Dial M for Murder – 1954

Alfred Hitchcock is the master of suspense. His films bring an intensity to the screen and most build for a long time before the thrills reach their peak. This film is one of his best and easily one with a lot of build, in fact, this films builds for about half the movie and then […]

Halloween #2

”Don’t make me throw this hummus…it’s spicy!” -ParaNorman Double feature tonight as she tries to catch up.

Halloween #1

“2319! We have a 2319!” -Monsters Inc My wife is celebrating 31 movies of Halloween. This is how we start.

Night Train to Munich – 1940

The thriller is an interesting genre. Modern thriller rely on around the corner frights and keeping the viewer’s heart racing, but older thrillers tapped into something more primitive. Night Train to Munich focuses on a plot to transfer a kidnapped industrialist to Nazi Germany so that he can work for the enemy, but the Brits […]

Certain Women – 2016

Three vignettes of life in the Midwest, Montana to be more specific. Kelly Reichardt is an indie darling when it comes to female empowerment films and this one is her finest yet. Each segment of this film focuses on a woman in the midst of some crisis. The first focuses on a Laura Wells (Laura […]

The Truman Show – 1998

The Truman show offers an interesting commentary on the nature of media. The film is a bleak representation of television and more importantly, of the viewers themselves. In the twenty years since the Truman show first came out, the obsession with reality television has consumed the American people. This film creates a world where a […]