While most people can describe the general details of the Polish and French campaigns in broad strokes (Germany blitzkrieged through Poland…then they did it to France), the Balkan campaign is most often thought of as simply “the blunder that critically delayed the Russian invasion” […]
Everyone knows that I was a particularly vehement opponent of the Lord of the Rings movies. My thoughts on adaptations are well publicized and they basically amount to the unyielding law that it is unconscionable to change even one line of […]
Last time I discussed the basic problem of adaptations and the idea that “the book is always better than the movie”. I came to the conclusion that each must be evaluated by different criteria and making blanket statements about the […]
Hello dear readers, it’s MAILBAG MONDAY again! On this special day I will search through my mountain of reader mail and answer the five most pressing questions! What’s that you say? Do I really get that much mail? Well, I’ll admit…the […]
Here are some two sentence reviews of the movies I watched in July. Stats Movies watched – 31 Movies that were new to me – 26 Percent Romantic Comedies watched – 52% Monthly Masterpieces – Henry V, Shanghai Express, It Happened One Night, Paris Texas, Rebecca, […]