I think I’ve said this before, but perhaps not so succinctly: “The Following” is successful when it simultaneously embraces normalcy and chaos. The opening scene this week of Joe preaching is a perfect example of that. It seems so utterly natural for a man to be talking to a group of people, getting them jazzed,…
Remember a few weeks back when I reviewed Oldboy in anticipation of Stoker because all of the advertisements for Stoker seemed to recommend that I try Oldboy, and then I did try Oldboy and I had a minor freak out, but decided in the end that I still wanted to watch Stoker, and I made…
The following review is a guest piece written by Erik French, older brother of the esteemed Colin French of Strange Bacon Reviews. He is more of a scholar, yet less of a gentleman. He cares about Asia, and about bad movies written based on video games. So without further ado, here is his piece on the latest…
Some films are so well heralded that any sort of introduction or explanation seems redundant. For the longest time, I felt as though The Green Mile, a 1999 project directed by Frank Darabont and based on a Stephen King short story, was such a film. But upon a quick straw poll of my educational peers,…
Baddie – Goo! Lesson – Uh. Love the…Earth…yeah. I thought I would change it up a little bit this week and watch something about an inanimate object. It has heavy religious notes and is drug suggestive. However, much like last week, the chick on the cover is never in the movie. Neither are those weird…
We’re more than halfway, folks! Episode 8 of the scheduled 15. Dare I venture to say that this is turning into quite the good show…? It still has a lot of faults, to be sure, but the things that I like about “The Following” are the choices they make to be unconventional. For example, this…
The Hunt (2012) The Plot: Lucas (Danish Superstar Mads Mikkelsen) is a mild-mannered, lonely man who teaches at the nursery in his small, secluded hometown in Denmark. Things finally start comin’ up Milhouse when he strikes up his first romantic relationship since his recent divorce, and he begins to reconnect with his estranged son. Now,…
Rooster Illusion 