- on Final Destination 2 (2003):
I have the Fear Streets queued up and will check them out at some point. I’ve heard nothing but anti-enthusiasm…
Jun 6, 14:59
- on The Great White Silence (1924):
Aha. There you go. I see what you mean about the commercial viability of film restoration dilemma. As with many…
Jun 6, 14:58
- on The Great White Silence (1924):
Just to answer that question, new restorations are 100% not copyrightable. It’s probably the good and right thing, but it…
Jun 4, 20:08
- on Gangs of London, Season 3, Episode 7:
Thanks, man! Glad to know these write-ups have a real readership, it’s been gratifying to get these comments from yourself…
Jun 4, 12:25
- on Final Destination 2 (2003):
This one is my favorite, but 1 is an absolutely respectable choice, and maybe it really does have a bit…
Jun 2, 21:32
- on Final Destination 2 (2003):
Oh, also, I recently watched FEAR STREET: PROM QUEEN on Netflix and thought that you might like a caution -…
Jun 2, 11:48
- on Final Destination 2 (2003):
I recall seeing the second and third entries in this series – no wait, I also recall seeing the first…
Jun 2, 11:46
- on Gangs of London, Season 3, Episode 7:
I’m so glad you picked up on the same jarring sense I got from that Merwan/Lale scene. It’s so weird.…
Jun 1, 13:40
- on Gangs of London, Season 3, Episode 6:
Lol, yeah, completely agreed on Shannon! I don’t think the writers ever quite figured out what to do with her,…
May 30, 06:15
- on Wish (2023):
1. Wish 2. Encanto 3. Raya and the Last Dragon 4. Frozen II 5. Strange World 6. Moana 2 7.…
May 29, 20:44
- on Gangs of London, Season 3, Episode 6:
Sorry but i just dont buy or understand why Shannon has randomly done a 180 and now thinks nothing of…
May 29, 17:50
- on Gangs of London, Season 3, Episode 5:
It was very silly with the writers now making Lale a stunning and brave invulnerable super girlboss….BUT, she’s still my…
May 29, 16:46
- on Wish (2023):
My rank is probably: 1. Frozen II 2. Encanto 3. Raya and the Last Dragon 4. Strange World 5. Wish…
May 29, 14:00
- on Wish (2023):
The only part I liked were the little constellations of Milo Thatch and Wreck-It Ralph in the credits.
May 29, 13:24
- on Wish (2023):
I still like it better than every other post-Moana WDAS film, but God almighty, that premise is like a bottomless…
May 29, 12:17
- on Gangs of London, Season 1, Episode 6:
Really well written and thoughtful review(s). Thanks for this.
May 29, 01:29
- on The Ten Commandments (1956):
Like any sensible cinema fan I have repressed all memories of THE CONQUEROR starring Mr John Wayne. Also, the Omar…
May 27, 13:12
- on The Ten Commandments (1956):
I am unfortunately probably better-persuaded by reverse psychology, though I’m pretty sure my dad still thinks my priorities are little…
May 26, 11:07
- on The Ten Commandments (1956):
I didn’t even know there was an Omar Sharif one! Neat. Weird. I also thought The Conqueror came out in…
May 26, 10:41
- on The Ten Commandments (1956):
I really need to catch some of the other Biblical epics of the era, most of which I’ve seen parts…
May 26, 09:47
- on The Ten Commandments (1956):
I’m not sure you both are even talking about the same Genghis Khan movie, haha! There’s 1956 The Conqueror with…
May 26, 09:39
- on The Ten Commandments (1956):
I knew DeMille by reputation as conservative, although this comment sent me down a little more of a DeMille biography…
May 26, 09:35
- on The Ten Commandments (1956):
One of the great pleasures of diving deeper into film history is learning that every era had its geniuses and…
May 26, 09:31
- on The Ten Commandments (1956):
I am most definitely a Heston Man – his Epics were formative experiences in home cinema, though EL CID and…
May 26, 07:49
- on The Ten Commandments (1956):
For my money Mr Brynner, like Mr Omar Sharif, was far too civilised (In the ‘metropolitan sophisticate’ sense) for the…
May 26, 07:39
- on The Ten Commandments (1956):
“I think DeMille should have voiced God; it would have been a fun meta touch, director as divine Creator.” John…
May 25, 20:55
- on All Quiet on the Western Front (1930):
I agree that the acting is a tad awkward at times, but overall it’s a minor complaint
May 25, 04:01
- on The Great White Silence (1924):
Thanks Andrew! The film is in the public domain (though I’m always unclear how modern restorations are impacted by those…
May 22, 18:29
- on The Great White Silence (1924):
Tremendous write-up, Dan! I’d never heard of this, and now I’m champing at the bit to watch it!
May 22, 16:05
- on The Luckiest Man in America (2024):
I’d argue there’s point where “bad wig” turns into “good wig” if you are playing an ’80s game show host.
May 22, 12:27
- on The Gorge (2025):
*Continuing Spoilers* I shouldn’t have been so flippant about the creature design and should have elaborated my thoughts a bit,…
May 21, 15:17
- on The Gorge (2025):
*Minor Spoilers* Big horror fan, so I found the monster designs to be interesting, and there was a good diversity…
May 21, 14:15
- on Snow White (2025):
I really want to watch that at some point. I don’t know how necessary it is to have watched the…
May 19, 21:12
- on Enchanted (2007):
Adams as Monroe. Interesting. She’s probably too old to do it at this point, but I could see her adopting…
May 19, 21:11
- on Enchanted (2007):
Well, it’s a little more complicated than I made it out to be in my review. (I talked a little…
May 19, 21:10
- on Enchanted (2007):
All of yours are fascinating ideas and I wish I could create a counterfactual universes to see what the movie…
May 19, 19:51
- on Enchanted (2007):
‘Tuneless Idina Menzel’ is a sentence wrong on so many levels it hits something like Lovecraftian Horror; Mr James Marsden…
May 19, 11:36
- on Snow White (2025):
Thank God we have THE BALLAD OF SONGBIRDS AND SNAKES for that ‘Rachel Ziegler-does-dark fairytale’ energy (Complete with songs!) so…
May 19, 11:29
- on Snow White (2025):
I use, like and am slightly addicted to the Internet but sometimes impulse to burn it all down and go…
May 19, 11:28
- on The Luckiest Man in America (2024):
PWH’s wig is terrific. Walton Goggins’s is a war crime. Looks like there’s a dead otter on his head.
May 18, 18:55
- on Enchanted (2007):
I have always said that it’s a movie I don’t like much, but it’s not as-such bad, and I am…
May 18, 05:17
- on Snow White (2025):
Good grief. A reprise of the Horizon: Forbidden West non-drama, feat. Twitter’s biggest losers.
May 17, 10:01
- on Gangs of London, Season 2, Episode 6:
Thanks, Jo! Season 2 really does turn into a lot of mushy nonsense by this point.
May 17, 09:59
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I’d say FEAR STREET as a whole lives in the good-not-great niche, but certainly has it’s pleasures.
Jun 9, 06:21