A heartwarming tale about a troubled writer and a young boy who just wants to be loved.

Review of the PBS offering No Direction Home: “The documentary wallows in baby boomer nostalgia, replete with loving shots of bustling Greenwich Village and period footage of JFK romping with Caroline and John-John.”

“Clap if you believe in fairies, digital cameras and girls who re-envision ‘Peter Pan’.”

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“the reality of the modern West is one of look-alike stripmalls, snarled traffic, air pollution, and ranches sold for subdivisions. Like most places in America, this is a region under siege by unplanned low-density development – sprawl.”

‘Unfortunately, such ahistorical claptrap has become standard fare for journalistic and even pseudo-scholarly “summary assessments” of The Crusades’

“the film subscribes to the skewed view that the Crusades were fueled purely by fanaticism and greed, and fails to convey that – initially – they were, rightly or wrongly, in the words of medieval scholar Thomas F. Madden “defensive wars … an attempt

‘Every week for five weeks, beginning November 9, Amazon Theater will debut a new short film for your viewing pleasure.’

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“…all of the lightsaber blades have been re-rotoscoped…Han fires much sooner…the CG animation of Jabba the Hutt has been redone…[sigh]”

“And I should also point out that there was a change to the trash compacter scene. When the one-eyed creature pops up out of the garbage, he’s now CGI and he blinks…[!]

“for many people evil such as Nazism can only be understood as a cipher for evil within ourselves. They’ve become so persuaded of the essential ugliness of our society and its military, that to tell a war story is to tell the story of evil people”

“These are some of the most influential and important Westerns ever made. We don’t necessarily claim these are the 30 ‘best’ Westerns”

“The Oscar-winning film by Sofia Coppola opened to a lukewarm reception in Tokyo this past week . Critics say it draws on ‘unpleasant’ stereotypes”

‘what follows is a comprehensive list (to be extended) of movies that somewhat inspired Kill Bill or are referenced’