Baddie – I can’t tell you. It’s a twist. Lesson – If there’s a weirdly puritanical camp counselor and people start dying, best behave yo’self. If you like mid-week horror news in 140 characters or less, or want little hints to what my review will be, follow me on the Twitter! I finally got around to…
As the world gets more and more advanced, TV series are starting to make the switch to streaming. Netflix is one of the best streaming companies around, and has brought a little something more to the table. You guessed it, Brian Posehn’s new special: The Fartist. On a more serious note (cause this show is about politics,…
Black Books (2000-2004): The Premise: Bernard Black (Dylan Moran) is the alcoholic, misanthropic owner of a book shop in London. Probably his only friend is Fran (Tamsin Greig), the equally alcoholic but somewhat less misanthropic woman who owns the gift shop next door. When Bernard’s accountant goes on the run, he hires former accountant and…
The Warriors (1979): The Plot: In a vaguely “futuristic” New York, bathrobe-clad super-gangster Cyrus (Roger Hill) calls a summit to unite all of the city’s gangs in a war against the NYPD. He gets assassinated, probably because his vision was too beautiful for this world. The Warriors, a gang from Coney Island, get blamed for…
Downton Abbey? James, do you even know what a movie critic is? Ha ha, disembodied voice. Ha. Ha. For those of you wondering what I’m doing reviewing a TV show, some exposition: I work at a video store frequented by well-off white people. As such, Downton Abbey rents like crack, if crack were a thing…
Well, it looks like Rooster Illusion is finally getting into the Christmas spirit. Although, when you think about it, it’s kind of like we’ve been in the Christmas spirit this whole time, what with all the free reviews and such. It’s the gift that keeps on giving. Hogfather (2007): The Plot: When the Hogfather (Shend)…
Since I didn’t make it to the movies this week, I thought I’d fall back on the time-honored tradition of finding the good stuff on Netflix. Melancholia got a fair amount of critical acclaim when it came out, and then praise from people in my Film Theory class. Since most of what I’d heard made…
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