Breaking Bad Revisited: Season 2, Episodes 11-13
Breaking Bad is a dark, evil show, and these last three episodes epitomize it. Nobody gets off easy. Walt suffers. Everyone who knows Walt suffers. Everyone who so much as meets him suffers.
Yearly Archives: 2013
Pacific Rim: Why Movie Marketing Matters
There has been a lot said lately about the state of modern cinema. Steven Soderbergh, Steven Spielberg, George Lucas, and even Gore Verbinski have come out, heads all scratchy, to wonder […]
21 Jump Street: Actually Pretty Funny
I never saw the television show 21 Jump Street. Not even once. But I did see Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs and I really liked it. And the trailer for the […]
Breaking Bad Revisited: Season 2, Episodes 8-10
“All the lies. I can’t even keep them straight in my head anymore.”
Mind Control Double Feature #50: True Romance
Oh l’amour! Usually when I say that, I’m referring to noted author of Westerns, Louis L’Amour, and chiding him for his contribution to the film Hondo, but this time… no. This […]
White House Down vs A Block of Wood with a Nail in It
And the crowd goes wild! In this corner, costing at least $150 million dollars, staring Chinook Tantrum and Jaime “not quite XXX” Foxx, it’s….. WHITE HOUSE DOWN!!!!! Look at that bruiser! Director […]
Precious Few Words On Sam Raimi’s Crimewave
I now count myself among the small number of people who have seen Sam Raimi’s second film, Crimewave (’85), the follow-up to his surprise success Evil Dead, written with Joel […]
Breaking Bad Revisited: Season 2, Episodes 6 & 7
“That homey’s dead. He just don’t know it yet.”
World War Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah
Are the zombies in World War Z even zombies? Or merely disease-carrying jerks? Nerds across interwebworld are arguing the finer points. I’m afraid those on both sides of the argument […]
Breaking Bad Revisited: Season 2, Episodes 3-5
In his hospital room, Walt stares at a watercolor on the wall: a man in a rowboat pushes away from shore, his family waving to him.
Mind Control Double Feature #49: The Killer In The Picture
Say! Look at that! A small piece of cheese has been discarded on the sidewalk. You know what that means, don’t you? Surely you know how to “read cheese,” as […]
Happy Birthday To You, Stand By For Mind Control!
Well whaddya know? We have been feeding this blog film-paste and delectable bits of cinema for a whole dang year! And it’s finally stopped barfing on us! PAR-TAY!!! We wish […]
Three Terrible Films You’ll See Anyway
We have a proud tradition here at Stand By For Mind Control. When our far-flung East Coast correspondent MC Frontalot returns to California, the land of his birth, we celebrate his […]
Breaking Bad Revisited: Season 2, Episodes 1 & 2
The first two episodes of Breaking Bad’s second season are one hell of a wild ride. Nothing in season 1 is this intense. The show takes off running and doesn’t stop.