Great Movie Quotes: In Bruges
In Bruges (2008)
Shutter Island — This Week’s “blaaaagh”
Logic dictates that when a movie slated for release in October is pushed back until February of the next year, the film probably has some…
Fish Tank — A Gritty Education
Andrea Arnold masterfully handles Fish Tank, a film of gritty British realism that captivates and depresses, but does not wear itself out trying to rend…
Terrible Movie Marathon 2010
As has been known to happen, I drank way too much last Friday and was thus incapable — or at least unwilling — to do…
The Wolfman – Like Passing a Kidney Stone on Christmas Morning
In a previous post, I determined that The Happening edged Taking Lives as the worst movie that I had seen in the first decade of…
The 10 Best Picture Haikus of 2009
The other night, I watched Fight Club and the haiku scene spoke to me: First off, it emphasizes the mundane routines that most of us trudge through…
An Education – Right at the Top of Roman Polanski’s Netflix Queue
Set in 1961 England, An Education examines the limited options for a young woman, offering either the academic route that would lead to a life…
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…