Swamp Thing: Gory, Messy, and Fun
If we’re going talk about the new Swamp Thing live-actio series, premiering this fall on the CW, we’re going to have to talk about Alan Moore first. In 1983, then-editor at DC, Len Wein, one of the...
BORGMAN: Guilt, Sin, and the Insidiousness of Evil
There is something that surrounds us, an agreeable warmth that both intoxicates and confuses; a sheath of something that means to do evil Marina van Schendel While it's true that Borgman...
Z – Imaginary friends and your deepest fears
Brandon Christensen’s new film, Z, addresses the idea that we can outgrow our deepest fears. Z follows Keegan Connor Tracy’s Elizabeth Parsons and her husband living the idyllic quiet life in suburbs...
Extraction: Bullets, blood, and mayhem!
Even if you don’t know the name Sam Hargrave, I promise you that you’ve seen him. Sam Hargrave is a stunt man that’s had the unbelievable luck for doubling everyone from Chris Evans in the Marvel films,...
Bloodshot: A fast and fun science fiction beatdown
Bloodshot, the Vin Diesel-led adaptation of the Valiant Comics character isn’t anything that you haven’t seen before. Our protagonist, Ray Garrison, being ripped from a digital façade to be shown the true...
THE KILLING OF A SACRED DEER: Greek Tragedy and the Unforgiving Heart of Fate
I don't know if what is happening is fair, but it's the closest thing to justice I can think of. - Martin In the opening scene of The Killing of a Sacred Deer...
James Vs His Future Self: A remarkably touching and fun sci-fi indie film
James vs His Future Self follows Jonas Chernick’s physicist, James, whose obsession with proving time travel is possible pushes him to neglect everything good in his life. The only family he has left in his...
The Rise of Skywalker: Fun, Cluttered, and Epic
As brilliantly explained in Kevin Smith’s seminal film, Clerks, back in 1983, Return of the Jedi ended the first Star Wars trilogy in epic fantasy but was widely dismissed because it failed to live up to...
APOCALYPSE NOW: FINAL CUT – Hearts of Darkness and the Horror of Human Responsibility
Francis Ford Coppola's Apocalypse Now: Final Cut (2019) has been lovingly re-edited and beautifully restored to its former glory. With a 4K restoration from the original negative and remastered sound, the...
The Swimmer – 1968
Frank Perry’s The Swimmer (1968) is a very strange little film, at least on the surface of things. I mean, what's more strange than a guy swimming home across the county through the backyard pools of...