Terrence Malick’s Days Of Heaven Is A Beautiful Look At Early 20th Romantic Strife, And Yes, Douglas Laman Wrote This Review (Doug’s Cinematic Firsties)
Well hello Terrence Malick. It’s been awhile. Me and o’l Malick may be two Texas…
Superman Falls to Earth — Christopher Reeve: A Career Arc
“I’ve not made intelligent choices,” Christopher Reeve once said of his acting career. But throughout…
THE SHIELD, Scenic Route #2: Ronnie in Sixty Seconds
SPOILERS THROUGH SEASON SIX’S “THE MATH OF THE WRATH” At the end of this episode, we have…
Sympathy for the Angel: Ender’s Game and the Lonely Evangelist (Year of the Month)
In the beginning, there was Ender’s Game. Before sequels expanded the “Enderverse” and the titular…
Taco Break: STOP BEING CREEPY
Good lord, people. Or, should I say, dudes. Stop being creepy. It was only last…
Stars Upon Thars
The impulse with any serious parenting conversation is to have it when your kid is…
Film on the Disc: LAW OF DESIRE
One year after Matador, Pedro Almodovar’s Law of Desire codified the techniques that would define Almodovar’s works for…
Melancholic Screwball: INTO THE NIGHT (Year of the Month)
Into the Night resembles a lot of other films of its time: the Los Angeles…
New on DVD and Blu-Ray
To coincide with the unveiling of yet another instantly disappointing Netflix series, Marvel is doing…
FIREFLY, Episode One, “Serenity”
Firefly takes place within an American myth. Specifically, it takes place within the myth of…