I’m not big on award shows. I don’t like the self-congratulatory nature of them and I can’t stand the politics behind it. Having said that, I didn’t watch the Emmys. I thought about it, I even intended to watch them and livetweet them the next morning. But I didn’t bother. I’ll still share a few thoughts about them here, albeit several days later. Continue reading
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- Isn't It Romantic, 2019 - ★★★ February 13, 2019I found this romcom parody quite beguiling. Tiny and I will be releasing a review of it on The Obsessive Viewer Podcast in a couple days.
- Dracula, 1931 - ★★★½ February 12, 2019Universal Monsters: Complete 30-Film Collection (Blu-ray Set Challenge) OV List Challenge 2019 – Roger Ebert’s “Great Movies” Starting to work on a project for the website/podcast for October of this year. As such, my full review of Dracula (1931) will post on ObsessiveViewer.com on October 1st. So it's still a ways away. For now, I'll say that thi […]
- Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, 1939 - ★★★★ February 10, 2019Obsessive Viewer: 20 Director Challenge - Round 1 - 4/20 Jimmy Stewart's performance is spectacular in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington. That's a given, I'm sure, considering how iconic he and this movie are. But when the film reaches the end of his filibuster Stewart's delivery, his mannerisms, and the emotion through every line of dialogue […]
- Strange Days, 1995 - ★★★ February 10, 2019Obsessive Viewer: 20 Director Challenge - Round 1 - 3/20 I was pretty much completely unaware of this movie before I started making my 20 Director Challenge list. It's a sci-fi action/thriller from 1995 involving Y2K (in the movie it's just referred to as 2K), conspiracy, and a black market that deals in discs of POV footage and feelings recorded t […]
- Ant-Man and the Wasp, 2018 - ★★★½ February 6, 2019Watched on Tuesday February 5, 2019.
- The Bank Dick, 1940 - ★★★½ February 4, 20192019 Weekly Comedy Challenge: 6/52 - (Week 6: A W.C. Fields comedy) OV List Challenge 2019 - Roger Ebert's "Great Movies" To be completely honest, the main reason I was excited to watch The Bank Dick was because one of my favorite sitcoms while I was growing up (Wings) paid homage to it in an episode with the same name in which Brian (Steven W […]
- Isn't It Romantic, 2019 - ★★★ February 13, 2019
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