Category: Movies

My eyes tend to glaze when people start trotting out conspiracy theories about the moon landing, 9/11 or the Kennedy assassination.

The almighty was supposed to keep mortals in line by threat of divine punishment in a promised afterlife. At least those among us who subscribed to such notions; however, a clever few reason they could break the rules society pretends to live by and rewards would come their way.

Despite only having enough plot for a twenty-minute short, Boogie stretches its ultra-lightweight hijinks out for five times as long. This is just as well.

Despite being a much derided actress, I’ve somehow grown fond of Brooke Shields. I quite like her early work

None of the various characters in the three short films that comprise this wildly original anthology behave in ways seen by normal society as “kind,” but the odd and often disturbing “noble deeds” they do are all rooted in a desire for “kindness,”

Although the likes of De Niro, Donald Sutherland and Burt Lancaster are faves, I’ve always been a bit disappointed with myself for never getting around to Bernardo Bertolucci’s two-part historical drama.