Andy's Film Blog

The Day the Earth Stood Still is the prototypical science fiction of the 1950s, containing all the elements, good and bad, that populated th...

To begin with, All that Jazz, the biographical film of Bob Fosse, is a frantic mess. This is appropriate however, since Fosse’s own life, es...

The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie is refreshing in that it is the story of an educator who does not act as an inspiration for her students, but ...

Most often, you can see a really bad movie coming from a mile away and avoid it without your wallet or your precious spare time taking a hi...

Jordan Rides the Bus tells a fascinating story and is made by a great sports film director, but perhaps takes the wrong approach in telling ...

I’m not sure if I’ve ever seen such a beautifully shot film, with strong performances from actors I admire, with such a nauseating, contrive...

Though not directly explained in the film, I think the Baader Meinhoff Complex refers to the different takes of RAF gang members Andreas Baa...

The Karate Kid is an underdog story that we identify with even more so because the underdog is not a hopeless cause who makes a 180. Instead...

Tell No One is a French film, adapted from an American novel, and succeeds as a thriller, mystery, and chase film. Jam packed with plot and ...

Is it possible for a highly original film to wear out its welcome? Scott Pilgrim vs. the World is a unique film that does just that through ...

I would describe This is Spinal Tap as more amusing than hilarious, but it still should be recognized as an influential forerunner of the mo...

Joseph L. Mankiewicz was a director who was concerned with the bigger picture. His films often functioned as social commentary on top of ent...

The Killers, based on a short story by Ernest Hemingway, opens fantastically with a diner/hostage scenario followed by the murder of the mai...

Of the films John Woo made before leaving for Hollywood, people usually mention Hard Boiled and The Killer. After recently viewing Hard Boil...

After watching my second mountain climbing flick in six months, I’m beginning to think that the big screen is no place for flicks about moun...

We’ve all had relationships with people like the father figure in the film: that stubborn old fool, stuck in his ways, who is unwilling to g...

At first glance, The Bad News Bears may seem like a routine sports film but after viewing it is clear that it is more than that. On top...

Some events are so huge that we automatically record and remember our locations when we hear about them through the media. I remember where ...

The Eclipse is an effective ghost story , one that probably would not take with today’s horror crowd due to its lack of blood and guts in a...

Birth of a Nation. Citizen Kane. Star Wars. To that list of films that revolutionized the movies I would also add Pulp Fiction, Quentin...

The Two Escobars follows the stories of Colombian soccer player Andres Escobar and Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar, no relation. In the ...

Very rarely does a film spoof strive to be something bigger, but Walk Hard is that film. Mocking Walk the Line, Ray, D.A. Pennebaker's D...

When Will Ferrell collaborates with Adam McKay we expect to laugh. The Other Guys delivers on that regard, but there may be something mo...

First she was a damaged badass with a dragon tattoo and now she is back and playing with fire (soon she will be kicking hornet’s nest). The ...

Often in a planned series of films released relatively near each other, they will change directors to bring a different perspective on th...