It is the often unfortunate obligation of a movie critic to observe, analyze, and ultimately pan a great deal of different low budget productions. There are film festival productions in the thousands, ranging in quality from mediocre to horrible, and one is often inclined to wonder how they ever made it onto a popular film…
Baddie – Joss Whedon. Lesson – Don’t get attached. This is Week 2 of the pre-Evil Dead event. Yes, there are only two weeks. Yes, Evil Dead came out about an hour ago. Yes, I will see it tomorrow, so yes, you will have to wait until next Friday for the review. The Cabin in the…
Sorry about last week, kids. As many of know from my constant complaining, I’m a grad student, and sometimes that’s quite the timesuck. So, Episode 10’s recap will be short and sweet. Guilt: I know why they called Episode 10 “Guilt”. It’s because of how guilty the FBI felt after they sent Ryan Hardy to be…
Happy Easter, y’all! Reckon it might be suitable to do something thematically relevant to this special occasion…ah…here’s the thing, though: I tend to find filmic representations of the Crucifixion a little, how should I say this? Tasteless? Yeah. Tasteless. Personal opinion. Don’t worry, all of you who are for some reason worrying, for while it…
After watching a recorded Stephen King University talk in Massachusetts, the book Cujo was mentioned and I felt inclined to give the short 1983 film adaptation a look. For the Canadians here, this was the story that prompted the nickname of long time Toronto Maple Leafs goaltender Curtis Joseph. Its relevance in modern culture, however,…
Baddie – Shockingly, once again, college kids. Lesson – Communication is vital. I don’t know if you all know this, but the NEW EVIL DEAD IS COMING OUT SOON AJOFIJWEOIFDJSLDSKW. There was a point when James & I conceived this column that we hashed out some guidelines. Haha, no, I just arbitrarily designated some guidelines.…
Just in case you hadn’t seen Die Hard. Olympus Has Fallen (2013): The Plot: Mike Banning (Gerard Butler) is a really good Secret Service agent. Probably the best. Benjamin Asher (Aaron Eckhart) is the President of America. He’s probably not the best, but he’s white and fairly likeable, so he’s definitely up there. Mike Banning…
