X-Men: Days of Future Pastiche
It is the presidential candidate of films — attempting to be all things to all people and so succeeding in taking a stand on nothing, evincing zero honesty or insight.
Author Archives: Evil Genius
Mind Control Double Feature #96: How to Be a Rock God
You will watch these films and rock us sockless. And then you will collect all of our socks and make a shitload of sock puppets.
Fast Five in Overdrive
Say what you will about this franchise, or about Vin Diesel, or style over substance director Justin Lin, or even screenwriter Chris Morgan — this film is stupid good.
Ida Know
Anna lives without history, but Ida occupies a spot in time, and a difficult one.
Second-Hand Hearts: Hal Ashby’s Total Heart Failure
Second-Hand Hearts was simply too weak to survive.
500 Days of Yammer
Hello in German!
Mind Control Double Feature #94: Two Heads Are Better Than None
I’m of two minds about this week’s Mind Control Double Feature.
Fast & Furious Four Real, You Guys
It is impossible to deny. After The Fast and the Furious, 2 Fast 2 Furious, and Tres Fast Tres Furious, Fast & Furious is unquestionably the fourth film in this series of auto-racing movies of erratic quality.
10 Critical Things to Know About The Amazing Spider-Man 2
The only thing that’s important to know about The Amazing Spider-Man 2 is that not even seeing it at the drive-in will make it a good movie.
Locke (& Pop) with Tom Hardy
The point is to know, for the length of the trip to London, a man.
Best of Bay Area Film — May 2014
April showers bring May flowers. May flowers be enough to make up for my recommending you see the latest remake of Godzilla.
SFIFF Insight: How Coherence Doesn’t End
If you haven’t seen Coherence, don’t read most of this article.
SFIFF Opening Night: The Two Faces of January
That’s Viggo Mortensen, Kirsten Dunst, and Oscar Isaac acting squiggly throughout the scenic Mediterranean.
Mind Control Double Feature #92: How to Get Away with Practically Nothing
All I want is one lousy priceless diamond of international significance. Is that too much to ask?