Mind Control Double Feature #44: Kidnapped by Idiots
You know what almost never goes wrong? A good, old-fashioned kidnapping. Particularly in the movies. Yep. If I were a character in a movie — and I might be based […]
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Soderbergh Swag Sale
Oh jeez. Steven Soderbergh is selling off a bunch of stuff from his films, and art, and some weird moscatel-based booze, and t-shirts. Basically, I want one of everything because […]
The Unmissable Fast & Furious 6
Fast cars, hot ninja vixens, giant exploding balls of muscle, tanks jumping over airplanes on crutches whilst whistling Dixie, Vin Diesel in a unitard oiled up and — defying the […]
Star Trek Into Darkness Explores Where the Sun Don’t Shine
Last night I saw Star Trek Into Darkness with the Supreme Being. This morning, I woke up to George Takei’s smiling mug on Facebook. And in between — listening to SB […]
Kickstarter Kills Giant Robots Dead
I had myself a wee little rant. Supreme Being, a regular commenter Fellow Traveler, and I were talking about nerds, and superhero films, and Kickstarter and my brain just sort […]
Stop Acting Crazy
You know the kind of movie I’m talking about. It’s the one in which the respected actor proves his or her chops by pretending to suffer from significant cranial distress. […]
The Pull of Gravity
You can feel it. Gravity. Such a simple thing. No giant robots. No superheroes. No zombies or serial killers or high-concept plot twists that involve head-scratchingly inane alternate-universe worlds. Just […]
Mind Control Double Feature #42: Pop Sensation
I’ve got this Edie Brickell & the New Bohemians song going through my head. I don’t remember the last time I heard it so its resonance in my skull is mysterious. […]
Ray Harryhausen Lives Forever
Today is the day stop-motion hit full stop and animation became forever less animate. Ray Harryhausen, special effects artist and inspiration to damn near everyone, has died. We at Stand […]
Iron Man 3 Exists
Some days, like today, it seems totally pointless to try to say anything substantive about a film like Iron Man 3. The world is a vastly complex place. Over an almost […]
Leviathan Washes Over You (Like Fish Guts)
Based on its hallucinogenic, immersive trailer, I was pretty excited to see Lucien Castaing-Taylor and Verena Paravel’s new doc Leviathan (not to be confused with the 1989 horror film of the same name). Well, […]
The East: What Films Feel Like
Do you know how sometimes you go to see a film and you just completely lose yourself within it? How, for two hours or so, your world narrows to what’s […]
You Can’t Handle 40 Double Features
I know, I know. You think you’re hardcore. You think you can eat 50 eggs. You think you can bust through invisible barriers with just a hurled bone. You probably think […]
The Kings of Summer Get Their Lazy Groove On
Yesterday’s San Francisco International Film Festival screenings included Jordan Vogt-Roberts and Chris Galletta’s The Kings of Summer — a lazy, sun-baked concoction that I found as enjoyable as whooping through the woods. […]