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Author Archives: Tom Garrett
Father’s Day (Redux 2020)
It’s Father’s Day again, and continuing with what is now an annual tradition, I’m taking this opportunity to share a Father’s-Day-related storytelling podcast I recorded back in 2016. Happy Father’s Day.
Untimely Movie Review: Superman
Approaching the turn in the Warner Brothers 50 Film Collection, I encounter a familiar face: Superman. I’m too young to have seen the 1978 movie in a theater, but I’m the perfect age to have experienced the film’s frequent showing as … Continue reading
Posted in Commentary, Movies, Reviews
Tagged Christopher Reeve, Clark Kent, Commentary, Gene Hackman, John Williams, Lex Luthor, Lois Lane, Margot Kidder, Marlon Brando, Movies, Reviews, Superman, Warner Bros., Warner Brothers
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Buy Physical Media
A generous helping of shutdown-induced free time has allowed me to catch up on my ridiculous backlog of movies on disc. That’s why it’s no coincidence that the last dozen or so posts on this formerly eclectic blog are movie … Continue reading
Posted in Commentary, Movies, Politics
Tagged Andrew Sullivan, Blu-Ray, Censorship, Commentary, Drew Brees, Free Speech, Movies, New York Times, Peggy Noonan, Politics, The Federalist, Tom Cotton, Totalitolerance, Washington Post
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Untimely Movie Review: One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
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
Untimely Movie Review: The Exorcist
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
Posted in Commentary, Movies, Reviews
Tagged Commentary, Ellen Burstyn, Linda Blair, Max von Sydow, Movies, Pea Soup, Reviews, The Exorcist, Warner Bros., Warner Brothers, William Friedkin, William Peter Blatty
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Untimely Movie Review: A Clockwork Orange
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
Posted in Commentary, Movies, Reviews
Tagged A Clockwork Orange, Alex DeLarge, Commentary, Malcolm McDowell, Movies, Reviews, Stanley Kubrick, Warner Bros., Warner Brothers
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Untimely Movie Review: Dirty Harry
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
Posted in Commentary, Movies, Reviews
Tagged Clint Eastwood, Commentary, Dirty Harry, Harry Callahan, Movies, Reviews, Warner Bros., Warner Brothers
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Untimely Movie Review: Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory
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
Posted in Commentary, Movies, Reviews
Tagged Commentary, Gene Wilder, Jack Albertson, Movies, Reviews, Warner Bros., Warner Brothers, Willy Wonka, Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory
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Untimely Movie Review: Bullitt
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
Posted in Commentary, Movies, Reviews
Tagged Bullitt, Commentary, Jacqueline Bisset, Movies, Reviews, Robert Vaughn, Steve McQueen, Warner Bros., Warner Brothers
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Halfway Home
I purchased the Warner Brothers 90th Anniversary blu-ray Collection over six years ago. It took me quite a while, but, as I’ve been on a pandemic-fueled review flurry of late, I’ve finally been able to finish the first half of … Continue reading →