Sometimes major critics get it wrong, sometimes they get it right. Sometimes they hit the nail right on the head about whether or not a film is good or bad, and sometimes they are just needlessly mean and just miss the point, and just are simply unfair on a film. A film I feel too…
Author: The Postmodern Pelican
Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back (2001)
At this point, I don’t need to elaborate on why I adore Kevin Smith or the View Askewniverse, because it just isn’t really necessary – other than finding that he and I share a very similar sense of humor with certain things, Smith’s films always are very funny, endearing and in particular, his View Askewniverse…
Lilies of the Field (1963)
Other than Peter O’Toole and Jack Lemmon, the only actor I am willing to contend is the greatest actor to ever live is Sidney Poitier. It boggles my mind to see his output from the late 1950s to the late 1960s and not legitimately believe this guy was on the exact same level as Marlon…
The Jungle Book (2016)
It is a common complaint from many that Hollywood needs to be original – every year we see a glut of remakes, reboots, sequels and re-imaginings of previously existing movies – and it is a complaint I fully agree with. Hollywood doesn’t seem to be very capable of making many completely original films, and those…
Irrational Man (2015)
In its analysis of Irrational Man, Rotten Tomatoes mentions “Woody Allen apologists” – this is an unfortunate term that actually perfectly describes people like me – I recognize Allen as one of the greatest cinematic minds of all time, and his streak of making a film every year is almost completely unprecedented – but with that…
Winnebago Man (2009)
I consider myself someone who is relatively well-versed in the layers of the internet, specifically that of viral superstars – basically people that rise to meteoric fame because of a video they appear in that gets a bunch of attention. Perhaps my favorite video on the internet is Winnebago Man – the endlessly entertaining odyssey…
Mallrats (1995)
I am way too fond of Kevin Smith for my own good. I just think he’s an absolutely tremendous director, and his films are just so endlessly entertaining. Clerks is the very pinnacle of independent comedy that I love, and every film he did since that has been varying shades of brilliance. Clerks was risky…
Coriolanus (2011)
I love William Shakespeare – more specifically, I love his plays. I think that they were as relevant as social and political criticisms in the 16th century as they are now, in the 21st century. It is not a contentious point that they are timeless and filled with a quality that keeps them from ever…
The Fisher King (1991)
Another trip down the long and deeply emotional lane of nostalgia. The Fisher King was one of the first films I ever saw as a young cinephile, roughly about ten years ago. What struck me on the rewatch of the film was that it was exactly the same film that I remember – the deeply…
Withnail & I (1987)
I remember a few months ago going absolutely mad for a film called How to Get Ahead in Advertising. It was a film that completely blew my mind – it was such a zany, insane and bizarre film, and it featured Richard E. Grant in one of the most committed and most entertaining performances I…
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