Airplane! Turns 30
On Friday, July 2, Airplane! will celebrate its 30th anniversary. I personally — slightly — prefer Anchorman, but despite my modern leanings, Airplane! is easily…
Beyond The Screen
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…
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….
The Ivan Drago School of Writing
I was gonna write this amazing Date Night-style recap of my experience with El secreto de sus ojos. It was gonna weave together the story…
A Lesson from Michael Clayton on Stereotypes
Picture me rollin’. Slowly. Through mid-day traffic on a Wednesday. Along U Street in NW Washington, DC. The sun is shining. The windows of my…
There’s No Poetry in Being Comfortable: A Poem for Henry Charles Bukowski, Junior (Hank)
Back in 2004 they released a movie about Hank another one in this one Hank Bono Tom Waits Taylor Hackford John Martin Hank’s baby mother…
reboot (v): 1. to start a system again after a crash 2. to kick shit again, hoping this time it doesn’t stick to your shoe
As if the unoriginality of Hollywood needed further attesting to, they have decided to reboot the Spiderman franchise as well as—wait for it—Daredevil. Yes. Daredevil. …
An Ode to Reboots
As if the unoriginality of Hollywood needed further attesting to, they have decided to reboot theSpiderman franchise as well as—wait for it—Daredevil. Yes. Daredevil. For those of…
Four From Haneke
Austrian director Michael Haneke might be one of the most provocative working in the film industry today. I’ve shied away from using the term “Hollywood”…