Mind Control Double Feature #28: Get Out Of the House!
I know; it’s easy to get trapped on the couch. You’ve got your blanky, and the dog curled up beside you, and your giant television playing a non-stop A-Team marathon. In […]
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The 5 Most Insane Actor/Director Disasters
Some things cannot be contained. Frequently, this is hilarious. I’m talking about the ego of the shameless actor/director. You know who I mean. The guy (and yes, it’s usually a […]
The Side Effects of Steven Soderbergh
This week I was lucky enough to catch an early screening of Steven Soderbergh’s latest film, Side Effects. As regular readers will know, I’m a big fan of his. But going […]
I Like to Watch Lovers Year-Round!
It has come to our attention through creatively spelled comments that some of you consider us ‘haters.’ To this we respond, pish posh. We’d been looking for a reason to […]
The Central Park Five
The really shocking thing about documentary The Central Park Five isn’t how completely these innocent kids were sewn up by the system, it’s that stories like this happen all the damn time. This one’s an excellent companion to The Queen of Versailles for a double-thick slice of fucked up America.
Mind Control Double Feature #26: Where Loyalties Lie
Holy shitballs! I am exceptionally happy to offer up this week’s Stand By For Mind Control Double Feature. Positively giddy! I’m like a schoolgirl with a throat full of bourbon bouncing […]
Nudge, Nudge, Wink, Wink
You’re watching a movie and a character in it strikes a particular pose. Or maybe the way the camera frames the scene, or a few elements of the production design, […]
Life of Pi: Is it Full of Tiger Poop?
A young man. A tiger. A small lifeboat. As the premise for a film, it’s intriguing. One simply must wonder: just how full of tiger poop can this thing get before it sinks?
Once Upon a Time in Anatolia and Brilliant Ambiguity
How does a group of filmmakers present something—a story, or an idea, or even just bald events—and let the audience find their own meaning in ambiguity?
Explode Tiny Minds with Time Bandits
If you have children—or know some children—and you don’t want them to grow up to be sniveling little toady rats, here’s my advice: set their heads in front of Time Bandits and watch their brains explode with potential.
Zero (Awareness) Dark (Hopes) Thirty (-Thousand Foot View)
I went to see Zero Dark Thirty on Friday with the Supreme Being. Since then, he’s written an excellently insightful review of what director Kathryn Bigelow did with the film. I’ve […]
The Most Important Top 10 of 2012
Many many many people have been inundating you with Top Ten lists lately. But this… this is something different. Something important. Something amazing and beautiful.
Mind Control Double Feature #24: Worst. Year. Ever.
Oh. My. Holy. Fucking. APOCALYPTIC MAYHEM! We are all screwed. We are screwed every which way. Up, down, sideways, and inside out. Screwed. It is now 2013, a year I had […]
Django’s Unchained Melody
What can be intelligently said about Django Unchained? If we leave aside all of the fanboy love and the howls of the haters, what sense remains? Is this what you […]