I didn’t like Shane very much. Can that count as a review? It’s my site, so I’m saying “yes, those six words constitute a full fledged review.” On to the next one.

The Girl Who Played With Fire played better as a film than it did as a book. I had diminishing returns with the books, liking each progressively less. In the case of the films, this, the second, was at least … Continue reading →

It’s surprising to me that I’ve never written about Nicolas Roeg’s Don’t Look Now before now. I first saw it nearly 20 years ago and have seen it two or three times since, including while I was actively writing about … Continue reading →

I really enjoyed Niels Arden Oplev’s adaptation of Stieg Larsson’s The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo. It’s a streamlined, focused film that captures the essence of the page-turner novel while avoiding a slavish adherence to the source material.

I’ve seen more westerns in the past year or so than I’d seen in my entire life up until this point. There are a few on the AFI 100 Years, 100 Movies list, which I’m trying to (slowly) see everything … Continue reading →