Archive for category: Editorials

/ May 15, 2012 3:00 am

A BETTER KIND OF BLACK WIDOW

People have been talking about The Avengers ad nauseum since before its release, so I figured that when I saw it I would not feel compelled to add in my [...]

/ May 14, 2012 3:00 pm

IN DEFENSE OF TIM BURTON

Yes, yes, I know.  He’s the man who brought us the remake of Planet of the Apes, a sub-par Alice in Wonderland, inflicted Winona Ryder on an unsuspecting public and [...]

/ May 12, 2012 3:00 am

JOHNNY BOY

There comes a point for many actors where they turn into one of two things.  Sometimes, they become caricatures of themselves.  Al Pacino, Jack Nicholson, Christopher Walken, Robert DeNiro and [...]

/ May 8, 2012 3:00 am

STEVE MCQUEEN: THE ORIGINAL BADASS

While the majority of you were catching a screening of The Avengers this past weekend I was off visiting and hanging out with my parents.  The bulk of my time [...]

/ May 7, 2012 3:00 pm

WHY STUDY FILM

Well, obviously, to become rich and famous.  And sexy.  Studying film, particularly at a grad school level, makes you about 30-40% sexier, according to the Associated Press.  Which is pretty [...]

/ May 5, 2012 3:00 am

CAN YOU AVENGE A GENRE?

I just got back from The Avengers, a movie I’ve been cutting snide remarks about on my Facebook for the better part of three weeks.  I don’t know if this [...]

/ May 1, 2012 3:00 am

WHEN WOMEN TAKE THE STAGE

During my first visit to the MILFcast we talked about the movie Shame.  We had a lot to say, but for a movie concerned mainly with the sexual addiction of [...]

/ April 30, 2012 3:00 pm

BEAUTY IN OBSCURITY

I have a strange predilection for finding, and subsequently becoming obsessed by, obscure films.  It’s nothing new for me.  In my misspent youth, I would scour the schedule of Turner [...]

/ April 24, 2012 3:00 am

A LOOK AT MY ALMA MATER ONSCREEN

Okay, this week I’m really going off the deep end to talk about something I really, truly love: my alma mater.  I suspect most of us get a little thrill [...]

/ April 23, 2012 3:00 pm

BACK TO THE FUTURE

Consider this a Part II in my ongoing battle against bad remakes, reboots and useless nostalgia.  I still like the useful kind. I was standing there in the lobby of [...]