Cap'n Howdy's Blogorium

In the last few years, it's become increasingly fashionable on the part of the critical community - not to mention the writers, director...

editor's note: this earlier post, while unsophisticated in its writing, sets the stage for an essay scheduled to appear on Thursday. La...

Coming into Harry Brown , I had misgivings that the film was somewhat like Clint Eastwood's Gran Torino , a comparison that popped up ...

As I Love You, Phillip Morris is finally opening in theatres (albeit limited release), I was planning on re-posting my original review toda...

I have a pet theory about Cameron Crowe's Singles , a movie the Cap'n initially avoided in the wave of "90s movies about 20-som...

editor's note: apparently, I never re-posted this review of Shane Black's Kiss Kiss Bang Bang which, in retrospect, was probably a g...

I've been racking my brains trying to find something to write about other than the bizarre trifecta of celebrity deaths - Ingrid Pitt, L...

This may feel like an insubstantial post, for which I offer no real defense, but after seeing a trailer for Tron Legacy in front of Faster ...

Here's a general rule of thumb for action writers, directors, and editors: if you're going to have a revenge movie named Faster , it...

editor's note: To give you some idea of how much older Blogorium entries drop off as "From the Vaults" winds down, I present a...

As promised last week, here is an excerpt from my "personal statement" designed to lay out some research plans for the future. Add...

As I alluded to yesterday in my review of Ben Steinbauer's Winnebago Man , I'm slightly perplexed why none of the reviews I've ...

Editorial Introduction : Maybe there should be a new category of documentaries, called "personal essays" or something to that effe...

Our " From the Vaults " for the third Tuesday in November is a compilation of Cranpire-riffic guest spots on the Blogorium. If you...

Just ask him "do you have any first season episodes on VHS?" and let him go. From an actual correspondence with regular reader the...