Though they are important, the secret to a great party is not so much in the decorations or the accoutrements but in the guests finding interest in who is there and what’s going on. I thought about this during Baz …
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I try to give every movie at least six-hundred words, even if that represents more work and creativity than the movie gave to me. That’s going to be a struggle for Pain & Gain (2013) because, according to my thesaurus, there are …
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Iron Man 3 (2013) is more than enough fun and entertainment, completely in line with the quality of its predecessors, though I should preface that with a caveat. I’ve enjoyed the previous two Iron Man movies, but for the life of …
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On Her Majesty’s Secret Service (1969) shows Commander James Bond in a state of transition. In the late ’60s, the world was changing (actually it had already changed, but Bond has always been a little reactionary) and James would have to …
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In You Only Live Twice (1967) James Bond dies, visits Japan for the first time, comes face to face with his nemesis and encounters perhaps the most inefficient murder attempt in his long career of being allowed to slip through assassins’ fingers …
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If every Bond movie is a war between grit and silliness, Thunderball (1965) scores a great victory for nonsense. Here we have a villain with an eye patch, a murder attempt by exercise machine, an opening sequence that pits Bond against a man …
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