Michael T. Starks

Category: Movies

  • Philip Seymore Hoffman

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    Philip Seymore Hoffman is one of my favorite actors. He chooses interesting roles. He embodies his characters in a way that you would never mistake any one of them for another. Each of his performances is unique, memorable, and fascinating. Here are a few of my favorites. He has many more gems beyond these. While…

  • A Taste of Something Rare

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    Tonight, I took a journey back. I started to watch a movie that was made when I was a kid. I never watched this adult movie when I was a kid. It features a couple of actors who went on to play amazing roles. In a way, it feels like I’m catching up. I recognize…

  • Escapism

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    Why do we read books, watch movies, and binge-watch TV shows? Sometimes, we just want to escape from our daily lives to experience the story of another. I LOVE escaping into well-written stories! Reading books and watching movies can be magical! However, our need to escape brings up a compelling question. WHY? Why are our…

  • Generational Nostalgia

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    There are fewer common touchpoints in our world today than when I was a kid. Everyone is going to remember where they were during the COVID-19 pandemic. This is something we all shared in 2020. However, recent movies, songs, books, and other news are probably a much less cohesive set of memories for today’s teenagers.…

  • Might vs. Right

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    I’m not on Twitter or X or most other social media platforms. Nevertheless, I did run across the following. This is WRONG. I only need to think back to T. H. White’s wonderful novel, The Once and Future King. Even the musical Camelot gets this right! “Might does not make right!” I learned this as…

  • Frances McDormand

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    Frances McDormand is a great actress and one of my heroes. I love how she is able to fully inhabit so many different types of roles. Here are some of my favorite movies that she’s done. Her roles in Fargo, Almost Famous, and Burn After Reading are particularly memorable. While I haven’t seen all her…

  • The Rainmaker

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    Today, I watched a movie called The Rainmaker, directed by Francis Ford Coppola and released in 1997, based on a novel by John Grisham. It’s a good movie, with an IMDB rating of 7.2 stars. Here’s the thing. It could not be made today. It features Matt Damon, Danny DeVito, and Claire Danes. It’s not…

  • Human Experiences

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    While we are much more alike than different, humans can experience our world in almost unrecognizable ways. The fascinating movie Vantage Point shows how we all get different glimpses of many situations. None of us has the whole picture. That’s why it’s so important to listen to each other. Our own memories of any event…

  • Nosferatu

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    Last night, I watched my first Robert Eggers movie, Nosferatu. From a technical point of view, the movie is impressive. The cinematography is stunning, and the top-notch acting serves the story. It’s just that I find the story of Dracula more compelling than the story of Nosferatu. Comparisons with Bram Stoker’s Dracula are inevitable. I…

  • The Princess Bride – Part 2

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    Okay. This is a first. I feel compelled to write about the fact that I watched The Princess Bride again. I LOVE THIS MOVIE! I wish that I could say this about so many more movies. Every single frame of this movie is unbelievably good. I’m sure that many movies can boast better cinematography. Maybe…