Movie Reviews
The Fountain
We all accept as a matter of historical fact that the Spanish conquistadors conquered the savage Mayans, Incas and Aztecs not by force of arms but by plague and pestilence — smallpox and measles wiped […]
2026
Movie Reviews
Biopic/History
A Dangerous Method
The fate of every great thinker is doomed. Be you ware! If you’re rich and famous and a genius to boot, once you’re long gone, your life will be utterly rewritten by Hollywood. Your works […]
Horror
The Garden
Nobody in their right mind should rent a room from Lance Henriksen. I don’t care how desperate you are or how badly injured your son is. That’s just not something you should do. The 13-year-old […]
Movie Reviews
Stargate Continuum
This is the last chapter of one of the great military sci-fi stories before Don’t Ask Don’t Tell is repealed. Look for the science to become soap, the characters to become feminized, and the action […]
Biopic/History
The Mission
This is the true story of two Jesuit priests who built a mission in the middle of the Amazon in the 1700s, using modern technology (of the day) to create a community of unprecedented prosperity […]
Horror
Action/Adventure
The Fallen Ones
If you’re going to have a cute blond engineer in the cast, at least have her make some engineering decisions. Deciding not to drill through solid granite with a hand auger is not an engineering […]
Biopic/History
In Pursuit of Honor
There’s something truly unnatural about a grown man who follows unconscionable orders to kill 500 cavalry horses without showing a shred of conscience. People have no inkling of the meaning of service and honor any […]
Horror
Shadow of the Vampire
This is one of the best films I have ever seen. Maybe it’s the bald vampire Nosferatu, and how he’s rejected by society at large and totally isolated. Maybe it’s the superb performances, the dark […]