Battle Of The Absolute Equals: The Terminator (1984) vs Cherry 2000 (1987)
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Category Archives: Film Battle!
Nightmare Alley: Book Vs. Movie
Come on in, and let’s watch the geek bite the head off this chicken…
True Grit Vs. True Grit Vs. True Grit
An unusual case study of two movies based on the same book, each trying to be faithful in its own way.
The American Friend vs. Ripley’s Game
In which we pit Dennis Hopper and John Malkovich against one another in a fight to the death.
Batman vs. Batman & Robin
We dare to go where no sane human has gone before, and return with surprising results.
Jurassic World vs. Jurassic Park
I don’t want to give anything away here, but, um, yeah. This is not a contest. Prepare for the worst.
Can’t Stand Losing You: Surviving The Police Vs. One Train Later
Andy Summers tells tales of life in The Police.
Mind-Control Double Feature #105: Auto-Erotic Asphyxiation
In which David Cronenberg’s Maps to the Stars and Sion Sono’s Why Don’t You Play in Hell? compete to see which can get cinema drunk on its own death faster.
John Carter Vs. A Princess Of Mars
In which I suffer the slings and arrows of John Carter, Disney’s ludicrous adaptation of Edgar Rice Burroughs’s A Princess of Mars, for your amusement and edification.
The Remains of The Day: Book Vs. Movie
It’s a fight to the death! Ishiguro vs. Ivory. Who will dance victoriously over the broken corpse of their enemy?
Vollmann’s Argall vs. Malick’s The New World vs. Disney’s Pocahontas
In which three versions of the same history shed light on the story-tellers behind them.
Noah, Or: Aronofsky Vs. The Bible
Finally, the eternal question is answered: why tapeworms, Noah? You leave the dinosaurs and take the tapeworms? We demand an explanation!
American Hustle vs. American Gangster
Eat the damn thing, kid. It’s a good movie. Tastes like Serpico.
Lars Von Trier’s Antichrist vs. Cutting Off Your Own Foot With A Hacksaw
I’ll give this to Lars von Trier: his movies are not ordinary movies. Clearly, this is the only reason I continue, now and again, to watch them, because in most every other respect they are wretched.