Chris Pratt Should NOT Play Indiana Jones… he Should Play Forrestal
Keep the fan boys happy, get Chris Pratt a fourth franchise to carry and provide some retroactive enjoyment to Raiders instead of taking a Phantom Menace like dump on it.
Category Archives: Active Observation
There Is Only One Catch, and That’s Catch-22
I suppose you’d have to be crazy to like Catch-22, but then if you’re crazy, who cares what you think? I guess that’s the catch.
The Imitation Game and The Theory of Everything… Successful and Forgettable Oscar Bait
Thoughts on two winners you’ll have forgotten won by the time you’re done reading this.
Leviathan: Too Big to Fail
In Leviathan, we are either killed by innocence or corruption. The choice is yours.
Documenting Jungle Madness
In which Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey…, a new documentary on the making of The Island of Dr. Moreau, and other chronicles of mad jungle adventures are thunk upon.
Hits, In Which David Cross Laughs At Everyone But David Cross
Hipster mocks hipsters. Universe implodes. Mild laughs ensue.
The Shooting & Ride In The Whirlwind: Monte Hellman’s Odd Pair of Westerns
In which we discuss these two ’60s westerns oft-cited as the original acid westerns, and wonder whether “acid western” is indeed a genre.
For Y’ur Height Only Comes Up Way Short
Weng Weng’s fighting style is mostly a blend of hiding behind things and sliding along the floor like Tom Cruise in his underpants.
Red Army: A Doc About Soviet Hockey, And Much More Besides
The Soviet Union was a strange place. Strange to anyone who didn’t live there, and, I’d have to expect, strange to those who did.
Phase IV: It’s Not What You Think
If you want to survive, you must adapt, submit, and succumb to cinema. Start with Saul Bass’ Phase IV.
This Week In Love Stories
In which three love stories no sane human would watch back to back are watched back to back.
Pride, Blackhat, Paddington, and Veda
It was a big week for the Evil Genius.
The Subjugation of (and in) The Duke of Burgundy
Without each other, we would have no masters and no slaves.
The Babadook: This Is How You Scare People
Mr. Babadook is coming to get you, kiddies. Watch out.