I started this blog post trying to write about The Room, a movie that’s a disaster but a very entertaining disaster, a… passion? vanity? project by filmmaker (auteur? lunatic?) Tommy Wiseau that I’ve written about before. I wanted to write about The Room because I jut saw Megalopolis, a passion? vanity? project by Francis Ford… Continue reading A Hot Take About A Current Movie
Tag: Movies
Shaun of The Normal
I saw Shaun of The Dead today during its rerelease in theaters. It’s a movie I haven’t seen in over a decade so it was fun to revisit it, especially in a theater with all the fun that entails. The movie’s still great, loads of fun and you can see so many of the markers… Continue reading Shaun of The Normal
Perfectly Fine
I’m not sure I’ve ever seen Twister, but like most children of the nineties, I've seen various snatches of it on tv and studied the VHS case. Twister was just another movie that I never saw and the sequel was going to follow its shoes until I decided to do a double feature with it… Continue reading Perfectly Fine
Variations On A Theme
I finished Final Fantasy IX this week (for those keeping track at home, this is the sixth Final Fantasy since booting up VIII back in the fall of 2022). It’s a lot like the other Final Fantasies. It’s got the hero who, like in X, has to grapple with the fact that his very existence… Continue reading Variations On A Theme
Jukebox Stuntsical
The Fall Guy came out a couple weeks ago and it’s an absolute blast, a movie that couches its stuntman-based hijinks with a surprisingly solid romcom. Its impressively robust plot and charming characters is all gravy, though, because ultimately, The Fall Guy’s is the stunt-equivalent of a jukebox musical. Hear me out. The Fall Guy… Continue reading Jukebox Stuntsical
Cup of (Spice) Tea
It’s science-fiction anathema to say so, but I’m not a huge fan of Dune. Oh, I can certainly appreciate the book. I reread it again a couple months ago and my opinion on it hasn’t changed too much from the first time — it’s a great and compelling story set against a vast and imaginative… Continue reading Cup of (Spice) Tea
In Defense of The Phantom Menace’s Opening Crawl
The opening crawl to The Phantom Menace is decidedly dull. Where the crawls to the original trilogy spoke of civil war, the dreaded Imperial Fleet, and a second Death Star, The Phantom Menace opens with a discussion of the taxation of trade routes. Maybe the crawl gets interesting later on? Nah. There’s no evil Galactic… Continue reading In Defense of The Phantom Menace’s Opening Crawl
Game Movie
My first interaction with Final Fantasy VII was through the movie Advent Children. It’s not a great introduction to the game (and its many spin-offs); it needs you to be super familiar with the story of the game and makes no attempt to ease you into the world at all. But it looked cool, with… Continue reading Game Movie
Not Just A Monster (Movie)
One of science fiction’s great abilities is to use its fantastical nature to dig into something deeper (its other great ability is to conjure great worlds for fun stories). Godzilla, as a character, is able to quite deftly do both, sometimes he’s the avatar of some terror on the edges of the collective psyche, other… Continue reading Not Just A Monster (Movie)
Nine Things From 2023
It’s the actual end of the year and I have, once again, compiled a list of nine things that I really enjoyed this year. That’s right, like last year I’m not just doing movies, I’m doing things. As usual, there are nine just in case a tenth one pops up. And these aren’t necessarily a… Continue reading Nine Things From 2023
Essays, Not Rants! 