It’s been too long since we’ve had a good old creature feature on this blog, so today we’re going to talk about The savage bees.…
CIPC #336: Out of Africa
Today’ subject is an absolute classic. It won seven Oscars,1 including best picture, best director, and best actress in a leading role for Meryl Streep.…
CIPC #327: Fighting mad
In the age-old tradition of Chess in popular culture, we’re going to talk a franchise which was once huge but has now been relegated to…
CIPC #317: Bedazzled
In the early nineties, Harold Ramis was a kind of God of cinematic comedy. He directed Caddyshack, National Lampoon’s vacation, and Groundhog Day, he wrote…
CIPC #312: The beast must die
#This movie is a bit weird. The writers seem to have had an idea for a movie, but no plausible way to set it up.…
CIPC #311: Tales from the darkside: The movie
Way, way back, in medieval times, framing devices were all the rage: there was Chaucer’s Canterbury tales, One thousand and one nights, the Heptaméron by…
CIPC #308: The mouse on the moon
Maybe one day Disney will take over SpaceX and we will really get The Mouse on the moon. For now, however, it is just a…
CIPC #301: Stalag 17
A while ago, when I talked about Hogan’s heroes, I mentioned how odd of an idea it seemed to have a comedy set in a…
CIPC #298: Rage at dawn
That’s terrible advice. Clearly, you should rage in the late afternoon. At that point, most people have already had a stressful day and are ready…
CIPC #295: Hum Tum
Every now and then,1 I spotlight an ad on this blog. Today, I’ll write one. It’s going to be an ad for the Max Euwe…