The actor: Lois Smith The character: Hineman The film: Minority Report The line: “The Precogs are never wrong. But occasionally, they do disagree.” I don’t have a lot of patience for Spielberg’s movies set in the future. Spielberg in the past means Indiana Jones (mostly for better) Schindler’s List, Empire of the Sun, 1941, Munich,… Read More Top 100 American Movie Quotes of the 21st Century: #33
The following is from my series of Oscar Best Picture rankings, as well as my strongly worded suggestions for what should have won from among the nominees. For an introduction to the project, click here. For a way to vote on some Oscar-related ideas, click here. If I’ve written a review on any of the… Read More Better than the Oscars: 25-21
Dir. Bob Rafelson. Starring Jack Nicholson, Karen Black, Susan Anspach As much as any of the promising American directors of the early 1970s, Bob Rafelson was a victim of his own hype. Five Easy Pieces is an American entry into “angry young man”-ism which twists the typically industrial roots of that very British genre into… Read More Five Easy Pieces (1970)
Seeing Things Secondhand 