Blade Runner 2049: Something Pretty You Can Nap To
If it’s a pre-apocalyptic future wasteland you want to luxuriate in, Blade Runner 2049 is the movie for you.
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Lucky In Life, Lucky In Death
Harry Dean Stanton is Lucky.
People Are Dopes, And mother! Is Insane
Whatever else you might think of mother!, you have certainly never seen this movie before.
Harry Dean Stanton: The Life of A Repo Man
In which I remember Harry Dean Stanton (not that I ever forgot him).
It Is Okay
Evil clown fetishists, rejoice! The rest of you, move along.
On Nazis, Starship Troopers, and Taxi Driver
In which movies of the past feel strangely suited to our absurd present.
The Karate Kid is Kind of Great
In which we revisit the ’80s classic and find it terribly charming.
Dunkirk At A Distance
Christopher Nolan turns minimalist.
George Romero Is Dead. Long Live George Romero!
The father of the modern zombie has shuffled off this mortal coil. May he spend the rest of eternity joyfully feasting on the brains of heavenly angels.
War For The Planet Of The Apes, or: Ape-Moses and The Promised Land
A ponderous slog of an Apes movie wins the adulation of everyone. I refuse to believe they didn’t fall asleep thirty minutes in.
In Which I Am Unkind To De Palma’s Blow Out
Some call it a masterpiece. I wish I knew why.
The Girl With All The Gifts, But Mainly The Gift of Yet Another Zombie Movie
Zombies go fungal.
Blade Runner. Deckard. Replicant? The Debate That Never Dies.
In which everything you always wanted to know about Deckard is answered once and for all and forerever. So there.
Why Does Anyone Care Who Directs A Star Wars Movie?
In today’s movie universes, directors are hired hands.