A year or so ago, the Curmudgeon needed some lighter-than-usual reading and decided to reread the Tom Clancy volumes. I say “light” even though most of the books are so thick they can break your wrists if you …
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This Week鈥檚 Review: Star Wars: 鈥淭he Rise of Skywalker鈥
As you know, the Curmudgeon has been delving deeply into his stash of DVDs; for the weekend of May 2, he was about to re-view some of the sets of Great Lectures produced by The Teaching Company, but …
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This Week's Review: "Jesus of Nazareth"
To paraphrase the Book of Ecclesiastes, “Of the making of biblical epics, there is no end.”聽Some curmudgeons would go so far as to describe “biblical epic” as a supreme oxymoron, but such films have had, and continue to …
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This Week鈥檚 Review: 鈥淨uo Vadis鈥
The Curmudgeon is still prowling through his older DVDs; for the Easter weekend, he indulged in two epics, 鈥淨uo Vadis鈥 and 鈥淛esus of Nazareth.鈥 Both hold up despite their years. My memory is that 鈥淨uo Vadis鈥 reached the …
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This Week鈥檚 Review: 鈥淩yan鈥檚 Daughter鈥
聽The Curmudgeon has rows and rows of DVDs he hasn’t watched in a decade or so, so the quarantine is a good time to catch up with those. It now seems that he has been guilty for five …
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This Week鈥檚 Review: 鈥淐olor Out of Space鈥
Believe it or not, the Curmudgeon has a new film to review; however, it will not be to everyone’s taste. The film in question, 鈥淐olor Out of Space,鈥 played a few days before the current pestilence closed all …
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This Week鈥檚 Review: 鈥淭he Maltese Falcon鈥
I certainly saw several noir films in the late 1940s and early 鈥50s, but I was too young to really enjoy the genre and I did not see some of the classics until they began to appear on …
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This Week's Review: 鈥淭he Barchester Chronicles鈥
As I said in an earlier review, the current medical crisis is good for those with an adequate supply of books and DVDs. I am now re-viewing the BBC’s massive adaptation of Anthony Trollope’s 鈥淧alliser鈥 novels. Those who …
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This Week鈥檚 Review: Books
In a recent review, I raised the question of how the current medical crisis would affect theaters. I learned this morning, March 17, that AMC and Regal (Edwards) are closing down for the duration. Since Hollywood is holding …
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This Week鈥檚 Review: 鈥淕lory鈥
The weekend of March 7 had absolutely nothing that could entice a curmudgeon out of his lair, but, as would any respectable curmudgeon, he had plenty of books and DVDs with which to divert himself. It took much …