Woody Allen

So I just watched the Woody Allen Documentary and man is it a good one. I think that my taste in movies comes from my dad. He's the one that started me on a healthy diet of Woody Allen and Mel Brooks when I was young. I think this documentary is proof making something worth watching sometimes is as simple as having a great subject.

Happy 4th!

I'm not the type to way flags just for the sake of waving flags. I have a natural aversion to store bought patriotism, but there are things that I believe should always be heralded. One of those things is the sacrifice young men and women chose to make to keep the rest of us safe. Thank you for your protection, so that the rest of us might enjoy our freedom.

John Ford The Documentarian

Most people know at least one John Ford movie.  Even if you don't know that you know a John Ford movie you do. He's the director of classic westerns like The Searchers, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance and Stagecoach, and other classics like The Grapes of Wrath, How Green Was My Valley, and my dad's favorite The Quiet Man. During World War II though, John Ford helped the United States Navy complete a series of short documentaries about the war.  Perhaps the most famous one is "The Battle of Midway", which I've included below. Watch it. Its very good. The New York Times said: "For 18 tingling and harshly realistic minutes the spectator is plunged into the front line amid the thunder of exploding bombs, the angry whine of fighter planes locked in combat and the relentless bark of anti-aircraft guns  aboard surface vessels."