My favorite comedian This was Chris Rock at the MTV Video Awards, courtesy of the Associated Press. Let this man host the...

Charles Bronson remembered By coincidence, I saw Charles Bronson’s greatest film for the first time in a theater, ONCE...

That time of the year I will be leaving tomorrow to fly up to Canada for Film Geek Woodstock … aka the Toronto...

TIFF — Day One Before I begin this madness, I should note that all films are rated on a 1-10 scale

S21,...

TIFF — Day Two (plus day 3 and early day 4 grades) Three more short reviews, with vague spoilers for all three...

TIFF Day Three — the first part

MATCHSTICK MEN (Ridley Scott, USA, 2003, 6)

It’s tough to say exactly...

TIFF Days Three and Four (grades from Days 5, 6 and 7) Let’s do the easy stuff first, my grades from the last three...

TIFF Day Five (with grades from Day 8) Again, we’ll start short, with my grades from Day Eight at Toronto:

GOD...

TIFF Day Six, first part (with grades from Days 9 and 10) No time to write more than a couple of capsules right now,...

Toronto – Days 6 and 7 Well, I got my computer a few days ago, so I am now officially back. I had hoped to have...

The Death of William, First Act

KILL BILL, VOL. 1 (Quentin Tarantino, USA, 2003, 6)

Fanboy that I am,...

The Return of The Pink Panther An article here from the BBC says that Steve Martin is the frontrunner for playing the...

Something I missed about MATCHSTICK MEN Pro-life blogger Emily Peterson sees a critique of abortion in MATCHSTICK MEN,...

Actors do good My friend Mike D’Angelo has an excellent take on the minor brouhaha (likely will need scroll down after...

Gangsters and Nothingness “Between grief and nothing, I will take grief.”

Henry Wilbourne, in the William Faulkner...

A potential masterpiece chokes in the clutch (in Boston, no less)

MYSTIC RIVER (Clint Eastwood, USA, 2003,...

Other films seen at the weekend THE IRON CROWN (Alessandro Blasetti, Italy, 1941, 3)

I’ll admit that I saw this...

They don’t write ’em like that any more (apologies to Greg Kihn) I just watched the last reel of the 1933...

Our Wednesday Visitor continues My friend David Morrison describes his meeting Pope John Paul II at a 1996 Vatican audience....

Screen violence Some other people at St. Blog’s Parish are debating KILL BILL VOLUME 1, as noted here. (Thanks David).

Father...