The Zero Theorem: Everything Adds Up to Nothing
The Zero Theorem may be one of Gilliam’s lesser successes, but it’s built on something, towards something — and that’s clearly better than nothing.
Is The Abyss Abysmal?
Everyone in The Abyss, everyone watching The Abyss should logically be dead.
Boyhood, In Which Time Is The Star
Richard Linklater gathers up time and turns it into a movie you’re going to have to see.
Woody Allen Makes Magic In The Moonlight
In which, like the fabled groundhog, Woody Allen emerges to enact his yearly ritual: the presentation of a new movie.
A Hard Day’s Night Is Really Good, And Other Stunning Beatles Revelations
I think this band could really make it big.
Gremlins Will Eat Your Face
Joe Dante’s 1984 Christmas movie, Gremlins, is the funniest, bleakest, most horrific kids’ movie ever made. In fact it may be the only horror movie for kids I can think of.
Beware Of Mr. Baker: On The Invention Of The Rock Drummer
In which Ginger Baker, the original madman drummer, is exhumed for our examination. So to speak.
Going Ape #8: Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes
The apes return, and I’m sad to report that it’s less than it’s cracked up to be.
Exodus: Gods and Burger Kings
The first plague is tornadoes. The second is digital hail. The third is running. Fourth is exploding seagulls and fifth is xenomorphs.
Going Back To Back To The Future
One needn’t go very far out on a limb to say that Back To The Future is a fun movie. You could say it without so much as climbing a tree in the first place.
Heathers Holds Up
You can’t change the course of teen culture. All you can do is survive — and pick your friends more carefully.
I Like Two-Lane Blacktop
Do you like it too? Or do you think you might want to like it? Come on inside and we’ll have a nice chat about it.
Going Ape #7: Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes
Rise of The Planet of The Apes is the best Apes movie since Beneath, if not the original. It does what I wish so many other summer movies would do: tell a straightforward story in a brisk 90 minutes centered on a character you care about.
Big Bad Wolves: What a Big Viscera You Have
All the better to void myself in front of you, my dear.