Monday, May 29, 2017

Alien: Covenant

"The house of Israel and the house of Judah have broken my covenant that I made with their forefathers. Therefore, this is what Jehovah says, 'Here I am bringing on them a calamity that they will not be able to escape. When they call for help, I will not listen to them." Alien: Covenant, the sixth...

Sunday, May 28, 2017

Nobody Did It Better

Roger Moore, who passed away last week, did it better than just about everyone else. In terms of James Bond, his most famous role, he was the only one of the six who understood the farcical, fictitious, facetious nature of the character. Spies, frankly, don't look like James Bond, they don't dress...

Thursday, May 25, 2017

Death on the Nile

"The Nile, forever new and old, Among the living and the dead, Its mighty, mystic stream has rolled." -Henry Wadsworth Longfe Death on the Nile features an opening in the English countryside as if this were Downton Abbey (the film even features Maggie Smith), but soon we are introduced to a treasure...