Movies

This post originally appeared on the DVD Netflix blog “Inside the Envelope.” That company folded in 2023, and the blog was shut down, but you might find some good stuff here. Family movie night can be a challenge these days. When we just want a laugh, appropriate for multiple generations, we often end up with…

Due to the cancellation of CIFF44, this post will share the twelve films I planned to see with my media accreditation and volunteer passes. It’s unfortunate that I didn’t get to blog about them after viewing them at the festival, so this is the next-best thing. World War II is represented in a few of…

There are many types of film competitions each year, but the Academy Awards provides the pinnacle of recognition for film artists and professionals. Each January, hundreds of millions of fans and critics tune in to see who the big winners are—those honorees who will go down in history. For a lot of my writing on…

This post originally appeared on the DVD Netflix blog “Inside the Envelope.” That company folded in 2023, and the blog was shut down, but you might find some good stuff here. Romance movies. Formulas, right? Boy gets girl, boy loses girl, boy gets girl again. The end. Of course, it doesn’t have to be only…

This post originally appeared on the DVD Netflix blog “Inside the Envelope.” That company folded in 2023, and the blog was shut down, but you might find some good stuff here. Sometimes a film receives enthusiastic reviews from the critics—and visceral condemnation from the general public. Writer/director Joanna Hogg’s The Souvenir (2019) finds itself in…

This post originally appeared on the DVD Netflix blog “Inside the Envelope.” That company folded in 2023, and the blog was shut down. Timothée Chalamet is an actor who seems unaware that he is being filmed and playing a character, resulting in believable portrayals. Many people first became aware of Chalamet’s talent in 2017 when…

This post originally appeared on the DVD Netflix blog “Inside the Envelope.” That company folded in 2023, and the blog was shut down. To sew up the Academy Award winners of the 2010s, let’s use a patchwork quilt as a symbol for them. In the previous decades, it was possible to tie the awardees with…

This post originally appeared on the DVD Netflix blog “Inside the Envelope.” That company folded in 2023, and the blog was shut down, but you might find some good stuff here. When we are children, we believe in things that later we realize were just make believe. Once we grow up, and all of our…

This post originally appeared on the DVD Netflix blog “Inside the Envelope.” That company folded in 2023, and the blog was shut down. I’ve provided info on where to watch these films in 2026. Prior to September 11, 2001, terrorism was something most Americans saw in movies or on the news. They had been shaken…

Recently, DVD Netflix celebrated a momentous milestone when it shipped its 5-billionth shipment. There was much anticipation as to who would be the person to receive the shipment and also a contest to predict when it would happen and what genre it would be in. I spent much time ciphering and figuring to come up with my…