The Town: Ben Affleck Walks the Well Worn Path (Very Well)
Once upon a time, an English professor explained to me–and the rest of her class–the seven basic plots in literature. In addition to providing a…
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A Word About Inception
Inception is the most bold, daring, thought-provoking, original work released by a major Hollywood studio in the last decade. To classify Christopher Nolan’s film to…
The Fantastic Confusion of Get Him to the Greek
Early in the second act of Get Him to the Greek, intern Aaron Green (played by Jonah Hill) is hungover and squirming nervously as the…
Guilt-Laden Memory Vs. The Lack of Memory in Superhero Mythology and X-Men Origins: Wolverine
Halfway through 2009’s X-Men Origins: Wolverine, Logan (Hugh Jackman) delivers the line “I come with you. I’m coming for blood. No law. No code of…
Justifying Torture Through the Curse of Omission in The Last House on the Left
Often, remakes signify a growing lack of originality that seems to be burgeoning throughout Hollywood, and this stigma is often compounded two or three fold…
Chew On This: Battle Royale
(“Chew on This” is Bill Coffin’s column on horror cinema, analyzing the some of best movies the genre has to offer, new and old.) If you…
Splice — Freud Would Have a Field Day
Two years ago, I was heading from Oregon to New York. As a week of Pinot drinking was slowly seeping its way out of my…
Marvel v. DC: Iron Man 2 v. The Losers
Somewhere in the comic universe, there is a Mason-Dixon Line (a Stark-Wayne Line?) that separates Marvel from DC. Fierce battles take place across that line….
Iron Man 2 — Oiiyllll Cyaaaan
Because of its rather unique take on superhero origin stories, Iron Man was quite enjoyable and offered a glimpse at the birth of a superhero…
Chew On This: Shiver
(“Chew on This” is Bill Coffin’s column on horror cinema, analyzing the some of best movies the genre has to offer, new and old.) There’s something…