Author Archives: Tom Garrett

Untimely Movie Review: One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest

Posted on June 1, 2020

One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest is the third film in the Warner Brothers 50 Film Collection that revolves around a central struggle of the individual against institutionalization. Like Cool Hand Luke and A Clockwork Orange, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest … Continue reading →

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Untimely Movie Review: The Exorcist

Posted on May 26, 2020

The Exorcist provides another example of a cultural touchstone film that, somehow, I’ve never seen. That’s right—despite owning about 500 movies on disc, and seeing perhaps hundreds more over the years, this one escaped my view.  This is the next … Continue reading →

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Untimely Movie Review: A Clockwork Orange

Posted on May 18, 2020

The next entry in the Warner Brothers 50 Film Collection is the second Stanley Kubrick offering in the set: A Clockwork Orange.  Yet, despite the unmistakably ambitious nature of the film, I found it had more in common thematically with … Continue reading →

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Untimely Movie Review: Dirty Harry

Posted on May 11, 2020

Going from Willy Wonka to Dirty Harry practically gave me the bends. But Clint Eastwood’s signature performance was next up in the Warner Brothers 50 Film Collection.  Like Bullitt, this is a movie about police officers in San Francisco.  Unlike Bullitt, … Continue reading →

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Untimely Movie Review: Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory

Posted on May 4, 2020

I was eager to dive into the next film in the Warner Brothers 50 Film Collection, Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, because I hadn’t seen the movie in many years.  In fact, my first exposure to it was in a … Continue reading →

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Untimely Movie Review: Bullitt

Posted on April 27, 2020

Bullitt, the next film in the Warner Brothers 50 Film Collection, is the perfect palate-cleanser after the fantastic but mystifying 2001: A Space Odyssey. Rather than exploring existential questions of humanity and our place in the universe, Bullitt is quite simply an action-packed … Continue reading →

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Untimely Movie Review: 2001: A Space Odyssey

Posted on April 20, 2020

For about 25 minutes, there’s not a single line of dialogue in Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey. Yet, Kubrick, using only a phenomenal, classical score (WHOOOO!) and striking, brutal, beautiful, and sometimes alarming visuals produces a remarkably well-told story. As a … Continue reading →

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Untimely Movie Review: Cool Hand Luke

Posted on April 13, 2020

With my renewed, pandemic-commitment to reviewing the Warner Brothers 50 Film Collection, I moved on to the next film in the collection, Cool Hand Luke. Like Doctor Zhivago and numerous other titles in the set, Cool Hand Luke is based on a book I’ve … Continue reading →

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Untimely Movie Review: Doctor Zhivago

Posted on April 7, 2020

I thought there could be no better time to resume my on-again, off-again relationship with the Warner Brothers 50 Film Collection than during a global pandemic. In fairness to me, the reason I hit pause after the most recent few … Continue reading →

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Timely Movie Review: The Rise of Skywalker

Posted on December 31, 2019

*MAJOR SPOILERS AHEAD* “The dead speak!” The first line of The Rise of Skywalker‘s opening crawl was an immediate red flag. In Episode IX, the dead don’t just speak.  They give speeches. Much as I did with The Last Jedi, I made … Continue reading →

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