Category: The Talkies
Animal Farm, Without Orwell
The famous allegory for Stalinism that is Animal Farm is a classic for a reason. One of George Orwell’s most…
You Can’t Take It with You — But You Can Laugh All the Way
We had an unusual situation here in the prodigious arts and theatre metropolis of little Grove City, Pennsylvania. For the…
Pluribus, Another Vince Gilligan Masterpiece
Vince Gilligan is back. The writer, director, and creative mind behind the award-winning drama Breaking Bad and the equally successful…
Avatar: Fire and Ash: Beautiful and Bland
It’s unthinkable that a director might come along in 30 years and remake James Cameron’s Avatar saga. Visually, these films…
Capote, 20 Years Later
Directed by Bennett Miller from a script by Dan Futterman, the film Capote, which turned 20 years old this year,…
The Running Man Is a Hicklib’s Fantasy Come to Life
“‘The Running Man’ Fell Down At The Box Office,” declared Deadline in an article published on Sunday. Did it? Just…
Rolling Them Up in Iraq
“We can roll them up and finish this in a day.” It was April of 2004 and a combined Marine-Army…
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