Sunday, November 10, 2019

Documentary Films Catalog

DOCUMENTARY FEATURE FILMS

8 Murders a Day

13th




Big Scary "S" Word, The


Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt

Conan O'Brien Can't Stop

Countdown to Zero

Dawson City: Frozen Time

Dick Johnson is Dead

Dissident, The

Dolores



Flee

Floyd Norman: An Animated Life

Food, Inc.

Free Solo

From Mao to Mozart: Isaac Stern in China

General Idi Amin Dada: A Self Portrait

Gospel According to André, The

A Great Day in Harlem

Grey Gardens

Head Games

Hell and Back Again

Hell on Earth: The Fall of Syria and the Rise of ISIS

Hitchcock/Truffaut

Honeyland

How to Survive a Plague


















Tuesday, October 8, 2019

James Bond Retrospectives

James Bond Retrospective: An Introduction

James Bond Film Reviews
James Bond Films: A Primer
James Bond Films: The Ten Best
James Bond Films: The Ten Worst
James Bond Films: The Complete Rankings

Bond Girls: The Ten Best
Bond Girls: The Ten Worst
Bond Girls: The Complete Rankings 

Bond Songs: The Ten Best
Bond Songs: The Ten Worst
Bond Songs: The Complete Rankings

Bond Villains: The Ten Best
Bond Villains: The Ten Worst
Bond Villains: The Complete Rankings

Bond Henchmen: The Ten Best
Bond Henchmen: The Ten Worst
Bond Henchmen: The Complete Rankings

Monday, September 30, 2019

100 Years of Olympic Films Catalog



1912 Summer Games (Stockholm, Sweden)

1924 Winter Games (Chamonix, France)


1924 Summer Games (Paris, France)




1928 Winter Games (St. Moritz, Switzerland)


1928 Summer Games 
(Amsterdam, 
The Netherlands)

The IX Olympiad in Amsterdam

The Olympic Games, Amsterdam 1928

1936 Winter Games 
(Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany)

Youth of the World

1936 Summer Games 
(Berlin, Germany)

Olympia Part One: Festival of the Nations

Olympia Part Two: Festival of Beauty


1948 Winter Games 
(St. Moritz, Switzerland)

Fight Without Hate

1948 Summer Games 
(London, United Kingdom)

XIV Olympiad: The Glory of Sport


1952 Winter Games 
(Oslo, Norway)

The VI Olympic Winter Games, Oslo 1952


1952 Summer Games 
(Helsinki, Finland)

Where the World Meets

Gold and Glory

Memories of the Olympic Summer of 1952


1956 Winter Games 
(Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy)

White Vertigo


1956 Summer Games 
(Melbourne, Australia*)

Olympic Games, 1956

The Melbourne Rendezvous

Alain Mimoun

The Horse in Focus


1960 Winter Games 
(Squaw Valley, United States)

People, Hopes, Medals


1960 Summer Games 
(Rome, Italy)

The Grand Olympics


1964 Winter Games 
(Innsbruck, Austria)

IX Olympic Winter Games, Innsbruck 1964


1964 Summer Games 
(Tokyo, Japan)

Tokyo Olympiad

Sensation of the Century


1968 Winter Games 
(Grenoble, France)

13 Days in France

Snows of Grenoble


1968 Summer Games 
(Mexico City, Mexico)

The Olympics in Mexico


1972 Winter Games 
(Sapporo, Japan)

Sapporo Winter Olympics


1972 Summer Games 
(Munich, Germany)

Visions of Eight


1976 Winter Games 
(Innsbruck, Austria)

White Rock


1976 Summer Games 
(Montreal, Canada)

Games of the XXI Olympiad


1980 Winter Games 
(Lake Placid, United States)

Olympic Spirit


1980 Summer Games 
(Moscow, Soviet Union**)

O Sport, You Are Peace!


