Well, that’s Round 4 done, and although it boggles the mind, Guillermo del Toro’s latest horror masterpiece did somehow lose to an adaptation of a Mark Millar book. What can I say? Shit happens. Moving on, it’s the eminently charming Brooklyn vs. a violent tour of post-apocalyptic Australia in Mad Max: Fury Road. Need to refresh your…
For a movie originally released in 1991, set in 1982 but frequently flashing back to 1966, much of Only Yesterday feels timeless. Directed by Grave of the Fireflies director Isao Takahata and adapted from a manga by Hotaru Okamoto and Yuko Tone, the themes of Only Yesterday –which was released in US theaters for the first time in 2016– will be…
That concludes Round 3. The Hateful Eight ended in a predictable bloodbath with no survivors, but Matt Damon at least survived another few days on Mars. We’ll have to wait to see if he actually gets rescued, though. Today’s poll pits Kingsman: The Secret Service against Crimson Peak. Need a refresher on either film? Click…
Ang Lee’s 2000 masterpiece Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon will doubtless be remembered as one of the best films of the century. Its stunning artistic sense, awe-inspiring fight sequences, and beautiful score are matched only by its deeply heartfelt romantic storyline and perfectly realized characters. It revitalized Chinese cinema in foreign markets and changed the way…
Tim Burton is by no means my favorite filmmaker, and I personally am not that big of a fan of his movies, but I do like talking about them. This is why I find myself writing yet another article about a stop-motion animated, horror-comedy film by Tim Burton. Like The Nightmare Before Christmas and Corpse…
Over the month of March, we’re allowing our readers, such as they are, to vote in a championship-style bracket to determine the best film of 2015. Well, Round 2 is over, and although they could defeat an endless army of killer robots, the Avengers couldn’t hold back a single boxer and his grizzled mentor. Next,…
Over the month of March, we’re allowing our readers, such as they are, to vote in a championship-style bracket to determine the best film of 2015. Round 1 is over, with an unsurprising landslide in favor of Pixar’s latest, Inside Out, which means The Revenant is, appropriately, our first casualty. Round 2 is now live,…
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