The actor: J.K. Simmons The character: Fletcher The film: Whiplash The line: “Not quite my tempo.” I started writing on this blog back in 2013, at a time when I was shooting for one hundred posts in ten different categories. Times have changed. After writing two posts in 2014, in 2015 I started getting into… Read More Top 100 American Movie Quotes of the 21st Century: #31
Dir. Max Barbakow. Starring Andy Samberg, Cristin Milioti, J.K. Simmons Seeing as this is a recent release, and I genuinely think you’re more likely to enjoy this one if you don’t know much about it going in, a wholehearted “spoiler alert!” So when you do a time loop movie and the action is more “romantic… Read More Palm Springs (2020)
You can read up on the basis for this series here, and also find links to other posts in the series. Movies I’ve reviewed on this site have a link in the title which you can follow to read my full review. 5) Groundhog Day (1993), directed by Harold Ramis “What if a man… Read More 100 Exceptional American Movies in 10 Genres: Speculative, 5-1
Dir. Jason Reitman. Starring Aaron Eckhart, William H. Macy, Cameron Bright In 2005, when this movie first came out, I’m not sure that the slide with the names of four executive producers, men without any real creative input on the film, would have raised many eyebrows. In 2017, watching a movie that has the names… Read More Thank for You Smoking (2005)
Dir. Damien Chazelle. Starring Miles Teller, J.K. Simmons, Paul Reiser People listen to music for repetition, predictability. This is why a three minute ditty on the radio can repeat its chorus three times and no one is bothered, and this is why people in pressed shirts go crazy for Ravel’s Bolero. Even music like Schoenberg’s… Read More Whiplash (2014)
Seeing Things Secondhand 