Treasure, by Albert W. Vogt III
In 1940, Thomas Wolfe wrote a book titled You Can’t Go Home Again, which explores the difficulties of revisiting our past. To put a finer point on the tome’s theme, we build up aspects of our memories to the point that they can never live up to our expectations. This is not to suggest that…
The Million Pound Note, by Albert W. Vogt III
If you go online to the International Movie Database (IMDb) and look up The Million Pound Note (1954), you will not find a title under that name. Yet, this is what was affixed to the movie I watched on Amazon Prime, which is based on a short story by Mark Twain. The celebrated author added…
Toy Story 5, by Albert W. Vogt III
My recollection of Toy Story 4 (2019) is vague. I do recall franchise stalwart Woody (voiced by Tom Hanks) deciding to head into the wilderness(?) to help abandoned toys. At the time, I thought, good, I do not have to worry about another of these films. Yet, here we are in 2026 and we have…
The Testament of Ann Lee, by Albert W. Vogt III
Among the many religious orders in the Catholic Church are the Cistercians. They are a monastic set of monks and nuns who are also known as Trappists. They live a strict but simple life founded on prayer and work. As men and women who have taken vows, they practice celibacy. Though abstaining from sex is…
Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery, by Albert W. Vogt III
Why did culture collectively ever like Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (1997), henceforth simply Austin Powers? I guess part of it has to do with fond memories of the James Bonds franchise, which, by Austin Power’s release, was in the middle of its run with Pierce Brosnan as the famous 007. By 1997, there…
The Package (2018)
I made a poor choice in a film to review, and this will not be a long article. I watched The Package (2018), and it almost met my threshold for shutting it off based on its material. It is not pornographic, though there are flashes of that kind of content in two brief moments. Rather,…
Always, by Albert W. Vogt III
While reading the brief synopsis for Always (1989), I got the impression that it was going to be about a recently deceased man, firefighting pilot Pete Sandich (Richard Dreyfuss), becoming a guardian angel. By the way, this is not giving away the plot. This happens within the first half hour of the film, and it…
The Legionnaire 