Ernest Cline’s 2011 novel was optioned for the screen before it had even hit publication. Steven Spielberg signed on to direct, and brought this nostalgia trip to the screen.
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Category Archives: Movies
Weekend Review: Westworld (1973)
We’ve recently reviewed the first season of Westworld and many viewers await the second installment. Long before the series, however, we had this film, which became a kind of late-night classic.
The original 70s Westworld, like Battlestar Galactica, made the superior, twenty-first century series possible. it also features Star Trek‘s Majel Barett in a minor role. This actually meant she was faring better than the rest of the TOS cast at the time. Shatner was shilling for a Canadian supermarket chain, Nimoy taking largely forgotten roles, and Deforest Kelley doing guest-spots in obscure TV series and that notorious 70s stinker, Night of the Lepus.
Move Discussion: A Wrinkle in Time
Madeleine L’Engle’s award-winning 1962 novel introduced many young readers to SF, and began a series that remains popular.
The Walt Disney adaptation began its theatrical run last week, playing to decidedly mixed reviews.
Here’s the place to discuss it.
“La La Land” (2016): Make Me Watch It #15
The latest subject of Make Me Watch It is La La Land (2016), directed by Danien Chazelle. The updated and maintained list of options for “Make Me Watch It” can be found here. You can name up to ten movies you’d like me to cover here. The series can also be found on Stitcher, on iTunes, or in a direct RSS feed.
The Shape of Water wins Best Picture
Guillermo del Toro’s SF/Fantasy/Fable inspired by an old monster movie won Best Picture and Best Director at the 2018 Academy Awards.1 Blade Runner 2049 took two, for Visual Effects and Cinematography, and Get Out, one, for best original screenplay.
Our review of the film appears here.
Full listing of winners may be found pretty much everywhere.
Weekend Review: A Ghost Story (2017)
It has been awhile since we’ve done a Weekend Review of an older film, but here’s one we missed in 2017. A Ghost Story turns its familiar premise into something we’ve never quite seen before. It earned itself numerous awards— but less time in the theatres than the filmmakers might have liked.
Black Panther (2018) Movie Review
The latest Marvel Cinematic Universe installment has been released, adding a new nation to the map and offering new technology. Click below to read the Black Panther review.
Oz Double Feature: Make Me Watch It #14
The latest subjects of Make Me Watch It are now available, covering Oz the Great and Powerful directed by Sam Raimi and Legends of Oz: Dorothy’s Return directed by Will Finn and Dan St. Pierre. The series can also be found on Stitcher, on iTunes, or in a direct RSS feed.
Movie Review: The Shape of Water
Guillermo del Toro’s acclaimed fantasy film takes the old monster movies and views them from a skewered perspective. In the first half, we’re following the action from the point of view of the cleaning woman at a government facility.
Then, she decides to get involved….
Hunchback of Notre Dame (1923) – Make Me Watch It Podcast #13
The latest subject of Make Me Watch It is The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1923), directed by Wallace Worsley and starring Lon Chaney Sr. The series can also be found on Stitcher, on iTunes, or in a direct RSS feed.