Zapata Está Muerto; Viva Zapata!
Starring Marlon Brandon. Directed by Elia Kazan. A story of an aspiring hero overcoming his corrupted brother to lead his community to freedom from tyranny. I speak, of course, of Viva […]
Author Archives: Evil Genius
The Act of Killing is Easy
Killing is not a difficult act to accomplish. There are countless ways to get the job done. Be they bloody or tidy, quick or prolonged, sadistic or unfeeling—most murders are […]
Mind Control Double Feature #56: Outside the Box
Thinking outside the box isn’t that hard to do. You just scratch a small hole in the box, poke your thinking appendage through, and think away. No big deal. I […]
5 Fun Facts About Elysium
In a fabricated future world like Elysium‘s, making up facts and defending their veracity without a drop of supporting data is perfectly acceptable. That’s a fact. It’s also a fact that […]
Supercalifragilisticexpialidociously Strange: Watching Mary Poppins as an Adult
I never saw Mary Poppins as a kid. Yep, this Oscar-winning, smash-hit, family favorite completely passed me by. So, with Disney’s Saving Mr. Banks due in December — a film about the […]
The World’s End is the Wright Stuff
After seeing The World’s End — the final installment in Edgar Wright’s Three Flavours: Cornetto trilogy — and mulling it over for a healthy chunk of time, there are two things I […]
Mind Control Double Feature #54: It’s Alive!
And in the beginning god created light. Shortly thereafter we got monsters. Always with the monsters. Monsters are an essential part of creation. Basically, you can’t have a real creation shindig […]
Bad Milo: Silent but Deadly?
Nothing I could say to introduce this will really help, except maybe “don’t watch this around kids you’re trying to potty train.” Otherwise. Well yes. Here you go, the trailer […]
Superman & Batman vs. Snyder
Comic-Con had its collective head explode yesterday when director Zack Snyder announced that he was set to direct a Superman vs Batman film loosely based on Frank Miller’s The Dark […]
RED 2: Most Visible Film of the Year
I went to see RED 2 to give my new glasses a test run. I am happy to report that this film is completely visible. More visible, in fact, than […]
Mind Control Double Feature #52: Wake Up. Time to Die.
For your birthday, I give you death. One long, slow, drawn out death. Or two, actually. One for me, and one for you — and sure, whomever else wants death […]
12 Years a Slave: Spoiler Alert
In light of what I’ve been saying lately about movie marketing and why it matters, I bring your attention to this newly released trailer for Steve McQueen‘s 12 Years a Slave. […]
Lookin’ to Get Out: What Hal Ashby Left Behind
Hal Ashby was an immense, intuitive talent who drew indelible lines across the throat of our culture. He’s one of my favorite directors, but his career was brief. He left […]
10 Awesome Things About Pacific Rim
If there’s one thing I really don’t want to do, it’s write another long post about how some summer movie is completely incoherent and stark naked when stripped of its endless […]