Shoot the Glass

Where to begin?
Commando tells the story of John Matrix (Arnold Schwarzenegger), a former Special Forces colonel, who has retired and is living peacefully with his daughter in a remote location. The movie kicks off with three rapid-fire executions of Matrix’s former team members, which leads to Matrix’s old commander, General Franklin Kirby (James Olson), to [...]

Before Peter Jackson made his remake of this beloved classic, I only knew what most people know about King Kong: he’s a great big ape who captures a beautiful woman on a remote island, gets captured himself and subsequently taken back to New York, where he eventually dies falling from the Empire State Building.
So let’s [...]

I feel it’s only fair for me to admit something right away. I didn’t see the original “silent” version from 1925. My online rental service sent me the 1942 re-release. This version has the Chaplin narration added in, a completely different score, all title cards removed, and it’s a fair bit shorter.
I had heard this [...]

The African Queen is yet another classic I had overlooked for some reason. The IMDb plot summary writes: “In Africa during World War I, a gin-swilling riverboat captain is persuaded by a strait-laced missionary to use his boat to attack an enemy warship.” This sounds completely bonkers, yet it completely makes sense within the confines [...]

How does one go about reviewing a movie like this? Well, let me first start by saying that is was the first Werner Herzog / Klaus Kinski collaboration I’ve seen. It’s also their first, and I was more than a little nervous.
The opening shot is one of the most fantastic opening shots I’ve ever seen; [...]