I originally wrote this blog for Night Owl TV as a part of their Classic Film Zone. I’m reprinting it here with their permission. For more from Night Owl TV click here. Film Noir is one of the most misunderstood genres of cinema. It’s so misunderstood that its referred to as a genre, when it …
Category: Reviews
Logan Addendum
I was thinking more about Logan over the weekend and chatting with my teenage daughter about it after she saw it, and something occurred to me that I hadn’t thought of before. I posted here about how much I liked the film, and my overall opinion of it hasn’t changed, but I did come to realize …
Logan: The X-Men Go Dark
I saw Logan over the weekend and I was thoroughly impressed. I should start of by saying that I am not a huge fan of the X-Men movies. I loved the animated series in the 90’s and I was also a fan of the comic books, but I found the films to be overly polished and generic. The …
My Top Five Horror Movies of All Time
I know that Halloween was a few of days ago, but some of us actually have kids and families and actually spend Halloween doing Halloween things. As I was doing all of those Halloween things and as I’ve been stuffing myself with left over candy for the past couple of days, I started thinking about …
A Cool Script Analysis of The Shining
Check out this link for an in depth review of what makes this film so effective.
A New Series From Monument Scripts
We have a new series that will be starting up in the next couple of days called BSsentials. These will be posts centered around films that I feel are essential viewing. Many of these films will be classics, but many will not be. There will be goofy comedies on the list as well as quirky …
PIXAR Movies from Best to Worst
With Finding Dory set to be the latest PIXAR Animation Studios latest release next week, now seems like a good time to reflect on their past films and rank them from best to worst. Over the past two decades PIXAR Animation Studios has become the number one producer of animated films. They’ve dominated the Oscars …
My Thoughts on Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Now that Star Wars: The Force Awakens has been out for a few weeks, and I’ve taken some time off around the holidays, I thought I would add to the ever-growing list of masses who feel compelled to wax on the merits and faults of the latest entry into the Star Wars pantheon. Something you …
My Top 5 Science Fiction Films of All Time
Perhaps you’ve heard that there’s a little movie coming out this weekend called Star Wars: The Force Awakens. I love the Star Wars series. The first film came out when I was 6-years old. I had all of the toys when I was a kid. I used to have marathon sessions where I would watch …
PIXAR: The Home of the Road Movie
I saw Disney/PIXAR’s The Good Dinosaur earlier this week and it reaffirmed a problem that I’ve been having with PIXAR’s films for the past several years. PIXAR is now the home of the road movie. Avid followers of this blog will know that I am not a fan of the Road Movie. I find that …