Flight of the Conchords

I admit that I am not much of a musical guy.  I don’t like musical numbers in my movies or TV shows at all.  Its too contrived and just not enjoyable for me.  And yet, I love Flight of the Conchords. Perhaps its the humour infused into the music that wins me over.  In fact, […]

AFI Recap: #91 – #100

91. My Fair Lady (1964) – I will say I enjoyed the linguistic aspect of this movie and found it quite interesting.  I also found both Audrey Hepburn and Rex Harrington to be very charming in their roles.  However, there are way, way, way too many songs and it is overlong by about an hour.  […]

AFI Recap: #61 – #70

61. Vertigo (1958) – Vertigo is one of those movies that was upjumped a lot in the 2007 revised list, all the way up to #9.  There seems to be a push by cinephiles to declare Vertigo as their favourite Hitch film, though I will not succumb to the peer pressure.  Vertigo is a fine […]

AFI Recap: #41 – #50

41. West Wide Story (1961) – I feel like a bit of a curmudgeon for not liking this movie.  I can see why people do like it, however, as it has a lot of exuberance and the core of the story is actually pretty strong.  But I just couldn’t help feel like it never reached […]

Film Club Review – Singin’ in the Rain

Singin’ in the Rain It’s not really fair for me to review this movie since I have a strong distaste of musicals. So be forewarned that most of this review is based on my personal preference and bias against musicals rather than my less subjective movie reviewer opinion. Why don’t I like musicals? I just […]