The upside of doing a retrospective on a Director, Actor or Genre is that it brings to the forefront films that would not, normally be...

And…the “Leader in the Clubhouse” for Best Picture of 2024 is… Alex Garland’s CIVIL WAR. Positing the question: “What would the United...

Back in 2012, Writer/Director Zach Snyder (300) conceived of a Star Wars film that he pitched to LucasFilm. This idea was rejected, but...

The 2021 reboot of the Ghostbuster Franchise, GHOSTBUSTERS: AFTERLIFE was a pleasant surprise in that it brought a perfect mix of...

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In the history of cinema, there has been some fantastic performer pairings. Katherine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy; Bob Hope and Bing...

“Sword and Sandal” Epics were all the rage in the 1950’s/early 1960’s.  Films like THE TEN COMMANDMENTS (1956) were cleaning up at the...

Denis Villeneuve’s DUNE: PART TWO is a review-proof film. Either you watched - and loved - the first part, in which case you have...

With the Oscars (and 2023 Film Awards Season) officially over, it’s time now for the only list of top films of 2023 that matters: THE...

After viewing the 13 films that are required to watch all of the Oscar Nominees in the “Major” Categories, the BankofMarquis fearlessly...

There are many, many things to like and admire in Yorgos Lanthimos latest curiosity, the Frankenstein-esque POOR THINGS. Like all thing...

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Dry, witty, ironic satire is a tough trick to pull off in a film these days. There’s a good chance that the filmmakers will alienate and...

If a film is going to be part really good and part really bad, is it better for the good part to be at the beginning or the end? If it is...

There are a ton of CGI-FEST, Big Dumb films out there, so when you run across a film that actually expects you to be intelligent and make...

Dore Schary, then head of production of MGM, like Stanley Kubrick’s first film, THE KILLING (1956) so he hired Kubrick to develop film...

Have you ever sat at a restaurant and see some folks across the way from you and think “I wonder what their story is”? Such is the case...

Over the past few years there has been numerous, very good films detailing the tumultuous times of the 1960’s - and many of them have...

The Leonard Bernstein BioPic MAESTRO is an artistic film about an artistic person by an artist who is appealing to other artists. Did I...

The joy of watching all of the Oscar nominated films and performances is that it forces the BankofMarquis to watch a film that might,...