Captain America: Civil War and the Marvel of Your Mind
This not very good cake is so good I’m going to smash it in your face.
Category Archives: Active Observation
The Jungle Book: O RLY?
We are man-cubs and we are dangerous.
The Little Girl Who Lives Down The Lane Is Inexplicably Odd
Don’t mess with the kid.
High Rise: All the Enemies Amenities
High Rise was not made to entertain you grungy, popcorn feasting masses.
Invention For Destruction, or: Karel Zeman – The Original Steampunk
A crazy semi-animated Czech film full of pirates and submarines and giant squids. Need I say more?
Midnight Special: Different Only The Same
So there’s this alien, see? And he wants to go home…
Miles Ahead, In Which Don Cheadle Channels A Genius
A strange, wild ride of a biography that isn’t a biography.
Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, Two Wild And Crazy Guys
From 1931, one of the most insane horror movies you will ever see.
Cartel Land: Here There Be Monsters
For when you gaze long into the abyss. The abyss gazes also into you.
Drowning By Numbers: Peter Greenaway’s Numerology of Death
In which we enter the decaying whimsy of Peter Greenaway’s England.
Snyder v World – A Spoiler Free Review
Zack Snyder takes on the world. The world loses.
Batman v Superman: An Un-Review
A spoiler-free pre-review! Or a spoiler-filled list of assumptions? Either way. Yep. Take heart. It’s always darkest before the Dawn of Justice.
Creative Control: Style Over Substance
A beautifully empty future (and movie).
Hard To Be A God, Especially When You’re Covered In Muck
Russian sci-fi by way of the middle ages. Enter at your own risk.