Halloween is my least favorite holiday of the year. It was fun when I was a child because what kid does not like getting free candy? It is different… Read more “Zombie Town, by Albert W. Vogt III”
Author: Albert W. Vogt III, Ph.D.
Greetings! If you are wondering why the funny robes, it is because I have a Ph.D. in American History from Loyola University Chicago. While there, I wrote my dissertation on Catholics in film. With this blog I intend to bring my Catholic perspective to current film content.
Buffy the Vampire Slayer, by Albert W. Vogt III
If a spooky film during the Halloween season it must be, then I will take a film like Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1992). It is not perfect, at least not… Read more “Buffy the Vampire Slayer, by Albert W. Vogt III”
Get Smart, by Albert W. Vogt III
For further proof that there are fewer original ideas in Hollywood than there should be, I give you Get Smart (2008). I wonder if those viewing it 2008 thought they… Read more “Get Smart, by Albert W. Vogt III”
Knight and Day, by Albert W. Vogt III
There are reasons for me not to be a fan of Tom Cruise, but I will not be getting into them. Whatever the case, he makes some pretty… Read more “Knight and Day, by Albert W. Vogt III”
The Foreigner, by Albert W. Vogt III
By 2017, Jackie Chan was sixty-three years old. There are not many action stars at that age. Please understand that I do not intend to be agist. If one takes… Read more “The Foreigner, by Albert W. Vogt III”
The Running Man, by Albert W. Vogt III
With The Running Man (1987), you have a film set in a future that we have passed, but in 1987 seemed distant. At that time, it was hard to imagine… Read more “The Running Man, by Albert W. Vogt III”
Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere, by Albert W. Vogt III
There is only one joke to be made about Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere, and I think it is the one thing keeping it from being more highly… Read more “Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere, by Albert W. Vogt III”
Mermaids, by Albert W. Vogt III
Usually, I am uninterested in movies starring Cher. I do not know why. She made plenty of them during the 1980s and into the 1990s, but I cannot recall… Read more “Mermaids, by Albert W. Vogt III”
Fletch, by Albert W. Vogt III
When it comes to films from the 1980s, I thought I had seen all the ones worth seeing. I had, of course, heard of Fletch(1985), but it is the… Read more “Fletch, by Albert W. Vogt III”
I Love You, Beth Cooper, by Albert W. Vogt III
When I was in high school, I was a nerd. I like to think I was an athletic nerd, but a nerd nonetheless. I always put my academics above… Read more “I Love You, Beth Cooper, by Albert W. Vogt III”
The Legionnaire 