Year of the Month: Roland Saint-Laurent on ROGER AND ME
It’s fitting that the very first words spoken in Michael Moore’s debut, Roger and Me,…
Broken Art for Sale: EXIT THROUGH THE GIFT SHOP
On a frequent drive on southbound Interstate 29 there used to be an overpass with…
Year of the Month: Persia on INCEPTION
Everyone likes to talk about the visuals in Inception, and there are plenty of reasons…
Year of the Month: Miller on DON’T FUCK WITH THE APOCALYPSE
Two-bit town though it is, This is where I am king. There’s a beat to…
Year of the Month: Haley Ioppini on DESPICABLE ME
In the summer of 2013, college buddies Haley Ioppini and Mary Alice Wintz needed something…
Year of the Month: Roland Saint-Laurent on MACHETE
Robert Rodriguez’ long-gestating 2010 Danny Trejo action vehicle Machete started with low ambitions but…
Year of the Month: SHUTTER ISLAND
Spoilers ahead Shutter Island seems on the face of it like a textbook minor work…
Disney Byways: TRON: LEGACY
Famously, the original TRON was deemed ineligible for a Best Visual Effects Oscar. Using computers…
The best songs of 1935, according to the Academy (Year of the Month)
Greetings fellow Soluters and music lovers! I once again ran out of time to do…
POPEYE, Part Two: A Study in Segar-ian Storytelling
Popeye begins 1935 in Black Valley, investigating a gang of claimjumpers fed on tainted cactus…