Ant-Man Does Little Right
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Author Archives: Evil Genius
Five Amazing Things About the Maze Runner
Will you go to the Maze Prom with me?
Bend Over, Here Comes Kingsman: The Secret Service
Matthew Vaughn’s Kingsman: The Secret Service is so clever it’s not clever at all.
Mr. Holmes: Declaring Yourself a Missing Person
Sherlock Holmes’ last case is the mystery of his last case.
Merchants of Doubt Leaves Me Skeptical
They should show half of this film in schools before they give kids the keys to the television.
Divergent is the Perfect Film to Not Watch Right Now
If any of Divergent makes sense to you, I’m genuinely sorry.
Wild Tales: Civilization Suits Us Savages
We’re animals. Might as well find the humor in it.
The Testament of Dr. Mabuse Is Going to Travel Through Time to Skull F*** You
Gunfights. Exploding buildings. Car chases. Murder. Insanity. One tough cop and one diabolical, unstoppable criminal mastermind — perhaps the world’s first super villain. And all this in 1933, thanks to Fritz Lang.
The Third Man in Theaters Again, Just Like You
It’s The Third Man. Go see it in the theaters. I guarantee that it will be more satisfying than Jurassic World, Ted 2, or Terminator Genysis.
Dope: Risky Business in South Central
If Princeton needs men like Joel, then Harvard needs men like Malcolm, Hollywood needs men like Famuyiwa, and America needs to kick itself into shape, take a long look in the mirror, and demand an answer to the question: ‘what the fuck?’
The Wolfpack: True Tales of Total Fantasy
In The Wolfpack, we open the wrong door in the wrong housing project and end up in a bizarro sideshow.
Odd Man Out Lives Up to Its Name
There is no question that Carol Reed’s 1947 Belfast noir Odd Man Out is an odd, intriguing film, and it’s one Roman Polanski has deemed his all-time favorite.
The SpongeBob Movie: Fish Out of Water Is Drugs for Kids
A sugary, manic reality ruled by nothing whatsoever save whim and high-octane corn syrup. Is that good? Bad? Maybe we should let the twins from The Shining weigh in?
The Connection: Straight, No Chaser
The Connection takes the true story that inspired The French Connection and plays it out to its bitter end in Marseilles.