Russ Emerson | November 27, 2010
To: movie directors From: an ordinary viewer If your movie is set in the middle of World War 2, you might want to consider keeping any stray nuclear power plant cooling towers out of frame. That is all. [Well, no, that’s not all, but it’s a start.]
Russ Emerson | July 26, 2010
Back in 1971, my dad took me to see the only John Wayne movie I remember seeing in a movie theater — Big Jake. A few scenes from the movie have stuck with me through the years: the posse making its way through the countryside in automobiles, with Jake McCandles’ son on a motorcycle in […]