The Bridesmaid (2004)
Director: Claude Chabrol
Film
There’s Nothing Shameful In Having Problems (Podcast)
I recently saw the 2004 documentary Metallica: Some Kind Of Monster. The film shows the group trying to keep itself together in the wake of band tension, personal issues, and creative deadlock. How these problems are confronted and solved make this a film very much worth watching. We discuss some of the lessons learned.
There is nothing wrong or shameful in having problems. The measure of a man is how he confronts and handles those problems.
Wednesday Movie Roundup (2/28/2017)
These are the latest two films I’ve check out in recent days. Both of them are very good, if somewhat maddening in not resolving some plot twists I would have liked to see resolved.
Revisiting the Simpson Case: Netflix’s “The People Vs. O.J. Simpson”
I was a first-year law student in 1995. When the whole O.J. drama broke, I followed it (off and on) in the media like everyone else. I don’t remember exactly what my feelings were about the case at that time, other than the fact that I didn’t think things were going to turn out well for the prosecution. Not because of any legal issues or evidentiary technicalities, but simply because it was a celebrity trial. Things always get distorted when it comes to celebrities in American culture.
Sunday Movie Roundup (2/5/2017)
Black Mass (2015)
Director: Scott Cooper
Boston has always been a more “closed” town than the other big east coast American cities. It’s always been a weird mix of provincialism and internationalism. And even within Boston, South Boston is a very different place from the other parts of the city. If you grew up in Massachusetts in the 1970s and 1980s, and one side of your family was Irish immigrants in Boston, chances are just about 100% that you knew something about the Bulger family. And by this I mean Billy Bulger, at one time the most powerful politician in the state, and his older brother James “Whitey” Bulger.
Movie Roundup (2/1/2017)
I usually do movie reviews on Sundays, but what the hell. Sometimes it’s good to vary up the routine a bit.
Sunday Movie Roundup (1/15/2017)
I had a chance to see a few movies while aboard ship during the past couple of weeks. Here are some of the results.
Sunday Movie Roundup (12/25/2016)
If you find yourself with free time on your hands during the next few days, you might want to check out a few of these titles. As always, I try to focus on the films that get little mainstream attention. You can decide whether you want to see them.
Quintus Curtius 
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