What the F? Babalugats on THE GRUDGE
Since Cinemascore began operation in 1979 only 21 films have received the lowest score. In…
The Halloween Canon: Persia on “Ghostbusters”
There’s something of a known canon of Christmas songs. Most of them are jazz-influenced standards…
Hollywood Witches
There are a lot of standard monsters to Hollywood. Not just the Universal ones, though…
Year of the Month: Jake Gittes on A SUMMER AT GRANDPA’S
If you’ve ever wondered what My Neighbor Totoro might be like in live action, perhaps…
“Guys have underestimated me my entire life”: Like the man himself, TED LASSO is easy to overlook but has surprising depth
Be curious, not judgmental. -Walt Whitman You got no time for the messenger Got no…
New on DVD and Blu-Ray
Criterion’s recent influx of very new titles has raised some questions of when the time…
Year of the Month: Mr. Apollo on BIRDY
Like the William Wharton novel it’s based on, Alan Parker’s film Birdy is concerned with…
BORAT 2 justifies its existence by putting a new spin on an old formula
(A handful of spoilers follow.) My love for Sacha Baron Cohen’s in-character mockumentaries, and how…
Red Dawn (Year Of The Month)
Red Dawn is one of the most famous examples of Eighties camp. Camp is one…
Celebrating the Living: Ben Daniels
Large amounts of the history of television is written in the tradition of the cross-Atlantic…