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As far as horror films go, Longlegs has been one of the most anticipated horror films of 2024, not least thanks to its enigmatic...
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Career Opportunities, or “How I Learned To Stop Whalleying and Love Jennifer Connelly” is a fascinating study of a film. I would love...
The advent of streaming television over the last several years has marked a small-screen renaissance for the iconic Star Trek franchise. Under the guidance...
When I watched 2018’s Batman Ninja, I was pleasantly surprised to find that what seemed like tone deaf corporate synergy, was a loving homage...
As far as horror films go, Longlegs has been one of the most anticipated horror films of 2024, not least thanks to its enigmatic...
As we close out the 60s, there seems to be no end to the Cold War. The current stakes are literally to the moon...
John Krasinki’s A Quiet Place was one of the more memorable offerings from the 2018 mainstream release schedule, and while A Quiet Place Part...
In film criticism, we use “epic” as a shorthand for a long form film with a large cast and sprawling story, but the classical...
When X was released in 2022, it proved to be a playfully dark tale of lust and terror, subverting expectations that it would simply...
Every now and then, an action film comes along that achieves something extraordinary in the genre, which at times results in a handful of...
I first saw Luc Besson’s Le Femme Nikita in 1992 during my second year of college. It was one of a dozen or...
Just as Starman feels, in part, like John Carpenter pulling back from the unhinged alien horror of his previous masterwork The Thing, Matinee feels...
There really are two directors called Luc Besson. There’s the one who came to worldwide prominence through Subway and continued to make his name...
Midway through Glory, there’s a scene where Matthew Broderick cuts down watermelons with a sword. As Union Colonel Robert Gould Shaw—commander of the all-Black...
To many, 1984’s Ghostbusters was lightning in a bottle, and to some, it became a cornerstone of a lifelong dedication to the franchise...
“Whatever you think I am, that’s what I’m not…” – Grant Morrison Grant Morrison is considered a rock star of comics, leaving a trail...
The old expression says that gentlemen prefer blondes. It’s a well-known fact that Sir Alfred Hitchcock did. Long before Tippi Hedren and Grace Kelly,...
There are some fantasy, science fiction, and horror films that not every fan has caught. Not every film ever made has been seen by...
Writer/Director Paul Schrader’s favorite subject is the solitary man who, upon finding that the world will not bend to his will, shuts himself...
Cord Jefferson– who penned an episode of the inventive (if somewhat reductive) sequel to Alan Moore’s Watchmen— has settled into the director’s chair,...
Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever is…… a movie. So, that’s a good start, I suppose. It’s a popcorn movie for sure. It’s got guns and...
Making With the Waters Works I was working as a (very) junior flunky at Universal Pictures marketing in early 1990 when a fax came...
Having an altogether more somber tone than most kaiju films, last years’ Godzilla Minus One was well-received by audiences and critics alike, thanks...
This past year, several years after it’s original run ended, audiences rediscovered the legal drama Suits via various streaming platforms, finding greater success that...
Two of the three great Hitchcockian nightmares are on full display in Anthony Waller’s forgotten thriller classic Mute Witness: first, the idea that...
Bad Lieutenant is an NC-17 grimy, vicious, and shocking New York crime film from one of the most talented exploitation directors, Abel Ferrara, that...
Guy Ritchie returns with yet another of his trademark action capers, this time turning his attention to the declassified files of Winston Churchill,...
If there is one sub-genre that has ruled horror in recent years, it is the religious horror. New entries seem to find their way...