The End Of The Tour: Chatting Up David Foster Wallace
Annoying reporter meets awesome writer. No drama ensues.
The Problem With CGI
In which we find questionable those insisting we stop complaining about computer graphics overwhelming movies.
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
Let’s just pretend it doesn’t exist and never speak of it again.
Thighs & Eyes Wide Shut
Stanley Kubrick’s last film, Eyes Wide Shut, is fucked up.
The Diary of A Teenage Girl Contains Sex And Art And A Search For Self. But Mostly Sex.
What’s this? A non-moralizing coming-of-age movie about a teenage girl? Tis rare indeed, but here it is, in all its ’70s glory.
The Monolith Monsters, And Other Tales of Weird ‘50s Sci-Fi
In which killer rocks from outer space come for our women.
Reservoir Dogs Still Packs A Punch
Tarantino’s debut is no cakewalk.
Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation Finally Gets It Right
Saying it’s the best in the series may not be saying a lot, but it’s saying something. Something like: Gosh, this ain’t half bad.
Ant-Man Does Little Right
This is a film full of shrinking potential.
Five Amazing Things About the Maze Runner
Will you go to the Maze Prom with me?
Sleepaway Camp: All About The Ending
In which we examine the fabled slasher video hit with the crazy-pants ending.
Failing To Enjoy Jupiter Ascending On An Aeroplane
It’s all gunplay, explodey bits, and kisses from here on out. Whatever planet they’re on seems pretty disposable. And flammable.
Jerry Lewis’s Hardly Working: The Worst Movie I Have Ever Seen
I have found the great white whale of bad films. It is so staggeringly incompetent that it makes you long for the narrative cohesion of Highlander 2: The Quickening.
Bend Over, Here Comes Kingsman: The Secret Service
Matthew Vaughn’s Kingsman: The Secret Service is so clever it’s not clever at all.