Reviews Review: “Napoleon” starring Joaquin Phoenix and Vanessa Kirby by Christian DeFeo March 10, 2024March 12, 2024 Ridley Scott turned the story of Napoleon Bonaparte into a big budget epic; how does…
Reviews Review: “Gone Girl” starring Ben Affleck and Rosamund Pike by Christian DeFeo October 4, 2014October 8, 2014 Some films are meant to be taken at face value: a car chase is a…
Reviews Review: “Skyfall” starring Daniel Craig and Javier Bardem by Christian DeFeo February 20, 2013February 20, 2013 [AMAZONPRODUCT=B006X040NY] I thought that James Bond had turned a page. Both of Daniel Craig’s initial…
Reviews Review: “American Pie: Reunion” starring Eugene Levy and Jason Biggs by Christian DeFeo May 12, 2012May 16, 2012 The first episode of Michael Palin’s “Ripping Yarns” began with a quote from G. K.…
Reviews Review: “The Jonathan Meades Collection” by Christian DeFeo March 19, 2012May 10, 2012 [AMAZONPRODUCT=B001110H14] I was introduced to the works of Jonathan Meades a few years after I…
Reviews Review: “The Stoning of Soraya M” starring Shoreh Agdashloo and Jim Caviezel by Christian DeFeo March 12, 2012May 10, 2012 [AMAZONPRODUCT=B00450AGA0] Not every film is meant to pull on one’s heart strings in a positive…
Reviews Review: “The Ides of March” starring Ryan Gosling and George Clooney by Christian DeFeo March 12, 2012August 11, 2015 [AMAZONPRODUCTS asin=”B005ZCSP9Q”] In my experience, every presidential election brings about at least some small blossoming…
Reviews Review: “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 1” starring Daniel Radcliffe by Christian DeFeo November 20, 2010November 23, 2010 I open this review with a bit of a confession. When the last book in…
Reviews Review: “Nothing to Envy” by Barbara Demick by Christian DeFeo May 28, 2010February 23, 2012 [AMAZONPRODUCT=1847080146] If there was a competition for the “most pointless” country in the world, North…