Superman & Batman vs. Snyder
Comic-Con had its collective head explode yesterday when director Zack Snyder announced that he was set to direct a Superman vs Batman film loosely based on Frank Miller’s The Dark […]
RED 2: Most Visible Film of the Year
I went to see RED 2 to give my new glasses a test run. I am happy to report that this film is completely visible. More visible, in fact, than […]
Breaking Bad Revisited: Season 3, Episodes 8-10
“There is no more room for error, not with these people.”
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.
Mind Control Double Feature #52: Wake Up. Time to Die.
For your birthday, I give you death. One long, slow, drawn out death. Or two, actually. One for me, and one for you — and sure, whomever else wants death […]
Breaking Bad Revisited: Season 3, Episodes 5-7
“I have made a series of very bad decisions.”
12 Years a Slave: Spoiler Alert
In light of what I’ve been saying lately about movie marketing and why it matters, I bring your attention to this newly released trailer for Steve McQueen‘s 12 Years a Slave. […]
Breaking Bad Revisited: Season 3, Episodes 1-4
Walt has thrown into motion the gears of a vast machine, one he has no control over, and, as the season begins, one he has no knowledge of having kicked into action.
Lookin’ to Get Out: What Hal Ashby Left Behind
Hal Ashby was an immense, intuitive talent who drew indelible lines across the throat of our culture. He’s one of my favorite directors, but his career was brief. He left […]
Mind Control Double Feature #51: In Which Barbara Stanwyck Uses What She’s Got To Get What She Wants
Are you a woman? Do you want to make a man do your bidding? There’s one sure-fire, time-tested method for success. Spread your legs for him. Or, better yet—don’t spread your legs for him.
Pacific Rim vs. Invasion of Astro-Monster
Action! Terror! Horror! Monster fight! Yes, my friends, it’s the film battle we’ve all been waiting for, in which we pit monsters fighting monsters against monsters fighting robots!
10 Awesome Things About Pacific Rim
If there’s one thing I really don’t want to do, it’s write another long post about how some summer movie is completely incoherent and stark naked when stripped of its endless […]
Breaking Bad Revisited: Season 2, Episodes 11-13
Breaking Bad is a dark, evil show, and these last three episodes epitomize it. Nobody gets off easy. Walt suffers. Everyone who knows Walt suffers. Everyone who so much as meets him suffers.
Pacific Rim: Why Movie Marketing Matters
There has been a lot said lately about the state of modern cinema. Steven Soderbergh, Steven Spielberg, George Lucas, and even Gore Verbinski have come out, heads all scratchy, to wonder […]