Logic is for fools!

"Wag The Dog" has undeservedly vanished for the most part. That movie is absolutely hilarious (as is Dustin Hoffman in "Robert Evans" mode).

"You gettin' high already? It's just two o'clock. You know that stuff's gonna rob you of your ambition."

"Wild at Heart" is the one David Lynch film I can't stand. I saw it at the old Phipps Plaza Theater in Atlanta and who should roll in for a viewing but the one & only Dennis Hopper. Surreal.

It is definitely better than most critics (& people who haven't seen it) are indicating. I quite liked it myself. "King Arthur" is to '70's metal as "Vol. 2" is to '70's prog rock. The bongs are definitely out for this summer's blockbusters.

"Quite pointedly" is exactly right. Walter Hill practically stopped the interview to discuss the late, great Mr. Aldrich & this misdeed done to his memory. Bully for Walter Hill & here's to Robert Aldrich.

Brian Cox for the win!

Arguably, Ted Levine plays as worse a monster in Michael Mann's "Crime Story". There, as sleazy hood Frank Holman, he beats a lady to death in her bed during a home invasion. Lovely.

Harrumph!

"That's a twenty footer!"

The first two seasons of "Fargo" were brilliant. Season 3 features Mary Elizabeth Winstead in a starring role as "Nikki Swango". Whadda ya need, a road map?

Among other things "Their Finest" is a terrific love letter to the (often wasted) power of cinema. A whole lotta soul (& the lovely Gemma Arterton, too). Due to the happenstance of movie release dates this is kinda, sorta a prequel to Christopher Nolan's "Dunkirk".

The first (live-action) "Transformers". Nothing comes close.

Prick is probably too strong a word, but in my last viewing I was struck/surprised at how insufferable Martin's character seemed.

Also, Steve Martin in "Planes, Trains & Automobiles". Saw that again a year or so ago & Martin's character is a real prick (intentionally so, but I don't buy his resurrection as a good man at the end).

That Christmas it also stole the very heavy thunder of "The Godfather, Part III" (which admittedly shot its own self in the foot).

Well warned in advance of how violent "Logan" was I was still surprised at how violent it really was. Also, remarkable timely.

Harris just started up a column at Film Comment. It's about films in 1967. So far, so good.

Speaking of deep focus, have you seen John Ford's "My Darling Clementine"? Looks as good as "Citizen Kane". Great stuff.

The book this is based on is terrific. One real surprise, by, I believe 1944, the American public had become tired of the plethora of WWII movies. So, all of sudden, the studios were stuck with a bunch of war movies to release. To prove nothing ever changes, the studios futzed around with advertising to disguise the…