There Is Only One Catch, and That’s Catch-22
I suppose you’d have to be crazy to like Catch-22, but then if you’re crazy, who cares what you think? I guess that’s the catch.
Author Archives: Evil Genius
Leviathan: Too Big to Fail
In Leviathan, we are either killed by innocence or corruption. The choice is yours.
For Y’ur Height Only Comes Up Way Short
Weng Weng’s fighting style is mostly a blend of hiding behind things and sliding along the floor like Tom Cruise in his underpants.
Phase IV: It’s Not What You Think
If you want to survive, you must adapt, submit, and succumb to cinema. Start with Saul Bass’ Phase IV.
Pride, Blackhat, Paddington, and Veda
It was a big week for the Evil Genius.
The Subjugation of (and in) The Duke of Burgundy
Without each other, we would have no masters and no slaves.
Martin Luther King Jr. Gets Conflicted in Selma
In Selma, MLK Jr has a dream, yes, but it is a dream of being unburdened.
The Interview Asks Practically Nothing of You
The Interview is slightly less believable than a film like White House Down and slightly more juvenile than a fistful of sperm.
What Not to Watch: 42
42 makes Jackie Robinson as interesting as day 12 of the Overcooked Vegetable Conference of America.
My Top Five Top Five
In which I try to let everything in my head free and, also, talk about this Chris Rock movie.
Watching Detention Will Olden You
CRITIC GENERAL’S WARNING: Watching this film may result in premature balding, liver spots, incontinence, advanced crotchetiness, and the death of narrative cinema.
Pioneer: Wet & Wild-Eyed Norwegians
Shall we explore the murky depths with some neoprene-coated Norwegians?
On Sony, the Media, & Mind Control
If there is one thing the history of evolution has taught us it’s that information will not be contained. Knowledge breaks free, it expands to new territories and crashes through barriers, painfully, maybe even dangerously, but, uh… well, there it is.
Zero Motivation: War Is Hell(ishly Boring)
Israelis have mandatory military service and someone’s got to not make the coffee and fuck up the filing.