I find films succeed or fail on three factors: 1) story and characters 2) filmmaking 3) acting. The Revenant has two and three down, but it’s the film’s failure with one that makes me think the film will be forgotten soon after (or perhaps before?) Oscar night in February. Director…
Dear Reader, Wow, has it been six months already? Time flies when you’re writing thousands of words. As I said in my previous post A Summer at The Chautauquan Daily, I have the pleasure of serving the community of Chautauqua NY for the nine-week summer season. Summer here is far…
Despite Hollywood’s best attempts, there are still films made each year that are not sequels, reboots, prequels, or spinoffs. Indeed, years ago there were films known as”exciting” and “new.” The mind boggles. This is a tally of films that aren’t based on anything (mostly)* that are coming out this year…