The Ice Pirates (1984)

Starring Robert Urich, Mary Crosby and Michael D. Roberts; other notable featured actors are Anjelica Huston, Ron Perlman, Bruce Vilanch, John Carradine, and former football player John Matuszak.  The following review was first posted at Fanfare.

This movie has for the last few years gotten a lot of play on TCM of all channels. Late night, but still, TCM. Of course, it is is now almost 35 years old and from the MGM library, so I suppose. Still, I really was surprised when I first saw it in the TV guide a few years ago.

Running on Empty (1988)

Starring Judd Hirsch, Christine Lahti, River Phoenix, and Martha Plimpton.
Directed by Sidney Lumet.

Long ago, I first saw portions of this movie.  The lunch scene comes to mind.  Then later as an adult I saw it all the way through.  Last night it was on TCM, so I sat down to watch.  Let's get into it.

Zodiac (2007)

21 November 2014

Friends, I reviewed "Zodiac" after the first time I saw it four years ago. Even then, I was itching to see the film again. Jacob and I have had "Zodiac" on Blu-ray for awhile and has given us a reason to sit down and it watch it together. So, after four years of expectations and with a better appreciation for films, I give you my 2014 review of "Zodiac".

Inception (2010)

10 February 2016

Another A-movie I've finally gotten around to watching. Unlike The Social Network, Inception was underwhelming.

The Mosquito Coast (1986)

19 January 2016

Finally, FINALLY, I watched "The Mosquito Coast", which as been on my radar since forever. Let's get into it.

Learning to Drive (2014)

Starring Sir Ben Kingsley and Patricia Clarkson
Directed by Isabel Croixet

Wendy (Clarkson) and her husband Ted (Jeff Weber) go out to eat and he drops the bomb: he's leaving her for another woman.  Things heat up and he leaves and gets into a taxi with Wendy chasing after, angry and calling him out for his philandering.  Ted has climbed into the cab of Darwan (Kingsley) and Wendy manages to get in behind him to continue her angry interrogation of Ted, which only gets more intense when he gives Darwan the address of his girlfriend, not his home with his wife.  He ends up not being able to take anymore and gets out, but not before giving Darwan money to take his wife home.

Ordinary People (1980)

With Donald Sutherland, Mary Tyler Moore, Judd Hirsch, and Timothy Hutton.
Directed by Robert Redford.

I haven't seen many of the films from the late seventies and early eighties aside from the big ones like Apocalypse Now.  Ordinary People has always been kind of the big one, the Best Picture winner from the year before I was born that was never on TV as i grew up and really isn't mentioned when people talk about great movies   Even the tltle, Ordinary People, is   kind of extraordinary in its ordinariness.  I decided awhile ago to put it at the top of my Netflix queue and this weekend I sat down to watch it.

Logan (2017)

Recently, I again had the urge to see this movie. So I got it from Netflix and sat down to watch this afternoon.

The Witch (2015)

Subtitle: A New-England Folktale

Starring Anya Taylor-Joy, Ralph Ineson, Kate Dickie, Harvey Scrimshaw
Written and directed by Robert Eggers

This film was mentioned in a thread at the Catholic messageboard I visit in a discussion of how religion, treated respectfully, can play a key role.  I decided to check it out through Netflix.

There are spoilers below the cut.