THE SHIELD’s Final Episodes: “Possible Kill Screen”/”Family Meeting”
When the AV Club announced in early 2013 that they would be reviewing early episodes…
Madonna and Julius: A Cinematic Retrospective – THE NEXT BEST THING (2000)
Madonna By the time Madonna was making Evita, she had been dating Carlos Leon, her physical…
Elf Finds The Joy In Both Christmas And Humanity
Elf is a prime example of a movie that shouldn’t, under any circumstances, work. A…
Batman (1989) Review
While Batman’s most notable modern day portrayal is the one Christopher Nolan brought to life…
Film and the Normalization of Happy Families
We are launching headlong into the Holiday Movie Season on TV. When I was a…
WHITE BIRD IN A BLIZZARD (2014)
Gregg Araki’s 2004 film, Mysterious Skin, was a masterpiece of the long-term emotional wreckage caused by…
Drive Angry (Your Holiday Turkey Review)
Nicolas Cage is cinematic royalty. Nephew to Francis Ford Coppola, Cage is an Academy Award…
When the Stars are Right: Corman, Lovecraft, and American International Pictures
Last month, I discussed two film adaptations of H. P. Lovecraft’s horror stories, and I…
THE SHIELD’s Final Season: eps. 10/11, “Party Line”/”Petty Cash”
Given the heavily serialized nature of The Shield, it’s necessary to discuss future episodes to fully…
Why Michelle MacLaren Deserves to Direct WONDER WOMAN
It’s simple. Michelle MacLaren is one of the finest action directors, really one of the…