Big Eyes Commits Artistic Fraud
Tim Burton returns with a movie as deep as a very, very shallow puddle. I advise swimming elsewhere.
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Mind Control Double Feature #103: Die, Santa Claus, Die!
The most horrifying depravities ever committed to Christmas-themed celluloid!
North Korean Hackers’ Latest Demands: More Adam Sandler Movies
Sony faced with ever-lengthening list of demands; expected to cave to every one.
The Imitation Game: An Alan Turing Simulacrum
The by-the-numbers Oscar-bait bio-pic about the code-cracking father of the modern computer, Alan Turing, is exactly what you think it is.
Inherent Vice: Pynchon’s Stoner Noir Gets Andersonized
Paul Thomas Anderson adapts the Thomas Pynchon novel, and the result is as odd as you’d think. But is it good?
Bad Timing = Bad Movie
One of the more unpleasant movies you will ever, if you’re smarter than me, not bother to watch.
Anatomy of Anatomy of A Murder
The practice of law sure ain’t pretty. This is one deeply twisted movie no one comes out of with clean hands.
Short Cuts: Robert Altman’s Final Masterpiece
The last shot of Short Cuts is of four people in clown makeup, smeared from a night of drinking and hot-tubbing, sucking on lemon slices and laughing. It’s the whole movie summed up in a single image.
Legend, The Bastard Child of ‘80s Fantasy Films
It took me awhile, but I’ve now seen Legend. Will I ever unsee it?
The Fly: Cronenberg’s Romance In Gloop
Cronenberg tells a passionate, tragic love story. With a giant fly monster. And everybody loves it.
Inserts: Richard Dreyfuss Directs A Porno
In this strangely theatrical movie from the ’70s, Richard Dreyfuss shoots porn in the ’30s.
The Guardians of The Galaxy: My Exceptionally Late And Outrageously Negative Review
It’s a Marvel movie. Stuff goes whiz and things go bang. Leave your brain at the door. And then slam that door on your brain for two hours.
Nightcrawler Is The Best Kind of Creepy
A film noir, a horror movie, a satire, this movie’s got all kinds of things going for it. See it before it disappears.
Doctor Who Series 8 Comes, Mercifully, To An End
And so ends the worst series of the modern Doctor Who. What in the name of ood went wrong?