just writing the screenplay and leaving the artistic decisions to a different director? Would the never-ending 150 minutes go by faster? Would the main characters possess a heart and earn viewer empathy? Finally, would Nolan’s astounding time warp perplexities include... Continue Reading →
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