Arrested Development
I love Arrested Development. I have loved it ever since my freshman year of college, sitting in someone’s dorm room, giggling and binge-watching (before that was even a thing) the […]
Mr. Lucky (1943)
I kept waiting for Mr. Lucky to be something else. The movie stars Cary Grant, so I was expecting some of his usual goofy-suave demeanor, but it begins like a […]
The Lady Vanishes (1938) and Berlin Express (1948)
The Lady Vanishes and Berlin Express were made ten years apart, but both feature trains speeding across Europe. Not an uncommon device, a lot of films use it: James Bond […]
2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
I was unenthusiastic to watch 2001: A Space Odyssey. When Room 237 came out, as well as accompanying articles, I started digging into Stanley Kubrick’s work more, and came across […]
Lincolns (1939 and 2012)
Daniel Day-Lewis’ Lincoln was highly raved (as it should be) for its intricacies of character (we got hints during the filming that he was ‘making the voice softer than most […]
Les Miserables (1935 and 1998)
Les Miserables is a hard novel to adapt into a film. The book itself is gargantuan to hold; even in tiny print, English translations run at least 1,000 pages. Try […]
Whatever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962)
What, indeed. I am not a horror movie person. I did enjoy Evil Dead 3: Army of Darkness, but you will not see me at a theater watching the new […]
