I Want Some of This!!
I’m a sucker for movies either from or about my formative years in the 1980s. So I’m eager to see Richard Linklater’s latest movie Everybody Wants Some!! about three days in the lives of a group of college baseball players.…
Time For More Teen Angst
With some of the Young Adult novels that have been turned into movies lately, it can seem that the post-apocalyptic future is here already. Or maybe it just feels like that would be preferable to having to endure yet another…
How to Predict Oscar Winners
Some ten years ago I developed a statistical model for predicting Oscar winners. I've posted online predictions for the four main categories every year since with an 85% success rate. I provide predictions for just Best Picture, Director, Lead Actor,…
Great Movies With Just a Few Characters
By all accounts, Room (2015), based on Irish-Canadian Emma Donoghue’s acclaimed novel from 2010, is an exceptional movie. Despite a harrowing premise of abduction, imprisonment, and sexual assault, it has been resonating with audiences and critics alike. One aspect of…
Chas’ blog – The Hateful Eight
When the poster for "Hateful Eight" first went up in the lobby I asked myself, why "eight" ?...Tarantino has made a lot more than just eight movies since 1992's "Reservoir Dogs". When I looked up his screen credits i found…
I have a good feeling about this
Less than a week until Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens. I’ll go to see it with my wife and children, mirroring the time I went to see the first Star Wars movie with my parents and brother.…
Chas’ Blog-Truth
Generally, I really look forward to a film with some creative involvement from Robert Redford. Ever since his first appearances with Paul Newman in Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid and 1973's The Sting I have been impressed with his…
A Personal Selection of Holiday Movies
It's all too common at this time of year to see lists of the best holiday movies. Many include the same classic (and not so classic) films in various permutations. The entertaining Vox article, 5 ways The Night Before pays…
Chas’ blog- The Walk
The Walk (2015) written by Robert Zemeckis and Christopher Browne, based on the Philippe Petit book "To Reach the Clouds" directed by Robert Zemeckis running time 123 minutes This film is prospectively engaging on so many levels and from several…
Climb Everest? Hell No!
I used to be one of those nut jobs that fantasized about climbing to the top of Mount Everest one day, despite having no mountaineering experience. Then some 18-odd years ago I read "Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of…
