Modern Times Charlie Chaplin is no doubt the first great artist of the filmmaking medium (with only D.W. Griffith hovering near that level and time period) but sadly a number of his nonconformist tendencies that he incorporated into his beloved character of The Little Tramp led many to believe that he was a dyed in […]
Monkey Business With the release of this particular film in 1931 (their third), it appears that The Marx Brothers had finally hit their stride when it came to their movie career, mostly due to a number of factors that were finally applicable here, up to and including 1) This film was conceived directly for the […]
Monster Squad Sometime around 1987, director Fred Dekker came up with the idea of copying The Goonies and its basic concept into an old-school Universal monster movie as opposed to an Indy Jones-type romp (and even brought in actress Mary Ellen Trainor, who had played the mom for the leaders of the Goonies, to play […]
Monty Python And The Holy Grail A film that routinely tops many polls of movie fans as being “the greatest comedy ever made”, there can be little doubt that it does represent the 6 members of the legendary British comedy group Monty Python at the absolute peak of their powers, coming off the heels of […]
Monty Python’s Life Of Brian There’s little doubt that the Monty Python troupe changed the face of comedy forever with their classic films and sketch shows. This release from 1979 is seemingly their big take on organized religion in general and Christianity (or their followers) in particular. The Pythons realized smartly that they couldn’t just […]
Meaning Of Life This film, the last full collaboration of the Immortal Monty Python comedy group, at times is slapdash with bits that don’t work, but at other times has moments of incredible brilliance. The premise is that the group is seeking the “Meaning Of Life” obviously, and attempt to do so with sketches that […]
Moonraker This Bond entry, the fourth outing in the series for Roger Moore, was obviously made at the time in 1979 to cash in on the recent success of Star Wars, Close Encounters, and The Star Trek Movie so that the franchise could lay claim to this being their “James Bond Outer Space Movie”. Long […]
More American Graffiti This belated sequel which managed to reunite all of the original film’s actors (except Dreyfuss) manages to entertain and infuriate at the same time. After showing everyone together in the beginning on New Year’s 1964, the film then breaks down following each of their stories on the same day in consecutive years […]
Mortal Kombat Some films just are what they are, which in this case is where the sum of its parts are greater than the whole. Paul W.S. Anderson’s adaptation of the legendary video game (which in itself was based on Robert Clouse’s Enter The Dragon) is his best work to date, despite the fact that […]