What happens a career hits a dead-end? I was thinking about Eric Clapton the other day. In the early 1973, Clapton was addicted to drugs and his career was in the dumps. Not very many people remember those times, in part because he rebuilt his career, and his guitar legacy only grew. In America, second … More Left for Dead: Amazing Career Resurrections
Talk about a difficult film to watch. In 1968, mass shootings were rare, although that was the year of two assassinations: Martin Luther King and Robert F. Kennedy. Targets was conceptually influenced by the 1966 Texas University tower shooter Charles Wittman, who killed 15 people and injured 31, after first killing his wife and mother. … More Targets, a film by Peter Bogdanovich (film review)
Living (2022) snuck out into theaters with not much fanfare. That’s not unusual in the post-Covid film world. Nominated for two Academy Awards (Best Actor, Best Screenplay), it is one of lead actor Bill Nighy’s best roles. Living refers to the fact that Mr. Williams (Nighy), a county bureaucrat in 1950s London, has only six … More Living (film review) and my favorite Bill Nighy films
It’s been forever since a new Fletch film, though Hollywood is littered with failed attempts at launching a third installment. I was cautious about this film, hopeful it wouldn’t disappoint too much. That’s a strange way to approach a film, perhaps more curious than anything. Many writers, directors and actor have been attached to Fletch … More Confess, Fletch (film review)
Tom Hanks and Billy Crystal are two of my favorite actors, but I have a question. How the f@&$ did they get so old?! Hanks and Crystal play geezers, at the end of their lives. These are dissimilar characters, but similar stories, and each has a degree of sentimentality. Each film incorporates flashback of happier … More Tom Hanks and Billy Crystal: grumpy old men
This is a terrific film. Call Jane (2022) deserved a huge release; it needs to be seen by every thinking American. The closed-minded won’t see it anyway. With the Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade, and taking America back to the Dark Ages, this film revisits the past, 1968 to be exact, when women couldn’t … More Call Jane (film review)
Some actors and directors end their fine careers on a sour note. Sometimes the films are awful, but equally disappointing is when the films are – boring. The that comes to me about last films is – sad. The end of a long or briefly successful career should conclude with a meaningful or well-received project. … More Last Films: Disappointing Final Films of Actors and Directors
Some of the best television mystery comes from Great Britain. Perhaps it stems from Agatha Christie, or Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, or maybe Charles Dickens. It might be the genetic influence of William Shakespeare. There have been some wonderful television mysteries, some of which Americans have enjoyed courtesy of viewings on PBS, where many of … More My Favorite British Television Sleuths
I toyed with seeing this film for a few months, the preview looked intriguing, but I figured I might have to see it alone. I doubted that my companion would be up for this strange-looking little film. Surprisingly, she was, but her interest quickly waned as the film very slowly unwound. The Banshees of Inisherin … More The Banshees of Inisherin (2022): Film Review
A couple of months ago I noticed that The Good House was coming to a local art house movie theater. I had no idea what it was about, but it looked like a mature love story starring Sigourney Weaver and Kevin Kline. The film came and went within a week or two, which is the … More The Good House (2022): Small Budget Films
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