Reviews

Retrospective: Worst Picture/Best Picture – ‘Catwoman’ and ‘Million Dollar Baby’ (2004)

“If you like this movie like i do, your rolling on the floor. Every second is purely genius. If you… Read More

July 22, 2024

Make It a Double Feature: Go on the Vacation from Hell with ‘Midsommar’ and ‘Barbarian’

As a horror buff, for the next edition of Make It a Double Feature I’ve chosen two films about trips… Read More

July 19, 2024

‘The Blair Witch Project’ at 25: The Birth of Found Footage and the Price of Naive Ambition

Found footage is the cinematic equivalent of an urban legend or a story that campers tell around the fire. Intentionally… Read More

July 18, 2024

‘Twisters’ Review: Maybe the Real Tornadoes Were the Friends We Met Along the Way

When Jan de Bont’s Twister was released in May of 1996, disaster movies were on the precipice of a huge… Read More

July 17, 2024

‘Look Back’ Review: Tatsuki Fujimoto’s Manga Masterpiece Becomes a Beautiful Hour of Anime

Look Back’s protagonist, Fujino (voiced by Yuumi Kawai), is introduced drawing gag manga strips for her elementary school newspaper. Her… Read More

July 16, 2024

‘Fly Me to the Moon’ Review: Failure to Launch

Once a staple of old Hollywood, it has been years since anyone has truly been able to recreate the screwball… Read More

July 9, 2024

‘House of the Dragon’ S2 E4 Recap: Stop Dragon My Heart Around

Wings and fire clash in the sky as the Targaryen civil war moves into a bloody section of the noble… Read More

July 7, 2024

‘Longlegs’ Review: Osgood Perkins’ Homage-Cloaked Horror Sometimes Spooks but Mostly Hides Original Ideas in the Shadows

Horror movies have increasingly felt the need to be bigger, badder, and bloodier over time, outdoing their predecessors by filling… Read More

July 6, 2024

Head Out on the Highway: Of Motorcycles and Men in ‘Easy Rider,’ ‘The Wild One’ and ‘The Bikeriders’ [Retrospective]

There are things that feel like American originals, even if the truth reveals something different entirely. The motorcycle, for instance,… Read More

July 5, 2024

‘Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F’ Review: The Heat is Back On as Eddie Murphy Returns to His Movie Star Roots

It has been 30 years since Axel Foley’s last trip to the west coast, and Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F… Read More

July 2, 2024

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