Posted by in Film Reviews, Modern Culture, Non-Medieval, Undergraduate Posts Bad Teacher is an interesting film because notwithstanding the numerous violations of the protagonist, and how in a real classroom she would be fired and probably prosecuted for any number of things that she did over the course of the movie, Cameron Dias’s performance speaks to a different facet of education under late capitalism– of…Read more »
Posted by in Film Reviews, Modern Culture, Non-Medieval, Undergraduate Posts I first watched this movie a few months ago and it has only grown on me since. Finding it on Amazon during one of my diversions from medieval B-flicks, I thought I would give it a go. The description made it sound like a typical, rude postmodern comedy and so I thought it would be…Read more »
Posted by in Arthurian Mythology, Film Reviews, Undergraduate Posts I’ll be honest, for a good third of this movie, I had no idea what was happening. Even going to Wikipedia didn’t help much (which surprised me since Wikipedia usually’s a safe bet with these older movies). And even though the arcane plot finally clicked with me about 30-something minutes into the film, this is…Read more »
Posted by in Film Reviews, Modern Culture, Undergraduate Posts As a palate cleanser from the low-budget drivial I force myself to consume, I decided to watch The Stronghold, a 2017 film by director Yuri Kovalev. Did it perform its necessary role and remove the sludge from my mouth? Yes, for the most part; aside from the Racism (?), more on that later. First things…Read more »
Posted by in Ancient/Early Modern, Film Reviews, Undergraduate Posts Since I have been on an Amazon Prime medieval movie kick, lately, I decided to switch things up a notch by watching a film set during the Early Modern period. Enter Storm and Luther’s Forbidden Letters. Released just last year in 2017, the film is a period piece during The Reformation. It follows 12-year-old Storm…Read more »
Posted by in Arthurian Mythology, Film Reviews, Undergraduate Posts Any time that I watch a low-budget Arthurian film, something almost always happens—I either eagerly devour the movie due to how terrible it is, or I find myself knocking myself out because I am so bored. Thankfully, director Rubiano Cruz’s late-nineties spin on the legend was easy to watch. It was, dare I say, all…Read more »
Posted by in Arthurian Mythology, Film Reviews, Undergraduate Posts If this blog is going to be known for anything, it will be known for reviewing low-budget, B-film quality crap cheaply centered around Arthuriana. Fantastic, right? I know. I am not one to disappoint my audience, so let’s continue our medieval movie nights with Merlin’s Shop of Mystical Wonders, a film that, I assure you,…Read more »
