…..Yeah, Fantastic Four Is Not All That Fantastic
There’s a moment in the Fantastic Four that finally, oh finally, gave me a glimpse…
Channing Tatum Will Not Be Playing Gambit In The X-Men Universe
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The Avathoir/Wallflower American Vampire Conversation Installment 7
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The Avathoir/Wallflower American Vampire Conversation Installment 6
The Conversation on the Solute Avathoir and wallflower discuss American Vampire Installment 6: The Unforgiven…
“Continue down your mistaken path”: FEAR AND DESIRE (1953)
Looking back at the early work of a great, unified artist tempts one to read…
Movies by the Fives: March 1995
This new segment of The Solute looks at 5 movies that came out this month…
What the fuck did I just watch? VIEW FROM THE TOP (2003)
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The Professionals: Michael Mann’s Men
The iconic repeated image of a Michael Mann film is a man with a gun,…
Just Say Yes! The Politics of INHERENT VICE
You could make an entire film out of Joaquin Phoenix’s reaction shots, and Paul Thomas…
The Year in Review: The Early 1960s Revisited?
By now, Mark Harris’s dire predictions about the future of film have been heard by many. …