A Funny Thing Happened. The Movie Started Working: Persia on UNDER SIEGE and the Charms of Classic Action
From the perspective of 2022, Under Siege sounds ridiculous. Die Hard on a ship, with…
Sam "Burgundy Suit" Scott
Sam is a features writer for Looper and studied writing under Kevin Wilson at Sewanee: the University of the South. He's been a staff writer for The Solute since its launch in 2014 and editor of the Year of the Month series since 2017.
I don't know how to put this, but he's kind of a big deal. He has many leather-bound books and his apartment smells of rich mahogany.
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Articles:
Tales from the Dark Age: The End of an Error
I know I’ve spent this whole series trying to prove that the Dark Age of…
Tales from the Dark Age: Meanwhile, Back in the States
Who Framed Roger Rabbit? deserves more credit than any other single movie for ending the…
Dad to the Bone: CRIMSON TIDE — A New Series by James Williams
In June, I became a father for the first time. A lot of things changed…
The Absurd Weight of Existence: Persia on Camus in 1942
If you want to talk about Camus, you have to talk about war. Technically, there…
Year of the Month: Persia on QUEEN OF THE DAMNED
Anne Rice’s first novel, Interview with the Vampire, hit like a meteor. A bestseller whose…
Tales from the Dark Age: The Rising Sun
If you really want to disprove the theory of the Dark Age Animation, just look…
Year of the Month: James Williams on BULL DURHAM
The modern romantic comedy has roots going back to Annie Hall in 1977, but it’s…
Flashback Comics Rack: Highlights of September 1988
Tales from the Dark Age: Euro-Oddities
The fall of the major studios’ effect on Hollywood animation is clear enough, but it’s…