Review: Argo (2012) is a terrific old-school historical thriller

Argo 2012 120 minutes rated R by Scott Mendelson I've written a lot over the years about film punditry so seemingly starved for excellen...

A masterpiece then and now: Why James Cameron's Titanic needs no defense.

This is an expanded and updated version of an essay I wrote on November 11th, 2007.   It was right at the opening credit sequence. That haun...