Before I can go any further, I need to tell you a bit of my own family history. I grew up with an amazing, loving father. He discovered he had a brain aneurysm in his temporal lobe, behind his eye when I was twelve and my brother eight years old. My father was only forty-four years old when he had his first stroke. One of … Continue reading The Whale (2022)
The early life and career of Vito Corleone in 1920s New York City is portrayed, while his son, Michael, expands and tightens his grip on the family crime syndicate. Many have argued that The Godfather Part II is better than The Godfather, but I think that Part II helps us to have a better appreciation for the first film. The Godfather Part II follows both a young Vito Corleone, … Continue reading 32. The Godfather Part II (1974)
As I write this, I am sitting in a hotel room in Denver, Colorado. I am still in shock in regards to what has happened in my life over the last month. My father, who really stepped up when my mother stepped out, has passed. It was all very sudden. He had been in and out of the hospital since 2004. He’s not suffering anymore, … Continue reading A Small Tribute
Buried deep in my subconscious was a film about two men waging war with a mouse who was living in the house they wanted to sell. I vaguely remember watching Mousehunt as a child and I remember loving it. But, I never rewatched it. It wasn’t one that really stuck with me. After rewatching the film as an adult, I’m not sure why this film didn’t stick … Continue reading 90s Flashback: Mousehunt (1997)
The Rescuers is definitely one of the Disney animated films that deserves more love and to be pushed more into the mainstream. For those unfamiliar with the film, The Rescuers is the tale of two mice of the Rescue Aid Society who search for Penny, a little girl who was kidnapped by treasure hunters trying to find the world’s largest diamond. The film features the voices … Continue reading Revisiting Disney: The Rescuers (1977)
Ari Aster’s second film is nothing short of spectacular. It is a sun-drenched terror. It’s hard to imagine a film that is more unsettling than Aster’s first film, Hereditary. And, yet, he’s achieved that with his sophomore picture. At face value, Midsommar is a film about a group of friends’ who travel to Sweden to take part in a nine-day cultural festival, at the request … Continue reading Midsommar (2019)
I love a good documentary and this, my friends, is a good documentary. Three Identical Strangers is a film about three identical brothers who were separated at birth. Each was adopted and lived within 50 miles of each other. One went to a working class family, one to a middle class family, and one to an upper class family. They didn’t meet until 1980, when … Continue reading Three Identical Strangers (2018)
