This week’s episode of Justified began on a positive note: with Raylan ruining the best day of Art’s career by revealing his potential involvement in the murder of Nicky Augustine, and Art punching Raylan in the face. Classic. But this show is all about things not going well for people. It’s always been about that.…
I’m a big fan of survival movies. The triumph of the human spirit thing is cool and all, but for me it’s the weather. The sheer, uncaring force of the elements bearing down on poor, ragged humans who can only endure and hope for some Deus Ex Machina to come their way. Maybe it’s because…
The few, the proud, the “those with nothing better to do” among you probably know by now that I always begin my articles with a completely pointless introductory paragraph before I approach my obligatory plot summary. Not this time, folks. I’m reviewing The Lego Movie this week and I cannot postpone my excitement. I’m getting…
This week on Justified: Five people died. Yowza, what a body count. Lots of shows go with big shockers right at the end of their episodes, but Justified kicked off this week with a big one: Boyd plants a series of murdered corpses in Lee Paxton’s funeral home, tarnishing his reputation, and then shows up…
Remember when Drive came out and a bunch of stupid people got mad because it wasn’t a Fast & Furious movie? Well, when Only God Forgives came out, a different bunch of stupid people got mad because it wasn’t Drive. I guess it’s unfair to call those people stupid. I’m sure that the majority of…
The problem with Oscar movies is that they are incredibly hyped up by virtue of critical acclaim, and then, if the movie isn’t quite as great as the nominations imply, that can be devastating to how the viewer takes the movie. This wasn’t so much an issue with, say, Gravity or 12 Years a Slave or American…
Baddie – Demons, you guys! Demons! Lesson – Don’t judge a book by it’s very sculpted cover. This, for the first time in a long time, is a review about how much fun I had in theaters. Oh my god. I have not relished in a movie like this for a long, long, long time.…
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