The Future of Comic-Book Superhero Movies Is the Past – Part 2: ALPHAVILLE
Continuing where we last left off, Jean Luc Godard had a strong influence on William…
The third (and best) film from Judd Apatow: FUNNY PEOPLE (2009)
“The third film by Judd Apatow”, as Funny People was marketed upon it’s release in…
Ant-Man Banks On The Weird While Embracing Gravitas
Things get weird in Ant-Man. And I don’t mean just a little peculiar, like, there…
“Continue down your mistaken path”: FULL METAL JACKET (1987)
What we call “inhuman” are in fact things that only humans do. (Bennett Berger) Writing…
The Ambition Of Hercules Is Both A Blessing And A Curse
In the age of the mid-90’s, it was obvious the filmmakers at Walt Disney Animation…
The Future of Comic-Book Superhero Movies Is The Past – Part 1: MR. FREEDOM
Hollywood has an uncanny way of capturing the Zeitgeist: in a sense, it has to…
“Continue down your mistaken path”: THE SHINING (1980)
Horror is a genre made for formalists. (Noel Murray) Coming back to the The Shining…
“Continue down your mistaken path”: BARRY LYNDON (1975)
Crime does pay, just not very well. (Matchstick Men) Barry Lyndon feels like one of…
The Sundance Formula: DOPE and ME AND EARL AND THE DYING GIRL
WARNING: SPOILERS HEREIN Here’s the plot: A teenage male high school senior is an outcast…
“Continue down your mistaken path”: A CLOCKWORK ORANGE (1971)
The missing link between Richard Lester and Peter Greenaway, A Clockwork Orange bears the look…