If it weren’t fairly obvious by now, I really enjoy horror movies in general though what I’ve noticed lately is that I’ve been seeking out those movies that are part of what I like to call the “ghost in the machine” sub-genre (there’s probably an actual name for them though I have no idea what […]
I’m just going to put it out there: I don’t think Zach Snyder can tell a story to save his life, which is all the more interesting since he’s been making a living as a feature-film director (who’s entire job is telling stories) for quite awhile now, after leaving the world of commercials and music […]
Have you heard Chris DeBurgh’s Don’t Pay The Ferryman? It’s my favorite song of his and is pretty self-explanatory (it revolves around a someone taking a ferry being admonished to not pay before it arrives at it’s destination and to “beware that hooded old man at the rudder.”) in terms of what the song is […]
Considering the image you typically get of Islam in the United States (I can’t speak for the rest of the world but here it’s a faith that’s maligned seemingly whenever an opportunity to do so arises) I can understand why way too many people here demonize it and its adherents. As an agnostic I am […]
I recently canceled by subscription to Hulu, mainly because between free Tubi, Netflix and Amazon it felt like a bit of an also-ran (I had the tier with commercials because even at that point the value proposition never quite worked for me). It goes without saying that literally the day I cancel my subscription I […]
It was interesting that the final trailer for Zach Snyder’s Justice League was released yesterday because I had reached the end of my patience with the entire affair. I was tired of a movie – apparently a not very good one – taking up so much oxygen, tired of the self-indulgence it takes to make […]
Black and white movies tend to bother me. Let me clarify. I don’t mind black and white movies when there was no other option BUT with black and white movies in modern times there tends to be a pretentiousness that accompanies that’s more than a little bit off-putting. Remember John Ford’s The Searchers? I haven’t […]
Guillermo Del Toro always ranked particularly high in my hierarchy of directors, so when I heard he was developing a movie based on a staple of anime – giant robots – I was so there. And Pacific Rim (2013) didn’t disappoint, though what surprised me was how much heart the movie had. And sure some […]
Bruce Willis isn’t a bad actor – he starred in Die Hard for Heaven’s sake! – but the thing is lately he doesn’t appear to particularly…care. And don’t interpret that to mean that he’s just “phoning it in” because that at least takes an actor to be in the moment and just choose not give […]
I haven’t particularly keen for any of the American Godzilla movies. Each one thus far has felt like a course correction, as if the producers were trying to right a giant ship (the 1998 movie, which I’m not including, was akin to the Titanic, so there’s that) instead of producing the type of movie the […]
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