Category: Movies

Selective perception and marketing the new Clash of the Titans sequel.

John Carter is not a movie adaptation of A Princess of Mars, and that’s my biggest problem with it.

Sweet Smell of Success is a classic movie with one of the greatest screenplays in the history of cinema. The Duellists is… not. I don’t understand why The Castro decided to run them together.

We’re long past due for sincerity to make a comeback, and The Muppets are the perfect ones to bring it.

Captain America: The First Avenger is another case of Marvel making franchise movies better than they need to be.

Rise of the Planet of the Apes is eerily like a real movie

The Transformers movies are the after-effects of the 1990s disguised as nostalgia for the 1980s.

Super 8 is a movie about making and watching movies, and it’s best not to know any more than that.

Thoughts after watching Bridesmaids and what I’m hoping is witnessing the slow heat death of Hollywood.

Sucker Punch tries to elevate the turn-your-brain-off movie to the level of icepick lobotomy. It’s thoroughly disappointing that it works as often as it does.

Thoughts about high art, low art, and false populism in the movie business.

I don’t have time to write too much about The Adjustment Bureau, but I can’t let a pun title go to waste.