Something happened last weekend that, well, should have happened four months ago—I got to see Martin Scorsese’s new film Shutter Island.  Continue Reading

It seems that the past couple weeks I can’t quite avoid pissing people off, so I thought I might tread some pretty safe territory here, and take a break from all of this bleak Oscar-season commentary by indulging myself in one of my favorite guilty pleasure films to come around in a long time, the new update of The Wolfman.  Continue Reading

It didn’t take long for me to discover that I’m in a pretty meager minority with this one.  Most people that I’ve been talking to absolutely loved Avatar, James Cameron’s long-awaited follow-up to his 1997 megahit Titanic. Continue Reading

Growing up in Louisville, Kentucky, I was, interestingly enough, not a big fan of country music.  In fact, I hated it…hated every line about pickup trucks and going against the grain and losing your girl in a bottle of Tennessee whiskey. Continue Reading

I’ve been a Werner Herzog fan for a while and I’ve seen over 20 of his films.  While I can’t exactly say that Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans is one of the German genius’s very best, it’s nevertheless nothing short of absolute must-see Herzog. Continue Reading

Howdy all. Back from a long absence at sea with a review of the latest in Oscar bait flicks about the war, Brothers. Continue Reading