Blockbusters and Birdwalks

This is the final part of an eight-part series about American movie ratings.  Part 1 focused on Prano Baily-Bond’s “Censor”. Part 2 focused on Mike Nichols’s “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?”. Part 3 focused on Brian DePalma’s “Greetings”. Part 4 focused on Gordon Flemyng’s “The Split”. Part 5 focused on Steven Spielberg’s “Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom”. Part 6 focused on Garry Marshall’s...

This is the seventh part of an eight-part series about American movie ratings.  Part 1 focused on Prano Baily-Bond’s “Censor”. Part 2 focused on Mike Nichols’s “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?”. Part 3 focused on Brian DePalma’s “Greetings”. Part 4 focused on Gordon Flemyng’s “The Split”. Part 5 focused on Steven Spielberg’s “Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom”. Part 6 focused on Garry Marshall’...

A love story in time of war that's presented as a mystery centered on how to tell stories.

Is pre-slap Will Smith worth reflection?

This is the sixth part of an eight-part series about American movie ratings.  Part 1 focused on Prano Baily-Bond’s “Censor”. Part 2 focused on Mike Nichols’s “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?”. Part 3 focused on Brian DePalma’s “Greetings”. Part 4 focused on Gordon Flemyng’s “The Split”. Part 5 focused on Steven Spielberg’s “Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom”. Future episodes will focus on John...

This is the fifth part of an eight-part series about American movie ratings.  Part 1 focused on Prano Baily-Bond’s “Censor”. Part 2 focused on Mike Nichols’s “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?”. Part 3 focused on Brian DePalma’s “Greetings”. Part 4 focused on Gordon Flemyng’s “The Split”. Future episodes will focus on Garry Marshall’s “The Flamingo Kid” (1984), John McNaughton’s “Henry: Portrait of...

Best Picture Winner, really?

"The smiles you'll gather / Will look well on you / Oh, I hope you're Going My Way too."

This is the fourth part of an eight-part series about American movie ratings.  Part 1 focused on Prano Baily-Bond’s “Censor”. Part 2 focused on Mike Nichols’s “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?”. Part 3 focused on Brian DePalma’s “Greetings”. Future episodes will focus on Steven Spielberg’s “Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom” (1984), Garry Marshall’s “The Flamingo Kid” (1984), John McNaughton’s “...

His weapon was his humanity.

This is the third part of an eight-part series about American movie ratings.  Part 1 focused on Prano Baily-Bond’s " Censor ". Part 2 focused on Mike Nichols’s " Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?". Future episodes will focus on Gordon Flemyng’s " The Split " (1968), Steven Spielberg’s " Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom " (1984), Garry Marshall’s &quot...

This is the second part of an eight-part series about American movie ratings.  Part 1 focused on Prano Baily-Bond’s " Censor" .  Future episodes will focus on Brian DePalma’s " Greetings " (1968), Gordon Flemyng’s " The Split " (1968), Steven Spielberg’s " Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom " (1984), Garry Marshall’s " The Flamingo Kid " (1984),...

This is the first part of an eight-part series about American movie ratings.  Part 1 focuses on Prano Bailey-Bond’s 2021 slasher movie " Censor ", as an introduction to censorship, generally. Future episodes will focus on Mike Nichols’s " Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? " (1966), Brian DePalma’s " Greetings " (1968), Gordon Flemyng’s " The Split " (1968), St...

"Although I have taken the form of Gaius Caligula, I am all men as I am no man and therefore I am a God."

Garrett Chaffin-Quiray and Ed Rosa catch up to the zeitgeisty hit of 2019 and reel-in a real whopper.

Garrett Chaffin-Quiray and Ed Rosa celebrate Eddie Murphy, a stand-up genius, playing Rudy Ray Moore, another stand-up genius, who invented Dolemite, a Hip Hop God.

Garrett Chaffin-Quiray and Ed Rosa get Churched? 

Garrett Chaffin-Quiray and Ed Rosa lament overdone spectacle in movies versus the too-rare peculiarity of wonderfully humane stories. 

Garrett Chaffin-Quiray and Ed Rosa get a grip on porcine friendship, the influence of Bruce Springsteen, and the odd brilliance of Nicolas Cage.

Garrett Chaffin-Quiray and Ed Rosa reflect on the male member.

Garrett Chaffin-Quiray and Ed Rosa think about Ridley Scott's Late Middle Ages story about a woman seeking justice after surviving rape.

Garrett Chaffin-Quiray and Ed Rosa agree that bad can mean good, and good can mean good, but sometimes bad means bad and not good.

Garrett Chaffin-Quiray said, "It was gorgeousness," and Ed Rosa replied, "And gorgeousity made flesh."

"Come on feet, cruise for me."

"She hits the berg on the starboard side, right? She kind of bumps along, punching holes like Morse code, dit dit dit, along the side, below the water line. Then the forward compartments start to flood."