Month: December 2023

It’s A Wonderful Life

Frank Capra’s It’s A Wonderful Life is a Christmas stalwart – it’s upbeat message encapsulated in the climactic scene of a deliriously happy James Stewart yelling ‘Merry Christmas’ at passersby in a picture perfect snowy town. And yet…the vast majority of the lengthy run-time is actually rather bleak and depressing. Stewart’s character attempts suicide and…


The Way Of The Dragon

I’ve never been much of a fan of . It seems there are zillions of them, all very same-y, and I’ve struggled to sit through any of them.  Enter The Dragon is still perhaps the best known from the entire genre, and that’s the only one I recall seeing in its entirety. I didn’t like…