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?
Interstellar: A Black Hole of Wonder
This film may prematurely age you, through the power of special cinematic relativity.
Interstellar, or The Schizophrenia of Christopher Nolan
Interstellar will whip you back and forth between “That’s kind of neato” and “What the–? This is absurd,” so often you won’t know what to think. Maybe that’s the plan.
Zero Charisma: Gamer Nerd Gone Mad
A less comedic story than one would expect about a gamer nerd coming face to face with his massive personality flaws.
Force Majeure Is Beyond Your Control
Force Majeure is Gone Girl for grownups. It is probably the film you will most regret not seeing this year.
The Raven: 1935’s Lugosi / Karloff Death Match
This Halloween, dare to watch this most gruesome and shocking film!
Halloween Dress-up & Flip-off with Jamie Lee Curtis and Kim Cattrall
The bird is the word. I said the bird bird bird, the bird is the word.
Jake Paltrow’s Young Ones Lands Like Pudding
Paltrow’s script hovers over characters and situations like a teacher’s red pen. “Needs improvement. See me after class.”
The Mack, or It’s Hard Out Here For A Pimp
Join me on a little trip to the Player’s Ball…
Birdman Does An Awful Lot of Flapping
In which I am underwhelmed by the latest from director Alejandro Iñárritu.
John Wick Would Like You to Hold His Bullets with Your Face
If John Wick is trying to teach his enemies a lesson, here is what it is: your face is not a secure receptacle for bullets.
Listen Up Philip Is Successfully Insufferable
And I quote: “Alex Ross Perry has injected a particular strain of vitality into the New York independent film scene, having made two idiosyncratic features that beat to a relentlessly personal rhythm that is almost shocking in its distinctness.”
A Bucket of Blood: Roger Corman’s Beatnik Murder Comedy
Given $50,000, leftover sets from a high school movie, and five days to shoot by American International Pictures, could Roger Corman direct a horror movie?
Out of Print: The New Beverly Documentary And The Marchese / Tarantino Kerfuffle
On the new documentary about the New Beverly Cinema, and the drama surrounding its director.