‘Movie Corner’ Archives
The Odyssey
from the series Movie Corner... Howard McQuitter II 5/5 Stars Universal Pictures 2026Adventure/Dark Fantasy/Adventure Hero By HOWARD MCQUITTER I anticipate a Christopher Nolan Film (Memento, The Dark Knight,Interstellar, Oppenheimer, The Prestige, Insomnia, et cetera) will be memorable.The Odyssey is no exception. Nolan avoids using Computer Graphic Imaging(CGI); applauded by many who are fans of his work.It is Nolan's version of the ancient Odyssey story that is estimated to beabout 2,700 years old and written by the Greek poet Homer sometime betweenthe 8th or 9th century BCE (Before Common Era). Some modern historiansbelieve the long oral story may have been by more than one person. Be that as itmay, Nolan makes The Odyssey a most passionate, riveting film, larger than life,an extraordinary adventure journey, a cinematic wonder, and all done on 70mmentirely in IMAX.Odysseus is a war-torn warrior, away from his wife Penelope and sonTelemachus for 10 years. He hasn't [...]
The Death of Robin Hood
from the series Movie Corner... 3/5 Stars 2026Ryder Picture CompanyPeriod Piece/Adventure/Drama By HOWARD MCQUITTER II Howard McQuitter II Over the last century, many actors have played Robin Hood on film and television. The earliest Robin Hood is played by Douglas Fairbanks (1922). Errol Flynn takes on that legendary character in the 1938 film The Adventures of Robin Hood. Flynn’s version of Robin Hood as a man who delights in robbing the rich and giving to the poor is probably the best known. Sean Connery donned the cape but as an older, more seasoned Robin in Robin and Marian (1976). Kevin Costner’s Robin Hood plays a more modern version of Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves which was a blockbuster. To be a more comedic Robin Hood, Cary Elwes did a parody of the fictional character in Robin Hood: Men in Tights (1993). Russell Crowe plays a hardy, war-battled archer with a dark edge in 2010. Taron Egerton in 2018 plays a rather action-packed Robin Hood. On television, [...]
Backrooms
from the series Movie Corner... 5/5 Stars 2026Horror/Psychological Thriller/Supernatural HorrorA24 By HOWARD MCQUITTER II Howard McQuitter II One says there is no shortage of horror or psychological thriller films in recent years. Just in the last four or five weeks two very good to excellent horror films have come to theaters: Obsession and Backrooms. This review will be on the latter. Backrooms is receiving tremendous buzz and deservedly so, with its ability to put the unknown, the unfamiliar, and the uncanny into the heads of the viewers. Behind this project is 20-year-old director Kane Parsons who provides his audiences with anxiety and mystery. Backrooms is a stupendous A24 studios project. The setting is the 1990s and focuses on Clark, the owner of a furniture store who is an alcoholic going through a recent separation from his wife. To his surprise (and ours too) he enters into a strange realm of seemingly never-ending office rooms which are often empty [...]
