Marvel's The Avengers (2012)

7 November 2016

Jacob sat down to watch this the other night and I joined him for most of it. I see why "The Avengers" is so well liked and why so many are invested in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018)

I watched Solo a couple of weeks ago. All issues aside, I liked it. It's a pretty fair movie. And it's excellent at Star Wars worldbuilding, maybe the best effort since A New Hope. This post really isn't a review of the movie, but more my thoughts about it's Star Warsiness.

The Duellists (1977)

Starring Keith Carradine and Harvey Keitel, with a pretty good who's-who of British actors over the last thirty-plus years. Oh yes, Ridley Scott's directorial debut. I came across this film just the other day, I don't remember how. So it's been on the brain. And I was spinning my wheels this evening, so I dove in and watched the film on Amazon Prime.

Brothers (2009)

26 March 2010

"Brothers" was weird.  It was disappointing. But I still liked it.

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.