‘Movie Corner’ Archives
On A.I. And Film and Television
Written/Compiled by HOWARD MCQUITTER II This science fiction film was written and directed by Steven Spielberg based on a 1969 screen story by Ian Watson who adapted the short story Supertoys Last All Summer Long by Brian Aldiss. Credit: Warner Bros. Pictures and DreamWorks Pictures On the horizon--if not even closer--is what has become known as artificial intelligence, or "AI", is being met by the public in the United States and abroad with various degrees of apprehension and appreciation. At my age of 78, I've lived through the marketplace of wonderful technologies, e.g. transistors, satellites, microwave ovens, three-point seat belts, velcro, lasers, VCRs, color televisions, polio vaccines, organ transplants, improvements in remissions for childhood leukemia, computers, cellphones, vaccines for measles and mumps, and more. Now I and the world are faced with the international use of AI from billionaire Bill Gates' article, "The turbulent AI era is here”. The [...]
By Any Means (2026)
from the series Movie Corner… 3.5 Stars Out of Five Howard McQuitter II Period Piece/ Political Thriller/ Action/ True Crime Paramount Pictures By HOWARD MCQUITTER II As the summer comes to an end along with the summer blockbusters (The Odyssey, Spider-Man: Brand New Day, etc.) there's usually a hiatus between the summer blockbusters and the upcoming films with Oscar aspirations. However, early in September I decided to see By Any Means, directed by Elegance Bratton (The Inspection - 2022), a film set in 1966 in the heart of the Civil Rights struggle in the volatile state of Mississippi where murders, beatings and expulsions of Blacks and sympathetic whites occurred with the Civil Rights movement in the 1960s. The film leads its audience to Mississippi NAACP leader Vernon Dahmer, promoter of voting rights for Blacks, who is murdered by Ku Klux Klan members. What's fresh in the minds of Black people is the murders of three civil rights workers: James Chaney, [...]
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 [...]
