“The reputation of Psycho II continues to grow because Norman’s character had an arc to it – he starts out as someone who is desperately trying to hold onto his sanity, and he ends up as mad as a hatter! I never realised the power of film until I saw …
Read More »65 Review: A Meat and Potatoes Science Fiction Film
The film performed pretty well at the box office last weekend, but 65 seems destined to be forgotten. It is not the atrocity that some critics are saying it is. It currently holds a 37% on Rotten Tomatoes, which suggests a dud. That’s a shame because for what it is, …
Read More »Top 25 Films of 1998
I firmly believe that movie lists express cinematic taste and personality. I wouldn’t say I like making movie lists to hit all the marks people expect, depending on the list. The most excellent satisfaction I get from making movie lists and Unsung Cinema is someone saying they saw what I …
Read More »Champions Is Amiable but Familiar and Overlong
Seeing this film presents an interesting movie critic dilemma for me. I don’t want to go into a film like Champions to say anything bad about it. I mean, it is what it is a sports movie meant to inspire and provide some laughs. Its heart is in the right …
Read More »Unsung Cinema: Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
“I wasn’t happy with Temple of Doom at all. It was too dark, too subterranean, and much too horrific. I thought it out-poltered Poltergeist. There’s not an ounce of my own personal feeling in Temple of Doom. The danger in making a sequel is that you can never satisfy everyone.” …
Read More »Unsung Cinema: War of the Worlds (2005)
“For the first time in my life, I’m making an alien picture where there is no love and no attempt at communication.” – Steven Spielberg Steven Spielberg and Tom Cruise. Those two names alone are monsters in the motion picture industry, and both have profoundly impacted cinema in general. The …
Read More »Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre is Entertaining But Mid Level Guy Ritchie
While Guy Ritchie will never attain the acclaim of his two earliest pictures, Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998) and Snatch (2000), it doesn’t seem like he’ll ever attain the lows of Swept Away (2002) and Revolver (2005). He has an up-and-down filmography full of hits and misses. Still, …
Read More »Creed III Packs a Solid Punch
Creed III provides an opportunity for Michael B. Jordan to flex his muscles as a filmmaker, and that he does in his stylish and energetic directorial debut. Working with a screenplay by Ryan Coogler, Keenan Coogler, and Zach Baylin, Creed III is the third film in the Creed reboot series, …
Read More »Unsung Cinema: Batman Forever (1995)
“I always hated those titles like Batman Forever. That sounds like a tattoo that somebody would get when they’re on drugs or something. Or something some kid would write in the yearbook.” —Producer Tim Burton Batman Forever can be considered the first truly nineties Batman picture. It was released right …
Read More »Nine Favorite Baseball Movies
Baseball is a great game. I lament its current decline in popularity. However, despite being hardly the best athlete, I enjoyed playing and watching baseball growing up. Certain genre movies I grew up loving and certain sports I grew up loving both happen to be baseball. Playing baseball is different …
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