For the discussion of film
The Terminator franchise hasn’t had the best of luck. After pulling off the rare feat of making one great movie and then a sequel that was even better, it’s struggled to recapture that magic. Repeating the formula of the first two movies … Continue reading Pitch Meeting: The Terminator Franchise
Snowpiercer is one of those movies that make me realize that 2014 was a long time ago. I saw it on the back of a seat during a long overseas flight, right around the time we were getting close to … Continue reading Made Overseas: Snowpiercer (2013)
Sorry about no Snubbies last week, it fell on the 4th of July, in which we celebrate this nation’s greatness by scaring the crap out of every dog in the country. But we’re back, and 1971 has turned out to … Continue reading 1971 Snubby Awards: The Voting
Gather around all you who were upset that Ocean’s 8 featured too little conflicts and difficulties to overcome in its tackling of its internal heist, for American Animal is the exact opposite. For the robbery committed within is far from smooth, much tenser, … Continue reading Movie Reviews: American Animals (2018)
Welcome to my weekly discussion of the animated films of the Walt Disney Studio. I’m proceeding mostly chronologically. The title comes from a quote from Walt, “I never called my work an ‘art’ It’s part of show business, the business … Continue reading Building Entertainment: The Animated Films of the Walt Disney Studio. Pixar Edition. Finding Nemo
YOUR BOX OFFICE NUMBERS (From Box Office Mojo): Ant-Man and the Wasp Incredibles 2 Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom The First Purge Sicario: Day of the Soldado You guys like superheroes, right? Ant-Man and the Wasp became the third Marvel movie in … Continue reading Box Office: July 6 – 8, 2018
Dan Savage: “We want to let these kids know that joy and happiness is in their futures, too, if they can hang on.” My last two posts have reviewed films with GBQ+ cis male protagonists. (Links here and here). This … Continue reading LGBT Movies: Favorite Moments
Jet Li has been one of the premiere Kung Fu Film Stars for decades. He played the legendary Wong Fei Hong in the Once Upon a Time in China series and he was a principle player in the Expendables movies…well, at least the first … Continue reading WTF ASIA 12: Ocean Heaven (2010)
For the third and final time this year, we dive back into the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and including Deadpool 2, Venom, and Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, the fourth of six Marvel titles released this year. Their output this year has been strong thus far … Continue reading Movie Reviews: Ant-Man and the Wasp (2018)
Discuss the sequel to Ant-Man here! Was it amazing? Was it terrible? I don’t know, I haven’t seen it yet. But I’m sure it’s awesome. Continue reading Ant-Man and the Wasp Spoil Sports Page!
Hey everybody, let’s waste a bit of time today by sharing pitches for horror movies we’d like to see made. I’d like to see a vampire movie set in the Massachusetts Bay colony in the middle of the 17th Century. … Continue reading Pitch Your Horror Movie
I’ve talked so much in the past about Blumhouse Picture’s outsized impact on modern horror and the shift to respectably budgeted fare, but the quality of those films those has been variable to say the least. From the highs of … Continue reading Movie Reviews: The First Purge (2018)
I’ve been hard on cinematic comedies, but this year has already given us Game Night, Deadpool 2, and to a lesser extent Uncle Drew along with the US releases of 2017 films Paddington 2, The Death of Stalin, and Thoroughbreds, it hasn’t been a bad year … Continue reading Movie Reviews: TAG (2018)
Welcome to my weekly discussion of the animated films of the Walt Disney Studio. I’m proceeding mostly chronologically. The title comes from a quote from Walt, “I never called my work an ‘art’ It’s part of show business, the business … Continue reading Building Entertainment: The Animated Films of the Walt Disney Studio. Treasure Planet
After spending so much time reviewing cult flicks and trash picks, I feel weird that I’m so compelled to write a review for Bridge on the River Kwai of all movies. I’d seen it a handful of times as a kid … Continue reading Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
YOUR BOX OFFICE NUMBERS (From Box Office Mojo): Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom Incredibles 2 Sicario: Day of the Soldado Uncle Drew Ocean’s 8 Dinosaurs continue to rule the box office, albeit with an increasingly shaky claw-hand. Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom … Continue reading Box Office – June 29 – July 1, 2018
“I want a gay thing about gay adults who are relatively well-adjusted and aren’t dying, that is wistful, hopeful, fun.” ~ Richard Lawson, Chief critic for Vanity Fair. LGBT+ characters have had it rough on film. We tend to die … Continue reading LGBT Movies: Adult Male Protagonists
It’s time for another round of Muppet Casting, where we take a famous movie and ask, if Jim Henson’s Muppets made their own version of it (in the vein of The Muppet Christmas Carol and Muppet Treasure Island), which Muppets … Continue reading Muppet Casting: Alice in Wonderland
Expanding from a short film to a feature length film is always a risky proposition. What may have worked is a few minutes or twenty isn’t necessarily doing to work when stretched out to ninety or longer. That is even … Continue reading Movie Reviews: Uncle Drew (2018)
Your job. The thing that you do to be able to afford what you need to live and what you want to enjoy that life. The thing takes up so much of your time and your thoughts. The thing that … Continue reading WTF ASIA 11: A Company Man (2012)
Reviews? Opinions? Questions? Confusions? Get to it. Continue reading Spoil Sports – Sicario: Day of the Soldado
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