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david bax / movies / reviews / Theatrical Review

December 2, 2020

Dear Santa: For Goodness’ Sake, by David Bax

Dana Nachman’s sweet and uplifting documentary Dear Santa does not waste its energy trying to pretend it’s anything other than a recruitment ad for the United States Postal Service’s Operation Santa program. And why should it? Not only is it...

david bax / movies / reviews / Theatrical Review

October 21, 2020

The Witches: Plastic Dahl, by David Bax

Roal Dahl was publishing stories as early as the 1940s and his best known novels came out in the 60s, 70s and 80s. But being a child in the 90s meant coming of age in the midst of a golden...

david bax / movies / reviews / Theatrical Review

June 25, 2020

My Spy: Mission Failure, by David Bax

Peter Segal’s My Spy is supposed to be an action/comedy. Its major failing is not an inability to strike a balance between the genres but to embody either of them for more than a few shots at a time. Only...

david bax / home video hovel / movies / reviews

May 1, 2020

Home Video Hovel: Alastair Sim’s School for Laughter, by David Bax

Film Movement Classics’ new four movie set of comedies starring Alastair Sim, which they’ve dubbed “Alastair Sim’s School for Laughter,” does not present the films in chronological order (though the essay by Ronald Bergen in the accompanying booklet does address...

josh long / movies / reviews / Theatrical Review

February 6, 2020

The 2020 Oscar-Nominated Live Action Short Films: Weight, What?, by Josh Long

Short films! You don’t usually watch them unless they’re nominated for an Academy Award, or if one of your friends made one. Fortunately for you, it’s Oscar season, so you’re likely falling into the first category. Here’s the breakdown of...

alexander miller / criterion predictions / movies

December 28, 2019

Criterion Prediction #222: It’s a Wonderful Life, by Alexander Miller

Title: It’s a Wonderful Life Year: 1946 Director: Frank Capra Cast: Jimmy Stewart, Donna Reed, Lionel Barrymore, Thomas Mitchell, Beulah Bondi, Henry Travers Synopsis: George Bailey (Stewart) recollects his life’s many touchstones thanks to an unlikely angel when he contemplates...

alexander miller / criterion predictions / movies

July 3, 2019

Criterion Prediction #198: The Secret of Roan Inish, by Alexander Miller

Title: The Secret of Roan Inish Year: 1994 Director: John Sayles Cast: Jenny Courtney, Eileen Colgan, Mick Lally, John Lynch, Pat Slowly, Declan Hannigan, Dave Duffy Synopsis: A ten-year-old Fiona is sent to live with her grandparents in the quiet...

alexander miller / criterion predictions / movies

April 24, 2019

Criterion Prediction #188: Bringing Up Baby, by Alexander Miller

Title: Bringing Up Baby Year:1938 Director: Howard Hawks Cast: Katharine Hepburn, Cary Grant, Walter Catlett, May Robson Synopsis: A bookish paleontologist, Dr. Huxley (Grant), is working tirelessly to reconstruct the skeleton of a brontosaurus. However, things get sticky two days...

david bax / movies / reviews / Theatrical Review

March 28, 2019

Dumbo: Big Top Letdown, by David Bax

Tim Burton’s Dumbo is a failure, to be sure, but not because of the poor, stiff child acting around which so much of it revolves. Even if that were the case, it would be mean-spirited to say so. No, the...

david bax / monday movie / movies

March 18, 2019

Monday Movie: Kes, by David Bax

Angry art wielded in service of a specific sociopolitical agenda is rarely subtle (even when it’s good; see Sorry to Bother You or listen to Billy Bragg for proof). The same generally goes for movies about child/animal attachments (those can...

Tagged: family

Dear Santa: For Goodness’ Sake, by David Bax

The Witches: Plastic Dahl, by David Bax

My Spy: Mission Failure, by David Bax

Home Video Hovel: Alastair Sim’s School for Laughter, by David Bax

The 2020 Oscar-Nominated Live Action Short Films: Weight, What?, by Josh Long

Criterion Prediction #222: It’s a Wonderful Life, by Alexander Miller

Criterion Prediction #198: The Secret of Roan Inish, by Alexander Miller

Criterion Prediction #188: Bringing Up Baby, by Alexander Miller

Dumbo: Big Top Letdown, by David Bax

Monday Movie: Kes, by David Bax

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