Today’s choice of film, Good Morning, Vietnam (1987), was inspired by the fact that it is Memorial Day. In case you are not aware, we celebrate this date as the… Read more “Good Morning, Vietnam, by Albert W. Vogt III”
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Big George Foreman: The Miraculous Story of the Once and Future Heavyweight Champion of the World, by Albert W. Vogt III
You would think a title like Big George Foreman: The Miraculous Story of the Once and Future Heavyweight Champion of the World (henceforth just Big George Foreman) would capture the… Read more “Big George Foreman: The Miraculous Story of the Once and Future Heavyweight Champion of the World, by Albert W. Vogt III”
Phone Booth, by Albert W. Vogt III
Now that I have completed the American Film Institute’s 100 Greatest American Films of All Time list, for the most part, I think I will turn my… Read more “Phone Booth, by Albert W. Vogt III”
Arrival, by Albert W. Vogt III
What I remembered about Arrival (2016) is not liking it. I saw it in the theaters when it came out, drawn by some vague interest in the subject matter and… Read more “Arrival, by Albert W. Vogt III”
The Great Debaters, by Albert W. Vogt III
Over the course of my many and varied years, few things enflame my passions more than racism. In my early college days, I recall seeing Neo-Nazi propaganda scrawled… Read more “The Great Debaters, by Albert W. Vogt III”
Bloodsport, by Albert W. Vogt III
If you were born in the 1980s like I was, and you were a kid that was into action films, then Jean-Claude Van Damme was the man. Stereotypically… Read more “Bloodsport, by Albert W. Vogt III”
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, by Albert W. Vogt III
A lot of people do not like Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016), and I am not sure why. My suspicion is that it is not… Read more “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, by Albert W. Vogt III”