Tag: movies
Curating Crime and Punishment: What 10 Images Reveal About American Justice
Filmmaker Lynn Novick sifted through thousands of historical images to create her upcoming documentary series on the American justice system.
The Cyber Harvest 0.01: Kristen Stewart Thinks Hollywood Is Stuck in ‘Capitalist Hell’
A analysis of The New York Times podcast, The Interview, with actress and director Kristen Stewart. Hosted by David Marchese. This item is featured in the The Cyber Harvest 0.01 series I started in my take of personal curriculum and media gardens. Check out my site for more on this.
What else I watched whilst recovering
I've already written about using my sick leave to catch up with Doctor Who, Red Dwarf and the Marvel Cinematic Universe, but I watched other things too. Here are some of them. The Princess Bride It may be, ahem, 'inconceivable' that I'd never watched this before, but I did indeed watch The Princess Bride in...
Masters of the Universe
Doomsday Trailer
Der Astronaut
The Italian Neorealist Film Movement: Cinema Born from Scarcity
How Italian Neorealism Happened with No Studios, No Actors, No Plot
very excited for werwulf
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1986 - lookout mountain
I don't remember the exact day the tape slid into our VCR, but I know the precise moment my brother Matthew and I realized it was perfect. For a lot of critics in August of 1986, The Transformers: The Movie was a jarring shock to the system. They complained about the lack of setup. They wanted exposition; they wanted an explanation. But Matthew and I? We didn't need any of that. We loved that it dropped us headfirst into the smoke and gears of a brewing cosmic war without holding our hands. With...
Letterboxd, the social film review site
Seeing as how I have had a lot of time on my own recently whilst recovering, I decided to sign up for Letterboxd. It's a site where you can log which films you have watched and when, review them, and see what your friends have watched and reviewed. Letterboxd has been around for some time,...
🎬 Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008)
Watched this with Max as he wanted to catch another movie. Last year we had seen [Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom](https://xavierroy.com/indiana-jones-and-the-temple-of-doom/) exactly a year back.
🎬 The Pirates: The Last Royal Treasure (2022)
Rewatched The Pirates: The Last Royal Treasure last night with Max on our couch and we couldn't stop laughing. Sometimes the best movie experiences happen at home.
🎬 Project Hail Mary (2026)
Watched Project Hail Mary with Max and we both loved it…
🎬 Kung Fu Hustle (2004)
Watched Kung Fu Hustle (2004) with Max. And we loved it…