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  • Did This Really Happen? | Guy Ritchie and “The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare”

    Guy Ritchie’s latest work tells the story of the first-ever special forces unit formed during World War II. The film is based up recently declassified documents of the British War Department, and tells what it claims to be a true story – but was it?. The film itself was quite enjoyable, although not Guy Ritchie’s…

  • Searching for Wisdom Through the Arts

    Dead Poets Society | Film Friday This film, from the director of The Truman Show, tells the story of a high school teacher and the students he inspired to seek beauty and creativity through an appreciation of poetry and the arts. The story follows a group of high school students at an elite boarding school…

  • A Compelling Concept With Poor Delivery

    The Shift | Film Friday This is a rather unknown science fiction film which was produced with a small budget and mostly unknown actors – although a supporting role in the film was played by Sean Astin, an actor who is best known for his role as Samwise Gamgee in the widely acclaimed Lord of…

  • “Shutter Island” Is a Fantastic Psychological Thriller

    Shutter Island | Film Friday This psychological thriller / horror film starts out as a detective mystery and ends by leaving the audience doubting their own eyes and questioning what is real and what is not. The film starts as two US Marshals are on a ferry to Shutter Island – a prison facility for…

  • The Necessary Brutality of “Warfare”

    This film, which came out towards the beginning of the year, depicts a harrowing day of combat in the midst of the Iraq war. While far from perfect, it did succeed in violently thrusting one into the horrors of war.

  • Did the Filmmakers Even Want to Make “Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny”

    I saw “Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny” recently, and honestly this movie perfectly demonstrates why we need more original content and a major decrease in the amount of remakes or character continuations that are currently overwhelming our screens. This movie was not great. Besides the fact that I struggled to see what the…

  • The Problem with “Parasite”

    The film “Parasite,” released in 2019 and directed by Bong Joon Ho, portrays the story of a Korean family, the Kim family, who are struggling to make ends meet. When a family friend tells the son, Ki-woo, about a job opportunity tutoring a very wealthy family, the Kim family sets about developing an elaborate scam,…

  • How “Dune” Tricked Everyone Into Thinking It Was Great Cinema

    So, I saw the second part of Dune recently, and was disappointed. I heard a lot of great things about the film, and there were some very great aspects to it (which I will get into in a moment), but overall it was not a good film. And, after roughly 5 and a half hours…

  • An Unoriginal Mess, Brotherly Love and more… | June in Review

    The Latest from The Perligo Podcast God, Memories & Non-Existent Time The Perligo Podcast | Episode 001 In this episode, I delve into the metaphysics of time, and in particular try to answer this central question: Can God have knowledge of the past and future, if the past and future do not exist? An Update on…

  • An Update on Nolan’s “The Odyssey”

    So, as we know, Christopher Nolan’s next project is a film entitled “The Odyssey” and will unsurprisingly focus on that work by Homer. The film is currently scheduled for release on July 17, 2026. Recently, a new poster for this film was revealed. And who knows, we may be getting the first teaser for this…