Miller’s 2022 Double Features: To Shreds, You Say
Movies talk to each other. What did the films of 2022 have to say? This…
Tales from the Dark Age: The End of an Error
I know I’ve spent this whole series trying to prove that the Dark Age of…
Tales from the Dark Age: Meanwhile, Back in the States
Who Framed Roger Rabbit? deserves more credit than any other single movie for ending the…
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The Solute Canon: Miller on GRIZZLY
The Solute Canon Series: An exploration of films and other cultural touchstones outside the traditional…
Year of the Month: DUEL (1971)
It almost goes without saying that Duel is an American movie. It comes close to…
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…
The Friday Article Roundup: Always a McBridesmaid, Never the McBride
The FAR is miffed that it has to wear a gown clearly designed for the…
Nearly 30 Years Later, TEMPLE OF DOOM’s Grossness Is Its Legacy by James Williams
Growing up, I watched the Indiana Jones movies incessantly. Correction: I watched Raiders of the…
The King’s Deathbed: DreamWorks in 2004 (Year of the Month)
Nicole Laporte’s excellent book The Men Who Would Be King chronicles the whole sad saga of…
Year of the Month: Doug Wykstra on E.T. THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL
The trouble I have reviewing E.T. the Extraterrestrial is separating the nostalgia it’s trying to…