With the huge success of Dances with Wolves and Unforgiven, Westerns made a big comeback on cinema screens in the early 1990s. Not all of them were awards bait, however. The likes of Tombstone or Young Guns II were just rowdy fun, while director Sam Raimi (creator of the Evil Dead franchise) dabbled with a… Read More Do We Have Any Real Gunmen in This Room? | The Quick and the Dead (1995) 4K Ultra HD
A movie that could only possibly have been created at the specific moment it was made, yet also simultaneously ahead of its time, Streets of Fire perplexed both critics and audiences during the summer of 1984, but has endured as a delightful cult property that, quite honestly, only gets better with age. I’ve watched the… Read More There’s Nothin’ Wrong with Goin’ Nowhere, Baby | Streets of Fire (1984) 4K Ultra HD
In the latest Film at 11 podcast, I take my son on a hunt for The Fugitive, the 1993 blockbuster thriller starring Harrison Ford as a wrongly convicted man on the run from the law. Joseph tells me he liked the movie a lot, even though he obviously had some problems following the plot. More… Read More Film at 11 Podcast: Episode 49 | The Fugitive (1993)
Remembered largely as one of the better Die Hard knockoffs that proliferated in the late 1980s and most of the following decade, the 1992 action thriller Under Siege makes almost no pretense of being anything other than what it is. The movie earned the nickname “Die Hard on a battleship” immediately upon release and wears… Read More This Is Not the Work of a Cook | Under Siege (1992) 4K Ultra HD
I’ve previously used the Film at 11 podcast to introduce one of my sons to the James Bond franchise, and even started him off the right way with a Sean Connery entry. That was Thomas watching Goldfinger at the time, back in episode 18. I feel I’m overdue to bring my other son, Joseph, into… Read More Film at 11 Podcast: Episode 47 | Dr. No (1962)
Logically, the purpose of having a movie collection ought to be to actually watch the movies you own. Unfortunately, like many collecting hobbies, the compulsion to simply have stuff – and ideally, more and better stuff than others that share your interests – too often overrides the original point of doing the thing in the… Read More Film from Z to A | A Resolution for 2026
Clinging to physical media for movie collecting has become an increasingly difficult prospect in this age of plentiful and convenient video streaming. First and foremost, the very idea of collecting movies for permanent ownership has fallen out of favor with the general public. Even for those of us hardliners who refuse to give up our… Read More First Impressions of a Second 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray Player
Similarly to how the film’s lead character returns to the same events over and over, the 1995 sci-fi thriller 12 Monkeys represents filmmaker Terry Gilliam circling back on his own career in a few notable ways. Firstly, and most obviously, it’s another time travel story, familiar in theme to (if very different in tone from)… Read More Science Ain’t an Exact Science | 12 Monkeys (1995) 4K Ultra HD
I thought I’d have a slam dunk watching the original 1982 Tron with my son Thomas for the Film at 11 podcast this week. The kid plays frisbee and loves video games, so how could he not like a movie that combines the two things? I probably should have guessed that wouldn’t go over as… Read More Film at 11 Podcast: Episode 37 | Tron (1982)
The choice of movie to watch with my son for the Film at 11 podcast came right down to the wire this week. This is another Halloween-themed episode, and until just about two minutes before recording, I was all set to run with the original 1982 Poltergeist. Those plans shifted when I decided that Thomas… Read More Film at 11 Podcast: Episode 35 | Hellboy (2004)
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