For the discussion of film
This is the second in a series of articles checking in on the Oscars race in the lead-up to the ceremony on March 4. Welcome back, folks! It’s been a few weeks since my first post taking a look at … Continue reading The Road to the 90th Oscars, Part II: In Which I Try to Avoid Golden Globes Jokes
The first John Wick introduced us to a colorful criminal underworld that stylized and codified action movie tropes. Many action movie heroes have cut a bloody swath of vengeance after a loved one was slain, but John Wick pushed the … Continue reading Scene Dissections – Best of 2017: John Wick: Chapter 2 – Silenced Shootout
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. The Aristocats
Private Parts (1972) Private Parts is like if Roman Polanski’s Repulsion had been directed by John Waters. Young Cheryl (Ayn Ruymen) gets into a fight with her roommate after apparently watching her and her boyfriend have sex, steals some money from … Continue reading TCM Underground: Private Parts (1972) and Scenes from the Class Struggle in Beverly Hills (1989)
Earlier this year, I read Philip K. Dick’s Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? and found myself generally underwhelmed. Dick ran up against some interesting ideas but wasn’t able to make them all the engaging. I’d seen the Ridley Scott adaptation, Blade … Continue reading Movie Reviews: Blade Runner 2049
YOUR BOX OFFICE NUMBERS (from Box Office Mojo) Coco Justice League Wonder The Disaster Artist Thor: Ragnarok Things were quiet in this, the last Porg™-free weekend of our lives. The Disaster Artist extended to an additional 821 theaters for a … Continue reading Box Office: December 8 – 10, 2017
There was no surefire formula for comic book movie success in the 20th century, but Superman: The Movie, which we discussed last week, makes it look pretty straightforward, right? You take your superheroes from the page and put them right … Continue reading Before Capes Were Cool #3: The Fantastic Four (1994, unreleased)
The Room, the 2003 drama written, directed by and starring Tommy Wiseau is some of the most personal filmmaking you’re ever going to see anywhere. Wiseau rips inside himself, examines himself and puts it out there for the whole world … Continue reading Movie Review: The Disaster Artist (2017)
Well look what Sony decided to drop down the waterpipe. It’s the animated Spider-Man movie trailer with Miles Morales as our lead Webhead, with the Lego Movie and 21 Jump Street guys helping to write the project. Have some thoughts, … Continue reading Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse Trailer Discussion Thread
Back on the old site, I wrote a few articles following a rewatch of the Marvel Cinamatic Universe. Here’s a new one Title: Thor: Ragnarok Director: Taika Waititi Writer(s): Eric Pearson and the writing team of Craig Kyle and Christopher … Continue reading Marvel Cinematic Universe Phase Three Rewatch: Thor: Ragnarok
My last review closed with the line “Along with films like Moonlight and The Florida Project, we may be heading towards another type of standard prestige picture which I hope doesn’t happen, but I’ll gladly take films like this over the ACTING showcases … Continue reading Movie Reviews: Novitiate
Back on the old site, I wrote a few articles following a rewatch of the Marvel Cinamatic Universe. This is a new one Title: Spider-man: Homecoming Director: Jon Watts Writer(s): The writing teams of Jonathan Goldstein and John Francis Daley, … Continue reading Marvel Cinematic Universe Phase Three Rewatch: Spider-Man: Homecoming
Here are your Snubby nominees for 1982! This was not, let’s be honest, a great year for movies. And yet there were still some great overlooked performances, so have at them! As always, upvote as many films and performances as … Continue reading 1982 Snubby Awards: The Voting
Disney World (or Land) is called the Happiest Place on Earth because it’s a really catchy and effective way to sell people on a place being special. It also is a genuinely special place for millions of people around the … Continue reading Movie Reviews: The Florida Project
There are films that are set at Christmas, but aren’t about the holiday: Batman Returns, Iron Man 3, Gremlins, Trading Places, The Ref, Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, Lethal Weapon, L.A. Confidential, Go, The Thin Man, The Apartment, and The Lion … Continue reading Christmas Movies, Part 2: 1988 – Present
Open Range is a beautiful movie, but it is also very slow. Kevin Costner and Robert Duvall — two guys who should be playing cowboys way more often, if it were up to me — are free range cattle ranchers … Continue reading Scene Dissections: Open Range
Back on the old site, I wrote a few articles following a rewatch of the Marvel Cinamatic Universe. Here’s a new one Title: Guardians of the Galaxy, vol. 2 Director: James Gunn Writer(s): James Gunn Characters created by: Steve Englehart, … Continue reading Marvel Cinematic Universe Phase Three Rewatch: Guardians of the Galaxy, vol. 2
I have often heard complaints about how villainous plots make no sense, and this is attributed to plot holes or the shortsightedness of the writers of a book, comic book, or screenplay. Star Wars in particular gets some (possibly well … Continue reading The Incompetence of Evil
There are few better ways to open up your film then four simple words; “A Film by Martin McDonagh”. The playwright turned writer-director of the Oscar winning Six Shooter as well as the Oscar nominated (and one of the best … Continue reading Movie Reviews: Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Back on the old site, I wrote a few articles following a rewatch of the Marvel Cinamatic Universe. This is a new one Title: Doctor Strange Director: Scott Derrickson Writer(s): Scott Derrickson, Jon Spaihts, and C. Robert Cargill Characters created … Continue reading Marvel Cinematic Universe Phase Three Rewatch: Doctor Strange
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. Jungle Book
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