The Problem With CGI
In which we find questionable those insisting we stop complaining about computer graphics overwhelming movies.
Category Archives: Active Observation
Thighs & Eyes Wide Shut
Stanley Kubrick’s last film, Eyes Wide Shut, is fucked up.
The Diary of A Teenage Girl Contains Sex And Art And A Search For Self. But Mostly Sex.
What’s this? A non-moralizing coming-of-age movie about a teenage girl? Tis rare indeed, but here it is, in all its ’70s glory.
The Monolith Monsters, And Other Tales of Weird ‘50s Sci-Fi
In which killer rocks from outer space come for our women.
Reservoir Dogs Still Packs A Punch
Tarantino’s debut is no cakewalk.
Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation Finally Gets It Right
Saying it’s the best in the series may not be saying a lot, but it’s saying something. Something like: Gosh, this ain’t half bad.
Ant-Man Does Little Right
This is a film full of shrinking potential.
Sleepaway Camp: All About The Ending
In which we examine the fabled slasher video hit with the crazy-pants ending.
Bend Over, Here Comes Kingsman: The Secret Service
Matthew Vaughn’s Kingsman: The Secret Service is so clever it’s not clever at all.
Chappie: Part Weird, Part Crappy
Neill Blomkamp’s third movie, Chappie, is more enjoyable than his second, Elysium, but so is being poked in the eye with a sharp stick.
The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T., In Which Dr. Seuss’s Brain Blows Up
A classic of weird from 1953. Grab your blue beanie and check it out with me
Vampire Children: On Dracula’s Daughter & Son of Dracula
Exhuming two sequels of old to find they do make sequels like they used to: badly.
Joe Dante’s Piranha Bites. In A Good Way.
In which I watch, for the first time ever, this most beloved Jaws rip-off.
A Poem Is A Naked Person: In Which Les Blank Wanders Around With Leon Russell
A painterly documentary about Leon Russell finally sees the light of day.