1984 Winter Games 
(Sarajevo, Yugoslavia**)

A Turning Point


1984 Summer Games 
(Los Angeles, United States)

16 Days of Glory


1988 Winter Games 
(Calgary, Canada)

Calgary '88: 16 Days of Glory


1988 Summer Games 
(Seoul, South Korea)

Seoul 1988

Hand in Hand

Beyond All Barriers


1992 Winter Games 
(Albertville, France)

One Light, One World


1992 Summer Games 
(Barcelona, Spain)

Marathon


1994 Winter Games 
(Lillehammer, Norway)

Lillehammer '94: 16 Days of Glory


1996 Summer Games 
(Atlanta, United States)

Atlanta's Olympic Glory


1998 Winter Games 
(Nagano, Japan)

Nagano '98 Olympics: Stories of Honor and Glory

Olympic Glory


2000 Summer Games 
(Sydney, Australia)

Sydney 2000: Tales of Olympic Glory


2002 Winter Games 
(Salt Lake City, United States)

Salt Lake City 2002: Bud Greenspan's Stories of Olympic Glory

2004 Summer Games 
(Athens, Greece)

Bud Greenspan's Athens 2004: Stories of Olympic Glory


2006 Winter Games 
(Turin, Italy)

Bud Greenspan's Torino 2006: Stories of Olympic Glory


2008 Summer Games 
(Beijing, China)

The Everlasting Flame


2010 Winter Games 
(Vancouver, Canada)

Bud Greenspan Presents Vancouver 2010: Stories of Olympic Glory


2012 Summer Games 
(London, United Kingdom)

First

100 Years of Olympic Films: The Conclusions

*The 1956 equestrian events were held in Stockholm.
**These nations no longer exist: Moscow is now in Russia, Sarajevo is now in Bosnia-Herzegovina.

Sunday, September 29, 2019

The Essentials Collection

The Essentials: An Introduction

Aguirre, The Wrath of God

Akira

Aliens 

All About Eve

Amadeus

The Battle of Algiers

Ben-Hur (1959)

The Bicycle Thief

Black Hawk Down

The Breakfast Club

Casablanca

The Color Purple

Do the Right Thing

La Dolce Vita

Dr. Strangelove

The Elephant Man

Fanny & Alexander

Glory

The Godfather Trilogy: The Godfather

The Godfather Trilogy: The Godfather Part II

The Godfather Trilogy: The Godfather Part III

Goldfinger

Goodfellas

The Grapes of Wrath

The Great Escape

House of Wax (1953)

It's a Wonderful Life

The Last Emperor

Lawrence of Arabia

The Lord of the Rings Trilogy: The Fellowship of the Ring

The Lord of the Rings Trilogy: The Two Towers

The Lord of the Rings Trilogy: The Return of the King

The Matrix

Men with Guns

Michelangelo: Self-Portrait

Microcosmos

Monty Python & The Holy Grail

Mrs. Doubtfire

A Night at the Opera

Pulp Fiction

RAN

Rear Window

Schindler's List

The Searchers

Seven

The Shawshank Redemption

Sherlock, Jr.

Sinbad & the Eye of the Tiger

Singin' in the Rain

Stand By Me

Star Wars Trilogy: Star Wars

Star Wars Trilogy: The Empire Strikes Back

Star Wars Trilogy: The Return of the Jedi

Terms of Endearment

The Time Machine

Toy Story

Who Framed Roger Rabbit?

The Wizard of Oz

Saturday, August 3, 2019

The Politics Of...Series

The Politics Of...An Introduction

The Politics Of...The Blind Side

The Politics Of...Guess Who's Coming to Dinner

The Politics Of...High Noon

The Politics Of...Mission to Moscow

The Politics Of...The North Star

The Politics Of...Rocky IV

The Politics Of...Spartacus

The Politics Of...Superman IV: The Quest for Peace

The Politics Of...The Ten Commandments

The Politics Of...Trumbo



Friday, August 2, 2019

Ruminations


Thoughts on the NBA in China

Thoughts on Martin Scorsese vs. The MCU

Thoughts on WWE in El Paso 2019

Thoughts on Gillette's We Believe: The Best We Can Be Ad

Thoughts on Rick's Texan Reviews' Tenth Anniversary

Summer Under the Stars 2018: Doris Day and Rock Hudson Films: An Introduction

Thoughts on Chris Hardwick

Letter to a Young Critic: Advice to Future Reviewers/Critics

Thoughts on the 13th Doctor

Thoughts on the 2017 Emmy Awards

Summer Under the Stars 2017: Personal Reflections on John Wayne in The Searchers

Summer Under the Stars 2017: A Preview

Thoughts on 2017 Golden Globes

Thoughts on Baby, It's Cold Outside: Millennial Version

The Politics Of...An Introduction

Superman on Supergirl: Some Thoughts

Summer Under the Stars 2016: Some Thoughts on Roddy McDowall

Thoughts on Being A Christian

Thoughts on #OscarsSoWhite 2015

2015 Academy Awards: Some Thoughts

On Eddie Redmayne's 'Acts of Charity' (Or, Eddie Redmayne's Oscar Campaign via Good Press)

