With this list I attempted to incorporate different kinds of films.  Movies acclaimed critically or by everyday people.  I wanted to include dramas, comedies, musicals, and box office action and Sci-Fi.  There may be some that I’ve missed, but I [...]

Ernest Hemingway said, “Every true story ends in death.” 40.The Last Samurai-Katsumoto’s Death “If The Emperor wishes my death, he has but to ask. “ The Last Samurai did have the potential to be a poor mans “Dances With Wolves”, [...]

“I don’t ever remember feeling this awake.”  Introduction This was my achilles heel. The conversation would begin whereby the group sing the praises of Ridley Scott. I love Alien. I love Blade Runner. I love Gladiator. I love Black Hawk [...]

I am never, ever cynical about cinema.  It’s just not in me to be sarcastic or caustic or to roll my eyes at the blatant attempts at sentimentality, or self-referential humor, or pop cultural significance that so characterizes the cinema [...]

This list became so much fun to do and there was so many excellent suggestions from readers and friends that I couldn’t limit the list entirely to ten, so I said forget about it, and made it fifteen.  Great fights [...]

  Revenge is a dish best served cold.  There are all kinds of revenge and many movies that use revenge as their main characters motivation.  This list of course is devised of the best, not including films like “In The [...]

“I think it’s fair to call this hostile territory” Introduction It is strange how, in a week whereby I watch Batman (I was not happy about that film) and Batman Returns for the first time, I then write about another [...]

“All knowledge is for good. Only the use to which you put it can be good or evil” Introduction When you watch the Blu-Ray versions of the series, they are introduced by the ‘lawgiver’. Considering he does not appear in [...]

It’s that time again for TGITDNMAR, which (obviously) stands for Thank God It’s The Day New Movies Are Released. A prequel and a threequel – woo! Prometheus I don’t know about you, but I’m trying my damnedest to go into [...]

“Big things have small beginnings” Introduction My issue with Aliens is how James Cameron changed what the Alien-story is about. Ridley Scott, in Alien, shows that it is about bigger issues than simply creatures-chased-in-hallways. It is about what it is to [...]