Winter’s Bone — A Narrative on Survival
Natalie Portman, Annette Bening, and Julianne Moore have already established themselves as Best Actress contenders, but we can now add Jennifer Lawrence to the race…
Talking About Gladiators, Episode 3
Jared, Dustin and Rob discuss the horrible, horrible summer season of movies that Hollywood made them endure.
The Kids Are All Right – Jesus on Toast
Each year, a handful of people report that they have seen a vision of either the Virgin Mary or Jesus Christ. These apparitions take a…
Darkon – There Were No Cameras in Medieval Times, Therefore…
In the third act of the Paul Rudd, Sean William Scott vehicle, Role Models, Danny and Wheeler (Rudd and Scott) accompany Augie (Christopher Mintz-Plasse) to…
The Roommate — A Rant on Plagiarism
Shuffling through the final papers of the semester, I encounter one that discusses Richard Wright’s Lawd Today! and the genius of how Jake’s quotidian routine…
Howl — The Line Between Freedom and Aquiescence
I’ve seen the entertainers of my generation, inebriated, intoxicated, plastered on multiple magazine covers, who sweat illicit substance; who marry for publicity; who annul to…
The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters — Perhaps You Could Have This Record for a Few Quarters More
In 1982, a mustachioed, mulletted kid set the high-score record on one of the Golden Age of Arcade Games’ Donkey Kong; in addition, this prestidigitation…
The Social Network — A Well-Executed Exercise in Cynicism
My mailbox purged forth two Netflix DVDs a bill and a statement as I opened it. Inside, the gag reflex for this mailus vomitus was…
True Grit — The Coen Brothers Might Just Have a Career Ahead of Them
“You must pay for everything in this world, one way or another. There is nothing free except for the grace of God.” So Mattie Ross…
Somebody Owes Me $10 – The Worst of 2010
As the New York City Sanitation Department is condemned for their lackadaisical performance during last week’s blizzard, I gaze out my window at the piles…