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My movie reviews
The 20th Century’s Best American Films Worth Watching Today, Part 3 Part 2: 1940-1949 Part 4: 1960-1969 The Studio Peak & Paranoia (1950–1959) This is the next stop on our tour through the 20th Century’s classic movies worth watching that are still friction-free to watch today. If you’re in your … Read more
The 20th Century’s Best American Films Worth Watching Today, Part 2 Part 1 (1917-1939) Part 3 (1950-1959) The Golden Age & Post-War Noir (1940–1949) We are continuing our tour through the 20th Century’s classic movies worth watching that are still friction-free today. If you’re in your 20s or 30s, this list is … Read more
The 20th Century’s 100 Best American Movies Worth Watching Today: Part 1 (1917-1939) Part 2: 1940-1949 First off, this is NOT a list of the greatest movies ever made, and it’s also NOT a list of my favorite movies. I’m writing this because I love movies, both old and new, and I want more people … Read more
The 11 Best Movies to Watch about the 90s The 1990s were an important, transitional decade for me. As a Gen Xer, I was a teenager for the first half of the decade and in my early 20’s for the second half. As a student of film I wanted to write on the best movies … Read more
I still remember the first commercial I saw for the animated Aladdin, back in 1992. There was a quote from one critic along the lines of “It would take a miracle to surpass Beauty and the Beast. That miracle is Aladdin.” I was immediately nettled. Ever since I had fallen in love with The Little … Read more