A few years ago I wrote an incoherent, rambling filler article™ on the 2001 fashion-based comedy Zoolander. In 2013, I could hardly describe that article as timely or relevant, or even very good, but having just reread it I can say that I made one really solid point. Zoolander is, by genre, a stupid comedy.…
Inherent Vice (2014) Did you see the trailer to this movie? If not, please do; I’ve posted it below. If you have already seen it, then you know it warrants multiple views: this is a prime trailer. I plan on discussing it a fair amount in this article, so you should probably watch it. The…
Wes Anderson! So happy his new movie finally came to the piddly little town I call home. His last film, Moonrise Kingdom, took several months to reach us, but this one only took, like, four weeks. Not bad. I’m actually studying Anderson’s filmography in a class this semester, so I was pleased on multiple levels…
Well, Octoberween has come to an end. As we ride boldly ride into the dreary month of November and ready ourselves for Thanksgiving and Christmas(!), we shall not forget the creepy times that we had. Still, time goes on and though it may sound harsh, we cannot tarry to mourn. We bury our dead, eugoogolize,…
A friend of mine recently observed, and I think he’s quite right, that, “you can tell a lot about a person based on their reaction to the question, ‘Hey, do you want to go see the new Woody Allen movie tonight?’” Admittedly, neither he nor I were a hundred percent positive as to what you…
You know how every so often an indie movie will come out with a good cast and appropriately quirky trailer and you think, “Hm, that looks pretty good,” and then, because you don’t live in a city, it never comes to theaters anywhere near you and over the course of a year you completely forget…
Rooster Illusion 