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The Fountain
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Back in 1998, I came down with a bout of pneumonia. I was laid up in bed with nothing to do but to watch films. The medication, fever, and cough all contributed to a very strange first viewing of Darren Aronofsky’s debut feature, Pi. By the end of that film, I wasn’t sure if I had some sort of sickness-induced fevered dream or if what I had watched actually happened. After beginning to recover, I watched the film again. And…

The Rocketeer
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Let us go back three decades to the 1990’s. There were many No’s in the 90’s. What kind of No’s do I mean. Well… No social media. No iPhones. No Netflix. Just land lines, SNES, AOL, Prodigy, Cable TV, VHS, Laserdiscs, and CDs. Welcome to 1991 aka A Remote Time in Ancient History.

In the 90’s The Summer Movie season did not start in March. Until the last decade in fact, it always began in…

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Dick Tracy
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Spider-Noir got me all kinds of nostalgic for this 90s cult classic. It’s too bad we never got Dick Tracy Goes to War (Beatty’s preposed sequel).

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How to Rob a Bank
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This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.

28 Years Later: The Bone Temple
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My first film in the theaters of 2026. 

My first 2026 film.

28 Years Later was good. The Bone Temple may actually be better. It's a film that goes deeper into some of the mythology while never spoonfeeding it to expand the world and the themes the series deals with. Director Nia DaCosta fits perfectly into the director's chair, subbing for Danny Boyle. The work she does is engrossing and terrifying. The Final third is chef's kiss perfection and "turns it up to 11."

I cannot wait until the third in this trilogy. Those last few minutes gave me goosebumps.