Introducing a new blog series. As movie enthusiasts, we’ve all experienced the disappointment of watching a film that didn’t live up to its potential. Whether due to a lackluster plot, underdeveloped characters, or a central premise that just doesn’t work,…
Tag: Movies
Movies, Neglected Cinema
Fixing The Godfather III: Thoughts on Coda, “The Death of Michael Corleone”
Geek, Movies, Technology, UX Articles
The future of entertainment #UX: Bespoke content without the burden of choice
Movies, Neglected Cinema
Sorcerer is an underlooked masterpiece
Geek, Movies
My Favorite Films of the decade: 2010-2019
Movies
10 movies people love… That I hate
Geek, Movies
The best movie scores of all time (IMO)
Disney, Movies, TV
Disney buying 20th Century Fox? The potential impacts to pop culture
Featured Articles, Geek, Movies
Movies 101: My “movie course in a box”
Geek, Movies, My Quora answers
Is there any way to know if a studio made a profit on a movie, beyond conjecture?
Movies, Neglected Cinema
They Might be Giants is an underrated gem (and not just the name of a band)
I’m an unabashed fan of the work of Arthur Conan Doyle and his most famous creation, Sherlock Holmes. I think Holmes is one of the most exceptional characters in all fiction, and the fact that Holmes has been reinterpreted and…
Movies, Neglected Cinema
Battle Beyond the Stars is a Star Wars knock-off that’s hardly worth revisiting
I was playing with a new outdoor projector setup and was looking through Netflix to test it out. What movie could I use to run it through its paces? What film had a great variety in shot selection that would…
Movies, Neglected Cinema
A look at some Neglected Directors
I’ve written about some underrated and/or neglected movie directors like John Carpenter, Bob Fosse and Orson Welles before, but when I put my latest Neglected Cinema column to bed, I realized that there were many other directors who haven’t gotten…
Movies, Neglected Cinema, Orson Welles
F For Fake is Orson Welles’ forgotten masterpiece
I love Orson Welles. He is one of the most amazing people of the 20th Century, a larger-than-life figure who’s had a dozen books written about him (I’ve read quite a few of them). His life could be accurately described…
Movies, Neglected Cinema
Speed Racer brings a cartoon to vivid life in a surprisingly divisive way
One of the first movies I purchased on Blu-Ray was Speed Racer. Not because I was a fan – I hadn’t seen it before I bought it – but because it was on sale for less than $10. I was…
Geek, Movies, My Quora answers
On James Bond movies and continuity…
Trying to figure out and align James Bond continuity is like making a vodka martini from Siamese vodka… it can be done, but it’s not going to result in something that is very palatable or satisfying. I remember one of…