Welcome back, and this will be my final movie column for moodspins, as we get ready for tonight’s Oscars! Following will be a very, very brief synopsis of all the movies remaining on the original “Top 100″ list — which actually became a “Top 101″ somehow! On your mark… get set…GO!

Well…I have been writing for this site for the past six months…and I had been maintaining my two movie review policy per column…but I know the site is undergoing some major changes and I promised I would finish my list…so the next/last two columns will be the mother of all reviews: the mega-columns… I’ve been [...]

Four + More is the title of a great Miles Davis album … and it’s also the new format for my movie column. While I have previously covered two films from THE LIST during each week, I will now cover four. Twice as many movies for the same price. How can you beat that!? On [...]

Hello and Happy Thanksgiving…although this might not be posted until long after you’ve digested the Thanksgiving turkey. Before Sunrise is a movie that I raved about in a prior column. This movie removed my skepticism about Ethan Hawke’s talent and really gave a good glimpse of what spontaneity between two intelligent people can produce. Julie [...]

Chemistry is a marvelous thing. I’m not speaking of the chemistry we study in school … although the periodic table does have its magic qualities that are more evident to the scientifically oriented people I know. The chemistry that I speak of is that which exists between people. This type of chemistry cannot be artificially [...]

Hello Everybody! Sorry for the delay between columns. The NY Marathon, lots of work to do and a host of other factors have severely limited my movie watching and entertainment writing time in recent weeks. Now that the marathon is over I had an opportunity to kick back, relax, and see Ray on the big [...]

“SEEK AND YE SHALL FIND”…pretty famous saying, huh? It really does have one of the greatest truths at the core of its meaning. I am always amazed (in both a positive and negative fashion) at people I encounter and the relative curiosity they do (or do not) possess. Many of my friends and acquaintances discuss [...]

I was really, really looking forward to seeing The Forgotten. I’ve had a really busy few weeks and I was all psyched to see a thought provoking, interesting film with Julianne Moore and Anthony Edwards. I guess I’ll have to wait for somebody to make a thought provoking film with Julianne Moore and Anthony Edwards! [...]

This is always an interesting time of year for movies. The post-summer/pre-holiday movie season has a reputation for showing the B movies from the major studios. Other than I (heart) huckabees and The Forgotten…I can’t think of much that I’m craving in the movies! It’s a good thing we have DVD’s! I’ll be highlighting three [...]

Hello again! I’ve been trying to think about what it is that really makes me enjoy movies so much. I suppose the obsessive-compulsive nature to see movies could simply be something that I am hard-wired for and have no control over…but I think it’s a great deal more. Is it an escape from reality? Sometimes [...]