"There's a difference between having black skin and black thinking." -- Spike Lee [1] Long Introduction So lately I've been told to lighten up. To not take things so seriously. Just lighten up, stop looking for metaphorical messages within films that you find insulting, and just enjoy the damn movie. That's the message I got … Continue reading Mystery (for now) review for Black History Month (because there’s no white history month)
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Kull the Conqueror (1997) review
Rated: 4 / 5 "Your bride is over 3000 years old." "She said she was 19!" This movie was made for me. I knew I would be in for a good time when the film opened with a fight sequence with Kevin Sorbo and his long chest-length "metal band" hair with heavy metal music being … Continue reading Kull the Conqueror (1997) review
The War on Film Culture: Part 6: The Star Treatment (1910-1935)
Studio employees had little time or energy for social life except when they were not working, and in those circumstances they stuck as close as they could to other motion-picture people, hoping to find a new assignment. [...] After working together all day, players and directors often dined together, visited together. For many performers, whose … Continue reading The War on Film Culture: Part 6: The Star Treatment (1910-1935)
The War on Film Culture: Part 5: For the Children (1916-1917)
Utilitarianism (noun): A theory that the aim of action should be the largest possible balance of pleasure over pain or the greatest happiness of the greatest number -- Merriam Webster Paternalism (noun): A policy or practice of treating or governing people in a fatherly manner, especially by providing for their needs without giving them rights … Continue reading The War on Film Culture: Part 5: For the Children (1916-1917)
Red Sparrow (2018) review
One can't exactly bash the film for succeeding in its goal. But one can bash the film because reaching that goal isn't something to be proud of. And this film revels in it.
Repeating History: 1930s Communism vs. 2010s Globalism
There's too many men Too many people Making too many problems And not much love to go round Can't you see This is a land of confusion. This is the world we live in And these are the hands we're given Use them and lets start trying To make it a place worth living in. … Continue reading Repeating History: 1930s Communism vs. 2010s Globalism
The War on Film Culture: Part 4: What Shall the History Books Read? (1915)
Detailed account of the controversies surrounding the 1915 release of The Birth of a Nation.
The War on Film Culture: Part 3: Holding the Tongue (1913-1915)
The 1915 Supreme Court decision on film censorship.
The War on Film Culture: Part 2: The Fox and the Monopoly (1900-1915)
The fight against monopolies over the film industry.
Rollerball (1975) review
Review of what could very well be the best film ever made about the dangers of corporate rule.
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