Movies
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Junkfood Cinema: ‘U.S. Marshals’ Puts a Gun to Your Head
Welcome back to Junkfood Cinema; got a back-up weapon? Yes kids, after last week’s ridiculous invasion of your local multiplex, your favorite film column’s favorite…
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‘Brief Encounter’ Tells a Story About Stories That Can’t Be Told
From 2011, in our attempt to spotlight all of the Criterion Collection, Landon Palmer discusses David Lean’s 1946 classic.
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30 Things We Learned from the ‘Thief’ Commentary
Quick, name the best film directed by Michael Mann about career criminals. Yeah, you probably just blurted out Heat without giving it a second thought,…
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Blood, Sweat and Latex: The Accidental Iconography of ‘Evil Dead II’
by Shannon Shea You never know. You just never know. I wonder if back in 1930, Universal Studios make up artist, Jack Pierce while constructing his…
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Coroner’s Report: ‘Pieces’ Is Not Exactly What You Think It Is
It’s 1942, and a young boy sits on the floor of his bedroom innocently putting together a puzzle featuring a picture of a fully nude…
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Blood, Sweat and Latex: Boldly Going To Work On ‘Star Trek IV’
by Shannon Shea I realize that I am one out of millions when I say how much influence the original Star Trek series had on my…
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First Teaser for ‘The Hunger Games’ Offers Up an Arrow-Tipped Appetizer
It’s impossible to predict in advance which hopeful franchise starter will actually find box-office gold and go on to become a successful film series. Twilight…
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Review: ‘Motherland’ Features a Strong Character Piece Trapped In a Failed Mystery
Raffi Tang (Francoise Yip) is living a quiet life in Mexico far from the mother who disowned her. The two fought years prior when Raffi…
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Review: ‘Our Idiot Brother’ Works Because of Paul Rudd
Our Idiot Brother floats by on the genial charms of Paul Rudd, an apparently nice guy in real life who’s playing just about the nicest,…
