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 […]
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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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Mind Control Double Feature #48: Hey! That’s My Bike!
Summer is upon us like a sweaty pro-wrestler wielding a folding chair, and you know what that means, right? Yes. It’s time to get on your bicycle and ride as […]
The French Connection and Relentless Pursuit
Take a look at Popeye Doyle. He’s got a hunch. His hunch says that table is wrong, the one in the corner, the guy with the striped shirt and the […]
Man of Steel vs. Superman II: Full Frontal Zod on Zod Action!
There comes a time in any power-mad general’s life when he must take a stand for what’s truly important: the future of the Kryptonian race, one’s ability to make one’s […]
Behind the Candelabra’s Poison Kisses
Do you want to see something sparkly and wonderful, like the magical poop of unicorns? Well then let me introduce you to Liberace. Slowly. Recently, I broke down and ordered […]
The Best Movie You’ve Ever Seen Sucks
So you went to see Giant Soul-Sucking Blockbuster Part XI and — if we are to believe what you’ve written on the internet without vowels — it is the best […]
Mind Control Double Feature #46: School’s Out Forever?
Alright get off the bus
You’re wild man, wild
What’re you saying? You’re stupid
You should sleep late man
It is much easier on your constitution
A Decidedly Ungenerous Review of Now You See Me
From the marketing, I had expected Now You See Me to be a thrilling tale about stage magicians who rob banks as some sort of master scheme to make Jesse Eisenberg […]
Keep Calm and Carrie On
Let’s play a game. I’ll give you the name of a film, and whether or not you’ve seen it, or read the book it’s based on, or sat through the […]