Seldon's Blog

Usually I would list my ten favorite summer movies of any particular year. However, since I had only watched ten new releases during the summer of 2016. Due to the limited number, I decided to rank the films that I saw: ( Read more... )

Below is a list of my ten favorite movies of 2015. Since my movie attendance was pretty low during that year, I missed a great deal of films. (List subject to change in near future): ( Read more... )

Usually I would list my ten favorite summer movies of any particular year. However, I only watched ten new releases during the summer of 2015. Due to the limited number, I decided to rank the films that I saw: ( Read more... )

Below are images from "THE AVENGERS: AGE OF ULTRON", the sequel to the 2012 blockbuster hit, "THE AVENGERS". The movie was written and directed by Joss Whedon: ( Read more... )

"LINCOLN" (2012) Review

When I first heard of Steven Spielberg's decision to make a biographical film about the 16th president of the United States, I ended up harboring a good deal of assumptions about the movie. I heard Spielberg had planned to focus on Abraham Lincoln's last year in office and assumed the movie would be set between the spring of 1864 and April 1865. I had assumed the movie would be about Lincoln's various problems with his military generals and other politicians. I thought it would be a more focused similarity to the 1998 miniseries of the same name.( Read more... )

Below are images from the new historical drama, "LINCOLN". Based on Doris Kearns Goodwin's 2005 book, "Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln" and directed by Steven Spielberg, the movie stars Daniel Day-Lewis and Sally Field:( Read more... )