The Pull of Gravity
It is inevitable. What goes up must come down. That is the effect of Gravity, the new film from Alfonso Cuarón—director of the stunning Children of Men—starring America’s sweethearts Sandra Bullock, George […]
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Shame and Lost Highway are not Good
And so here you find me, scouring the internet, looking for a copy of the generally unavailable 1950 film noir, Shakedown. The Supreme Being saw it at a Noir City screening […]
Mind Control Double Feature #62: Fatal Mistakes
Uh oh.
Short Term 12 Cleans Out Your Mind Holes
I lost track of how many times I cried watching Destin Daniel Cretton’s Short Term 12. I’d heard good things—it won both the Grand Jury Narrative Feature Award and the Narrative Audience […]
The Fairly Great Escape
Last night’s viewing: The Great Escape. John Sturges’ three-hour adventure film is a fondly-recalled boyhood favorite and true story of Nazi-needling bravura. Like Sturges’ other earlier blockbuster, The Magnificent Seven, this is a […]
Ringu Round the Rosie
Have you seen The Ring (Ringu)? If so, then you shall surely die in a week, unless you force someone else to suffer through this bizarre series of disquieting images […]
In Which We Deface RoboCop with FrameBuzz Graffiti
Paul Verhoeven’s RoboCop is a nasty film. This is why we love it. It’s full of pain and obscenity and oozing corruption. It’s the sort of story wherein the hero is […]
Mind Control Double Feature #60: Man Kinds
There are two kind of men in Western films. There are those with ropes around their necks and those that do the shooting. Or maybe there are men in black […]
Onibaba Overtakes You
You know what can be really frightening? No. Don’t guess. It’s a trick question. That’s because once you know the answer, it’s no longer frightening; it’s just your face in […]
Netflix Queue and A
By the time you read this post, I will be dead. Or camping. Probably just camping, really, but who can say? I mean, when was the last time you heard […]
Mind Control Double Feature #58: Eyes > Stomach
Are your eyes bigger than your stomach? I sure hope not. That would be seriously gross. Unless you’ve got a really small stomach? But if so, how are you even […]
Breaking Bad Recap: Season 5, Episode 11 – Confessions
I have a confession. When the Supreme Being asked me to fill in for him on his regular Breaking Bad Recap column, I wasn’t enthused. I mean: he’s been doing […]
Hollywood Experiences A Hijacking
The new Danish film, A Hijacking (Kapringen), which I watched last night, seems like the mirror image of the upcoming Paul Greengrass / Tom Hanks film Captain Phillips. In the expensive Hollywood […]
Zapata Está Muerto; Viva Zapata!
Starring Marlon Brandon. Directed by Elia Kazan. A story of an aspiring hero overcoming his corrupted brother to lead his community to freedom from tyranny. I speak, of course, of Viva […]