The common dig at the late career of Johnny Depp is that the actor’s roles more often than not feature an overabundance of makeup and prosthetics and considerably less character depth. It’s funny, then, that Depp’s turn in Black Mass (2015) as famous Boston crime lord James “Whitey” Bulger, his best performance in several years* (which,…
Well, folks, it would seem, and should come as a surprise to no one, that I, like the rest of the world, have become completely and irreparably enamored with Tom Hardy. Obviously, I loved him in the first movie I saw him in… Inception? Bronson, maybe? Whichever. And since then, my appreciation for his skill…
Sci-Friday’s columnist, Sarah Lawrence, has dubbed this month “Shame September” where we will watch and review movies or TV shows that we are ashamed to have never seen. As an added disclaimer to the fans of this anime, please don’t kill me. Over the years, many people, including several friends, have tried to get me to watch…
Pet Sematary | It | Children of the Corn | The Mist Baddie: A clown. Lesson: Fear is scary. For the next installment of Shame September, I get to watch Stephen King’s It. I consider myself fortunate that I never sat through It as a young ‘un, that I have the privilege to sit down and enjoy it in my…
Hm… that turned out to be kind of a gross title for this article, actually, and it lacks my requisite “Second.” Not a good start. Oh well, nothing I can do about it now. Wet Hot American Summer came out in 2001 and became an immediate cult classic, beloved not only for its weirdly on-point,…
Pet Sematary | It | Children of the Corn | The Mist Baddie: Blind religion. Lesson: Never trust a child in a hat. I should mention off the bat that this movie has an insane amount of sequels. Eight total movies and one SyFy remake, the most recent coming out in 2011. I fully acknowledge I am…
I’ll be the first to admit that the fact that I’d never seen Richard Donner’s Superman is a pretty big miss for a guy who spends a good portion of his time on this site writing about old superhero movies. That it’s taken me so see one of the first significant capes on camera– the superhero blockbuster…
