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david bax / movies / reviews / Theatrical Review

May 2, 2019

Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile: Get’cha Head in the Game, by David Bax

This review originally ran as part of our Sundance 2019 coverage. Joe Berlinger’s Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile ultimately fails in its mission to provide the viewer with anything deeper or broader than an adaptation of what they’d uncover in a Google search. But...

dayne linford / home video hovel / movies / reviews

April 29, 2019

Home Video Hovel: The Street Fighter Collection, by Dayne Linford

No, this is not the 1994 Jean-Claude Van Damme adaptation of the famous video game series. We don’t even get a Ryu cameo, though I guess expecting characters not yet created would be rather unreasonable. This trio of films, kicked...

2019 / david bax / movies / TCM Fest / TCM Fest 2019

April 22, 2019

TCM Classic Film Festival 2019: Part Three, by David Bax

Nine o’clock in the morning on the last day of TCM Fest at the Chinese Theater is a singularly weird way to see Gene Kelly’s Hello, Dolly! (1969) for the first time. The movie’s reputation has more to do with...

david bax / monday movie / movies

April 22, 2019

Monday Movie: The Damned Don’t Cry, by David Bax

The Damned Don’t Cry is notable for more than just having one of the greatest titles in the history of movies but even if it weren’t, that would still be enough. Whatever those lurid words may suggest to you, what exists...

2019 / david bax / movies / TCM Fest / TCM Fest 2019

April 18, 2019

TCM Classic Film Festival 2019: Part Two, by David Bax

One day, perhaps I’ll be so well-rounded a cinephile that I can spend all of TCM Fest hunting down rarities. But, until then, I will continue to occasionally use it as an excuse to cross some major blind spots off...

2019 / david bax / movies / TCM Fest / TCM Fest 2019

April 18, 2019

TCM Classic Film Festival 2019: Part One, by David Bax

This year marked the tenth annual TCM Classic Film Festival, the annual gathering of classic film enthusiasts in Hollywood for a long weekend of old movies and the love of same. Though I couldn’t fully celebrate alongside the festival’s organizers...

david bax / monday movie / movies

April 15, 2019

Monday Movie: Nobody Lives Forever, by David Bax

Pretty much every movie thief or con man seems to have the same rule: “Never fall in love.” Maybe, though, they just haven’t seen Jean Negulesco’s 1946 Nobody Lives Forever. Sure, you might have to shoot some guys but, at...

david bax / movies / reviews / Theatrical Review

April 10, 2019

Dogman: Has His Day, by David Bax

This review originally ran as part of our TIFF 2018 coverage. Dogman starts out bearing some resemblance to a previous film from director Matteo Garrone, 2012’s Reality. That film’s lead was a fishmonger, well liked in his neighborhood; this time around, it’s...