Star Wars Episode III: The Revenge of the Sith

Personally, because of the failures of the first two prequel, in some ways for me ROTS is the worst of all six films. While some of the scenes (any with Sidious, the wiping out of the Jedi) rise above any sequence in the previous prequels, over all the writing and internal consistencies simply flail away... READ MORE

Man on the Train (L'Homme du Train)

Thanks to the skills of director Patrice Leconte, L’Homme du train (Man on the Train) would have made an excellent silent film, except that we would have missed the enchanting tones of Jean Rochefort’s retired poetry teacher, Monsieur Manesquier. Manesquier talks like a... READ MORE

Jaws

This is simply my favorite Speilberg film. Also, it is the closest thing I have seen to a proper film adaptation of Moby Dick. Although condensed each of the main characters is a simulacrum of the key players from Melville’s classic novel: Chief Brody of course is our everyman, Ishmael type; ... READ MORE