I Burn For You: The Passion of Joan of Arc
Not so crazy about digital projection? Feeling put out by post-converted 3D crap? Having trouble watching action films without falling into some sort of strobe-induced seizure? What you need is […]
In Which I Ponder Three Viewings Of Fight Club
I will say this about Fight Club: it is an interesting movie. Putting it far ahead of most of what gets made. I saw it when it first came out […]
Vote Warren Beatty Double Feature
So, who are you voting for? Obama? Boooooring. I’m voting for Warren Beatty. Since the 1960s, this tussle-haired thespian has been all up in politics’ business. He’s been active on behalf […]
The Great (Cartoon) Showdowns
I came across this site today, which seems to have been around and crazily popular for a couple of years, but what the hell, better late than never. It’s a […]
Exclusive Interview with The Bay Screenwriter Mike Wallach
What’s the matter? Isopod got your tongue? Hey, it could happen. At least, it might happen if we don’t get good and scared by what’s happening in places like Chesapeake Bay […]
A True-True Cloud Atlas Review Yarned Across Time and Space
Recently, your valiant Stand By For Mind Control editors attended an early screening of Cloud Atlas, the new film by the Wachowskis and Tom Twyker. We thought it would be […]
Mind Control Double Feature #13: Unabashed Trash
There comes a time in all our movie-watching lives, or for some of you, perhaps, there rarely does not come a time, when all we want to watch is some […]
I Will Happy You to Death!
I pose you this riddle: “Are you serious?” I am talking about the trailer for this film, which, I am lead to believe is: a) a horror movie, b) called Smiley, […]
The 10 Best Books About Movies (That I Just Came Up With This Afternoon)
Books. You’ve heard of them. Some of your favorite movies are based on them. Why not read one? Or ten? I know, it feels like a crime to go around […]
Argo
The tensest part of Argo came thirty minutes in, when I thought, “Did I leave the BBQ on?” That tension lasted through Ben Affleck’s last lingering close-up when I found […]
Seven and a Half Psychopaths
There was a time, not so long ago, that I was looking forward to Seven Psychopaths. Director Martin McDonagh’s last film, In Bruges, was dark, twisted, offensive, and generally good […]
Hysteria: Better When It Was A Def Leppard Album
And I don’t even like Def Leppard! I was going to say that at least Hysteria the movie has more female orgasms per minute, but on second thought, I bet […]
Crap Your Pants Double Feature
I’ve been watching a bunch of horror movies lately. As a young feller, I steered clear of horror films as a rule. They were scary, I thought. Catching up now, […]
The Italian Job: What The Hell Kind of Ending Is That?
No, not that crappy remake, the original from ’69, with Michael Caine, who even back in the ‘60s managed to star in like nine movies a year, and who because […]