Ten Years Later, ‘The Hoax’ is Even More Timely in the Trump Era
One of the most audacious cons in history is aided by the certainty that no one would tell a lie… Read More
April 20, 2017
The Bitter Script Reader
An Aggregated Oral History of 2009 Films Ruined By the Last WGA Strike
The last time Hollywood writers walked out seeking a better deal, there were consequences for several tentpoles and would-be franchises.Hollywood… Read More
April 18, 2017
Why Are We Compelled to Rank Movies in a Series with Each New Release?
It’s not enough to love films, we now must enumerate that love or hate relative to any similar films.It has become… Read More
April 15, 2017
The Films of Frank Capra III, Ranked
As The Fate of The Furious enters theaters, a ranking of its 1st Assistant Director’s oeuvre.Friday brings us the release… Read More
April 14, 2017
A Brutally Honest Razzie Ballot
Robert De Niro’s “turn will come around again,” while it’s definitely Gerard Butler’s year and Megan Fox could get an… Read More
February 22, 2017
The Passengers Dilemma
How do you get two passengers to a colony 89 years away within their lifespans?At the end of Passengers, Jim… Read More
December 28, 2016
7 Films That Could Be Headlined by Creepy Dead CGI Actors
Performances from the Uncanny Valley.If you saw Rogue One last weekend, you glimpsed what may be the future of posthumous performances.… Read More
December 23, 2016
The Known Unknowns of Star Wars
Star Wars shows signs of being stuck in fan-fiction mode, exploring its own backyard.Over four years ago, as part of… Read More
December 19, 2016
How The Flash and Supergirl became my wife’s gateway drug to superhero fandom
And how an argument about time-travel almost threatened my marriage.Not to get all 21 Jump Street (the movie, not the… Read More
December 15, 2016