Cast Iron Chaos: Movies

Sermonizing and Rants

2001 and Beyond the Infinite

: My family hates the way I criticize every movie I watch. Here's a chance for you to hate me, as well: these are some of the movie reviews I've written and posted to the newsgroup rec.arts.movies.reviews over the past few years.

: A two-part essay I wrote for Amazon.com, as a response to the many people out there who seem to think that all good science fiction movies were made after 1977. You'd be surprised how many folks say that with a straight face…and then remark how much they loved Frankenstein, The War of the Worlds, or even Santa Claus Conquers the Martians!

: Many Web sites out there include listings of various movie reviews, imitating the style of Roger Ebert or Leonard Maltin, or occasionally that of Pauline Kael. I could never hope to compete with such dedicated online movie critics as James Berardinelli or Steve Rhodes (and his son); so, I offer you a selection of movies that I have found particularly impressive over the years. You've probably heard of most of these films – but if you haven't, or if you've heard of them but never seen them, you owe it to yourself to seek them out and give them a try. You won't regret it.

See also:

CAPalert: Christian Analysis of American Culture (Christian Movie Reviews)

: A convincing argument in favor of the use of widescreen (or "letterboxing" ) in video.

: Independent filmmaker and animator responsible for two independent feature films and a bunch of animated CGI videos found on the Web.

: Often considered the best video store in the world – it's even got a "psychotronic" room!

: Badfilm GODS and video supplier extraordinaire! Blockbuster Video employees will either run screaming from here, or quit their own jobs.