La La Land
Perhaps there’s no way that the film La La Land could measure up to the idea of La La Land, an original movie musical in an age where original movie […]
Tag Archives: Hollywood
The Player
The Player is a movie that we actually didn’t get to in my Altman and contemporaries class, and since we’ve been stuck in the “contemporaries” half of the class lately, […]
Noirvember 2015: In a Lonely Place
For the month of November Noirvember, I’ve decided to catch up with some classic pieces of film noir, the American 1940s-50s movement devoted to cynical fast talking anti-heroes, predatory femme […]
Sunset Boulevard
Sunset Boulevard is undoubtedly a classic, and has long been heralded as one of the best movies about the movies. It’s also a film noir, a horror picture, a story […]
The Bad and the Beautiful
The Bad and the Beautiful would make a terrific double feature with Sunset Boulevard. Like that film, it is a cynical look at Hollywood. It shows the impossibility of balancing […]
A Star Is Born
A Star Is Born is a typical 1950s musical; I feel that those with little patience with movies of this type are not going to enjoy it very much. I […]
Singin’ in the Rain… The First Obstruction
This post is part of The Five Obstructions Blogathon, and for this first obstruction the task is to “write a positive review of a movie you don’t like, or a […]
Singin’ in the Rain
Singin’ in the Rain is probably the most popular and beloved movie musical of all time. With snappy songs, witty dialogue, phenomenal dance numbers, and a great Hollywood story, it […]
The Artist
The first thing you’ll notice about The Artist is that it’s in black and white; the second thing you’ll notice is that it’s a silent. This might put some people […]
Argo
It’s always interesting, as one who loves movies, to see movies about making other movies. With Ben Affleck’s Argo, a movie based on a true story of pretending to make a “fake […]
The Soul of the Plot 