The Fifth Star Is Superfluous

I can tell you exactly what a four-star movie is. A four-star movie is one in which you leave the theater thinking about. It's a film you tell your friends they have to see. Sometimes a four-star movie is one that is one of the year's best, but you're not sure if it will ultimately stand the test...

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The Incredibly Stupid Ending of "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof"

Paul Newman's character in "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof," the 1958 adaption of Tennessee Williams' iconic play, is a disillusioned, depressed drunk. He's borderline abusive towards his wife, played by Elizabeth Taylor, and he cares not for his brother, sister-in-law, nieces and nephews, nor his parents,...

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Duck, You Sucker!

A Marxist quote followed by someone urinating on ants is a most peculiar way to begin a film, and I wish "peculiar" was the worst thing I could say about "Duck, You Sucker!" The second (and more commonly forgotten) part to the second trilogy Sergio Leone is most famous for, "Duck, You Sucker" (sometimes known as "A Fistful of Dynamite" and sometimes known as "Once Upon A Time...the Revolution") has...

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