Wednesday, July 26, 2023

Ill-disposed in brawl ridiculous, the name of Agincourt


HENRY V

1989
Written and directed by Kenneth Branagh (based on the play The Life of Henry the Fifth by William Shakespeare)

Spoilers: N/A (why's there no play about the Siege of Orléans?)

Sunday, July 23, 2023

He's a mind-reading, shape-shifting incarnation of chaos!


MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE-DEAD RECKONING, PART ONE

2023
Directed by Christopher McQuarrie
Written by Erik Jendresen and Christopher McQuarrie

Spoilers: moderate

Saturday, July 22, 2023

Digitally release the kraken


RUBY GILLMAN, TEENAGE KRAKEN

2023
Directed by Kirk DiMicco (co-directed by Faryn Pearl)
Written by Pam Brady, Brian C. Brown, and Elliott Giuseppe

Spoilers: moderate

Tuesday, July 18, 2023

The Encyclopedia Brown: Those magnificent men in their flying machines


NIGHT FLIGHT

1933
Directed by Clarence Brown
Written by Oliver H.P. Garrett, John Monk Saunders, and Wells Root (based on the novel by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry)

Spoilers: moderate

Sunday, July 16, 2023

The Encyclopedia Brown: How about a little Service?


LOOKING FORWARD

1933
Directed by Clarence Brown
Written by Bess Meredyth and H.M. Harwood (based on the play Service by Dodie Smith)

Spoilers: moderate

Saturday, July 15, 2023

The Encyclopedia Brown: Hey, that's pretty progressive for... oh


THE SON-DAUGHTER

1932
Directed by Clarence Brown
Written by John F. Goodrich, Claudine West, and Leon Gordon (based on the play by George Scarborough and David Belasco)

Spoilers: moderate

Wednesday, July 12, 2023

The Encyclopedia Brown: But we are together, aren't we? And I doubt that you will scream, or alarm the neighbors


LETTY LYNTON

1932
Directed by Clarence Brown
Written by Wanda Tuchok and John Meehan (based on the novel by Marie Belloc Lownes and the play Dishonored Lady by Edward Sheldon and Margaret Ayer Barnes)

Spoilers: highish, inasmuch as I refer to the details of the real-life criminal case and the copyright infringement litigation resulting in this film's unusual legal status
Update 7/15/2023: I was way off on certain details of another film's legal status, which I have now corrected, though I find my initial error incredibly embarrassing

Sunday, July 9, 2023

Who knows, in a thousand years, even you may be worth something


INDIANA JONES AND THE DIAL OF DESTINY

2023
Directed by James Mangold
Written by Jez Butterworth, John Henry Butterworth, David Koepp, and James Mangold

Spoilers: severe, and I'm also going to let it run a little long

Tuesday, July 4, 2023

It's elementary


ELEMENTAL

2023
Directed by Peter Sohn
Written by John Hoburg, Kat Likkel, Brenda Hseuh, and Peter Sohn

Spoilers: moderate

Sunday, July 2, 2023

Smells like teen spirit


TEEN TITANS GO! TO THE MOVIES

2018
Directed by Peter Rida Michail and Aaron Horvath
Written by Michael Jelenic and Aaron Horvath

Spoilers: moderate, or high if you don't already know who Deathstroke the Terminator is

Saturday, July 1, 2023

For want of a can


THE FLASH

2023
Directed by Andy Muschietti
Written by Christina Hodson, John Francis Daley, Jonathan Goldstein, and Joby Howard

Spoilers: moderate (unless cameos are spoilers to you, you loser)