Announcing a new list
To make it easier to peruse my list of short films, which had previously been organized only by star rating, I’ve added a second list of shorts: an alphabetical one. Both lists are available as PDFs under the “short lists” tab. And look for a third list in the coming weeks: one organized by year, […]
The first fiction film?
Thomas Edison is credited with a lot of things he didn’t do, or did at the same time as others, including inventing the movies. But one thing he DID do was produce arguably the first fiction film, The Execution of Mary, Queen of Scots, a couple of months before the Lumiere Brothers premiered their movies […]
It’s now easier to find reviews
Today on MeierMovies.com, I launched my improved movie lists, which now contain direct links to roughly 200 movie reviews. This makes it possible for you to open one of the lists (by year, star rating or director, or the alphabetical list) and easily access one of my reviews or blogs. Even my list of short […]
‘American Sniper’ vs. ‘Whiplash’
I finally got around to seeing the two Oscar-nominated films that I hadn’t screened yet, American Sniper and Whiplash. Both are good, not great. Clint Eastwood’s American Sniper (3 ½ stars) is dominated by a solid performance (by Bradley Cooper) and a relentless series of combat scenes that drive home the brutality and fog of […]
When words just won’t suffice …
Words cannot adequately describe my hatred for this vulgar, sophomoric, disgusting, pretentious movie filled with meaningless plots, half-ass attempts at artistic statements, failed humor and animal cruelty, so instead of reviewing it, I’m destroying it. (If any of you are so inspired to also destroy Netflix property, I suggest you be responsible and pay the […]
Welcome the 2014 Sundance shorts!
The 2014 Sundance Film Festival Short Film Tour is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. today at the Enzian Theater in Maitland, Florida. It will be shown at other cinemas around the country too. It represents the best of the shorts from the Sundance Film Festival during the previous year, not the upcoming festival. For details on […]