Unpopular Opinions About Good Morning Vietnam
They say drama is easy; that it’s comedy that’s hard. I think, to take it a step further, that it’s comedy disguised as drama that’s the hardest.
Author Archives: Evil Genius
The Warriors Guide to New York
Walter Hill’s eye-opening 1979 documentary, The Warriors, gave many Americans their first glimpse of the real New York.
This One Goes Out to The One I Love
This one goes out to the one I left behind. Another prop has occupied my time. This one goes out to the one I love.
Mind Control Double Feature #101: Little Hood Riding Red
Let’s pretend Little Red Riding Hood was born today and her mom was Courtney Love.
The Knick S01E02: Mr. Paris Shoes
“She could have been eaten by a whale? Or punched out by Kid McCoy?”
Calvary Makes You Cross
Calvary pokes your conscience with a stick to see if it’ll twitch. Depending on the answer, you might laugh or get cross. Or both.
The Knick: Method, Madness, and Bloody Hell
Nothing an injection of medicinal cocaine can’t fix.
To Lauren Bacall I Engrave All
I’d like to tell you about who she was and what she meant to me, but I can’t. She was Lauren Bacall.
Robin Williams; Laughing and Crying
And the fool replied, “I don’t know. I only knew that you were thirsty.”
Harper, Archer, Marlowe, and Spade
Are we hardboiled or can you make us ache?
Guardians of the Galaxy Raids Lost Ark, Melts Faces
At its core, Guardians of the Galaxy introduces us to a man who robs graves and happens upon an object of theological importance. That does not make it Raiders of the Lost Ark.
The Kill Team, the Act of Killing, and Murder Most Foul
All the while, there behind him, within him, is the cold flint of war scraping relentlessly for a spark.
Boyhood Blows Your Brain Like Bubblegum
It is not the scope of the filmmaking that makes Boyhood incredible. It is what that scope does to your brain.
The Zero Theorem: Everything Adds Up to Nothing
The Zero Theorem may be one of Gilliam’s lesser successes, but it’s built on something, towards something — and that’s clearly better than nothing.