Spoiler Alert / Joe Dunphy's Movie Reviews

You should not read any review or commentary about a movie, video or TV show episode on this blog until after you’ve seen the piece I’m reviewing. Please note the name of this blog. I’m not kidding. I really do give away plot details, and I’d hate to have the experience of seeing something you’d enjoy diminished by that.

There is the kind of review you read before seeing a movie, and I have a companion microblog - miniblog? - on which you’ll see that kind of review. The kind that begs you to ask “who the (bleep) is Joseph Dunphy, and why should I care whether or not he liked the movie”. No reason, really, but if your tastes are like mine, you might find those recommendations helpful.

There is also the kind of review that one reads after a play or movie, one in which the author writes about this shared experience that you and he have both had, sort of a free form ramble about the subject matter of the work, the style of its presentation, and any topics that come up along the way. That’s what you’ll find here.

I’m not giving out plot details because I’m a bad person who wants to ruin your fun, but because doing so is an inescapable part of what I’m trying to do.