Category Archives: movie review

Make Womb! Make Womb!

Posted on April 3, 2012 by JE

As fate and my innamorata would have it, I watched (within the space of a few days) two movies based on old Ira Levin novels: The Stepford Wives and Rosemary’s Baby. It seems crazy to give a spoiler alert about movies … Continue reading →

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Bath of the Titans

Posted on April 1, 2012 by JE

On Friday evening I set out with an intrepid band to see The Maltese Falcon on the big screen at the Valentine theater in the big town of Toledo. Through a set of hilarious circumstances we ended up eating dinner … Continue reading →

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Batman Strikes Out, and 2 Pix

Posted on March 20, 2011 by JE

I rewatched Batman Returns recently. It’s a visually beautiful movie. It reminded me constantly of an over-the-top production of an opera–an impression helped along by a lushly operatic soundtrack by Danny Elfman. For visual effects CGI can’t rival, the movie … Continue reading →

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Putting the Just in Adjustment

Posted on March 7, 2011 by JE

The Adjustment Bureau, like every third movie out of Hollywood these days, is based on a Philip K. Dick story I haven’t read (in this case “Adjustment Team”). I have to admit that the Great Dickening of our times baffles … Continue reading →

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