The Worst of 2015

The Best of 2015

First Impressions of Star Wars: The Force Awakens

The Avengers: A Second Look

Spider-Man 2: A Second Look

X-Men: First Class: A Second Look

On Tollywood/Bollywood Recommendations

Why I Don't Like Eddie Redmayne in The Theory of Everything

2014: Some Odds and Bitter Ends

The Best of 2014

The Worst of 2014

Sherlock, Elementary, and Sherlock Holmes: A Comparison

The Interview: Some Observations

DISH vs. Turner: Some Thoughts

On Sherlock vs. Elementary Shippers Part II

El Paso Symphony Orchestra September 2014

2014 Kennedy Center Honorees: Some Thoughts

World War I Blogathon

Chris Hardwick and The Nerdist: A Fraud

My Future Legends: 8 Actors/Actresses Who Will Have Great Success

My Five Worst Bollywood/Tollywood Musical Numbers

My Five Best Bollywood/Tollywood Musical Numbers

The Ten Best Comic Book Castings

The Ten Worst Comic Book Castings

Is Gone With the Wind a "KKK Recruitment Film?" Cody Decker's Allegations and My Response

Madam Secretary as Hillary Clinton Campaign Ad: Some Thoughts

On Sherlock vs. Elementary Shippers

Alone Yet Not Alone: Thoughts on the Rescinding of Its Best Original Song Nomination

Ben-Hur: Comparisons of 1925, 1959, 2010 Versions

2013: Some Odds and Bitter Ends

2013: The Worst So Far

2013: The Best So Far

2012: The Worst So Far

2012: The Best So Far

The Burning Questions of 2013

Joan Fontaine & Olivia de Havilland: The Eternal Feud Ends

Seth MacFarlane's We Saw Your Boobs Academy Award Opening Number

4th Anniversary of Rick's Cafe Texan

85th Annual Academy Award Predictions

85th Annual Academy Award Nominations

Kennedy Center Honors Vs. Hispanics Part II

On River Song Being Better Than A Doctor Who Companion



On A Potential Madame Vastra Spin-Off From Doctor Who Series

On the Kevin Clash Sex Scandal

On George Lucas Selling Lucasfilms to Disney

On Malala Yousafzai

Kennedy Center Honors Vs. Hispanics

On the Best John Watson

Hispanic Vs. Gay Representation on Television

2012 Kennedy Center Honorees

Five Things Killing Doctor Who: Number 1: Steven Moffat

Five Things Killing Doctor Who: Number 2: Matt Smith

Five Things Killing Doctor Who: Number 3: River Song

Five Things Killing Doctor Who: Number 4: NuWho Fans

Five Things Killing Doctor Who: Number 5: Ignoring History

Clint Eastwood at the Republican National Convention

Marilyn Monroe: A 50th Anniversary Retrospective

Manos: The Hands of Fate: The Restoration

Benedict Cumberbatch: The Best Sherlock Holmes EVER?

Keith Olbermann Fired From Current TV

Shame and Pornography

The Arab Spring

On How to Fix the Academy Awards

The Rosie Show Cancellation

The Lone Ranger Restarts Filming

Rick's Cafe Texan: A Third Year Anniversary Celebration




Goals for 2012

Thoughts on Natalie Wood's Death

On My Admission To the Online Film Critics Society

The Controversy Over the Phrase "Polish Concentration Camp" from X-Men: First Class


Bryan Singer Reflects on The Failure of Superman Returns


Addendum to Second Anniversary

Rick's Cafe Texan at Two Years Old

Zach Snyder as Director of Superman Reboot Man of Steel

Lindsay Lohan

Updates

Impressions of Paris 2010

Impressions of London 2010