Tales from the Backlog: Vomas on 1991
I have far too many unwatched movies on my shelves. Follow me as I attempt…
Dad to the Bone: James Williams on THE ABYSS
AUTHOR’S NOTE: For the sake of this column, I will only be reviewing the Director’s…
Late YOTM: The Prestige
“Have you considered the cost?” “Money is no object.” “Yes, but have you considered the…
Year of the Month: Roland Saint-Laurent on SON OF GODZILLA
Jun Fukuda’s Son of Godzilla is possibly the most-hated entry in the Showa era of…
Lang the Mythmaker: METROPOLIS, Part 2
Metropolis continues Die Niebelungen’s temporal mishmash, but what was merely confusing in Niebelungen becomes an…
Lang vs. Von Harbou: James Williams on METROPOLIS
The silent film era persists in the public consciousness mostly as a collection of moments…
Epic Lang: METROPOLIS and DIE NIBELUNGEN
Fritz Lang was an incredibly versatile filmmaker, but he spent much of his career in…
Year of the Month: Désirée I. Guzzetta on the Infectious Complexity of THE HOST
The Host (Gwoemul) holds a special place in my heart as the first Bong Joon-ho…
Year of the Month: FLASH GORDON
Nowadays, newspaper comics are the lowest form of life — page after page of crotchety…
Life Before STAR WARS: Aliens, Apes, and Animated Weirdoes
Before Star Wars proved they could be big business, sci-fi and fantasy were the province…