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Troy Kinney
- Sep 7, 2020
- 2 min
TENET
Christopher Nolan loves to play with time. He’s been doing it for a while now in his films. Most notably with Memento, Inception,...
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Troy Kinney
- May 23, 2020
- 1 min
"Comfort Films" a new podcast on ScreenFish
What are your favorite "comfort films?"
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Troy Kinney
- Mar 10, 2020
- 2 min
Tower (2016)
What makes a coward? What makes a hero? It is 1966. We are at the University of Texas in Austin. It is just before noon. There is a man...
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Troy Kinney
- Feb 29, 2020
- 1 min
Parasite, Levels of Understanding
The movie Parasite won Best Picture 2020. Not sure I agree, but I could probably say that about many Best Pictures over previous years....
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Troy Kinney
- Nov 2, 2019
- 1 min
Documentary: Ghosts of Sugar Land
Short Documentary on Netflix. Imagine a group of American Muslims born and raised in Texas. A non-Muslim kid at school becomes their...
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Troy Kinney
- Oct 19, 2019
- 8 min
Empathy for the Devil? You’ve got to be Joking.
Joker hears a tune in his head like Edgar Allen Poe’s King of the Ghouls whose bosom swells and rolls as he yells and dances merrily...
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Troy Kinney
- Jul 23, 2019
- 1 min
Writing from my past
I was reminded, so I looked and then found one of my old pieces published in The Chalcedon Report back in 2002. I remember that I was...
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Troy Kinney
- Jun 7, 2019
- 3 min
The Death of Stalin (2017)
What is your taste for satire? Whatever it is, there are no small slices available in the movie, The Death of Stalin. To say this movie,...
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Troy Kinney
- May 27, 2019
- 2 min
John Wick 3: Parabellum
Commentary and a link to the Screenfish Podcast
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Troy Kinney
- May 14, 2019
- 8 min
Short Story: A Leg Up
The following short story is what I wrote as my second entry into the NYC Midnight Short Story Tournament. This heat required three...
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Troy Kinney
- May 8, 2019
- 2 min
The Invitation (2015) Thriller/Horror R
Currently streaming on Netflix. This was a creepy little venture. A group of friends are invited to a dinner party in the swanky hills of...
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Troy Kinney
- Apr 27, 2019
- 1 min
Avengers Endgame
Max and I went to see Avengers: Endgame and really enjoyed it. This kid is a lot of fun to watch a movie like this with. He gets excited...
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Troy Kinney
- Apr 4, 2019
- 9 min
Short Story: Bar None
The following short story is what I wrote as my first entry into the NYC Midnight Short Story Tournament. The heat I was in required...
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Troy Kinney
- Jan 17, 2019
- 1 min
Poem: I Scream Social
In 1949 George Orwell was wrong. Not about his title but he missed entitlement We aren’t afraid of screens watching us We are afraid they...
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Troy Kinney
- Jan 13, 2019
- 2 min
Short Term 12
*SPOILERS* Finally watched Short Term 12 on Amazon Prime Video last night. It’s been in my queue for quite a while. Wow. This film has...
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Troy Kinney
- Jan 11, 2019
- 1 min
THE WALL
It is obvious that our elected officials cannot seem to agree about walls but Samsung just revealed theirs. This new item also proves...
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Troy Kinney
- Jan 1, 2019
- 1 min
Transformers Prequel - Bumblebee (2018) PG-13
I had the great pleasure of talking this movie over with Steve Norton on his podcast https://screenfish.net . Check out our discussion...
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