You know, I don’t know that I would classify Adam McKay’s new film Don’t Look Up a comedy, only because it emphasized that already hopeless feeling that I have for the state that our world is in today. Did I find it funny, though? Oh, of course I did. If I can’t laugh at the state we are in, then I’ll just end up crying … Continue reading Don’t Look Up (2021): So Close to Home That it’s Almost Hard to Watch
An insane general triggers a path to nuclear holocaust that a War Room full of politicians and generals frantically tries to stop. Stanley Kubrick brilliantly satirized the Cold War tensions between the US and Russia in Dr. Strangelove, a black comedy that he wrote, directed, and produced. Even more brilliant, he criticized the ridiculous idea of mutually assured destruction. The concept of mutually assured destruction, or … Continue reading 39. Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)
I don’t think there is any other filmmaker in this world that can make an entire film where the ideals of the Nazi Party play an integral part to the plot, while being lighthearted and also rooted in reality. Taika Waititi is a genius. Jojo Rabbit follows a ten year old boy named Jojo (played by Roman Griffin Davis) who, during World War II, idolizes … Continue reading Jojo Rabbit : The Most Delightful Film Involving Nazi’s I Have Ever Seen
I enjoy the work of Dan Gilroy. I thought that Nightcrawler was a marvelous film. Velvet Buzzsaw has been in my Netflix queue since it came out earlier this year. I have just finished the film and I can’t quite determine how I feel. I didn’t hate it. That much I know. As far as a satire of the art world, it’s good. It ultimately reveals that nobody … Continue reading A Journey Through My Netflix Queue: Velvet Buzzsaw (2019)
A television network cynically exploits a deranged former anchor’s ravings and revelations about the news media for its own profit. Network, having been released in 1976, is 42 years old. And, yet, somehow it manages to fit in tremendously well in this day and age. It managed to predict the future, and it’s unbelievably eerie. As the synopsis above states, Network is a film about … Continue reading 64. Network (1976)
