It was 1984 when I first heard the word "autism." While sitting in a Child Psychology class, the professor said something similar to: "Those autistic kids are nuts. The sit in a corner all day, pulling out their own hair and fingernails." The class...

There are so many things to like about The Hurt Locker. Director Kathryn Bigelow's take on the war drama is smart, the performances are amazing and the story, written by Mark Boal, is compelling. Jeremy Renner deserves his nomination for Best Actor,...

For a couple of reasons--mostly because (a) bad movies can be fun, and (b) this is a short month with few days during which I can be tortured--February will be Bad Movie Month on The Film Geek blog. New flicks or old flicks, it doesn't matter. All...

I gave up on Quentin Tarantino years ago, sometime after he produced Hostel. While I thought Reservoir Dogs was brilliant and Pulp Fiction inspired, later works seemed more and more self-indulgent. And I hate self-indulgence in art. Artists who...