How does one describe a movie like Absolute Beginners? That’s a question I’ve been pondering since first watching it recently, a Blu-ray copy having sat on my shelf for just over a decade. I’m not sure it can be described. The best I’ve come up with is that the film feels like it exists in… Read More You’ll Never Stop Me from Having It All | Absolute Beginners (1986) Blu-ray
As the Film After 11 podcast nears the end of its alphabetical marathon, we’re stuck with the letter “Y” and not a lot of good choices for a 12-year-old to watch. I very nearly picked the James Bond film You Only Live Twice, but had reviewed that myself just last year and wasn’t too eager… Read More Film After 11 Podcast | Young Guns (1988)
Not even the troubled production and financial failure of his masterpiece Brazil could prevent director Terry Gilliam from embarking on an even bigger and more elaborate project next. His subject: the filmed biography of a man who was, at one time, the most famous and revered individual on the Earth and its moon. As recounted… Read More This Is Precisely the Sort of Thing That No One Ever Believes | The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1988) Criterion 4K Ultra HD
A secret government conspiracy to cover up the existence of aliens, you say? Where have I heard that one before? Steven Spielberg’s Disclosure Day (running in theaters as I write this) feels really late to the game on this subject, seeing that The X Files had eleven seasons of it on television, starting way back… Read More Film After 11 Podcast | The X Files: Fight the Future (1998)
In a very weird way, watching the original 1992 Buffy the Vampire Slayer feature film proves what a genius Joss Whedon once was. That anyone could take such a lousy, inept movie and turn it into a long-running and beloved TV series is an almost miraculous feat few could achieve. Unfortunately, beyond that, I find… Read More Does the Word “Duh” Mean Anything to You? | Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1992) Blu-ray
I had no problem picking a “W” movie for this week’s installment of the Film After 11 alphabetical marathon. Of course, the 1991 comedy What About Bob? was an easy choice. Is it even possible for anyone to dislike this movie? I can’t imagine so. My son Joseph definitely enjoyed it. If his reaction in… Read More Film After 11 Podcast | What About Bob? (1991)
Cyborgs, clones, trained fleas, and a talking disembodied brain in a fish tank are just a few among the countless idiosyncrasies found in The City of Lost Children, a Dickensian tale of societal corruption and decay by way of Jules Verne and Terry Gilliam. I’ve loved this movie from the first time I saw it,… Read More You Fell into a Strange Net, Huh? | The City of Lost Children (1995) 4K Ultra HD
The Film After 11 podcast’s alphabetical marathon faced another dilemma when we hit the letter “V” this week. Put simply, pickings were very slim for this one. What I settled on was A View to a Kill, Roger Moore’s final outing as secret agent James Bond 007, but also my son Thomas’ first exposure to… Read More Film After 11 Podcast | A View to a Kill (1985)
The actors who’ve played James Bond in the movie series have a tendency – not always, but often enough – to go out on their weakest notes: Connery with Diamonds Are Forever, Moore with A View to a Kill, and definitely Pierce Brosnan with Die Another Day. Brosnan caught something of a raw deal with… Read More Double-0 Status Rescinded | Die Another Day (2002) Blu-ray
What movie beginning with the letter “U” could my son and I watch for this week’s installment of the Film After 11 alphabetical marathon? Unforgiven? Good movie, but rated R. U-571? Meh. While we could talk about it being complete historical BS, it’s pretty mediocre and I’d rather watch a better submarine movie instead. The… Read More Film After 11 Podcast | UHF (1989)
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