“I’ve been kicked out of three high schools, and I’ve not only heard of The Odyssey, I’ve actually read it.” – Gary Buechler 2026 has been a very bad year for classic literature on film. Wuthering Heights, Animal Farm, and The Bride all gleefully defecated on the graves of the original authors. Now it is Hom- wait, didn’t I do this already?…
“I’d like to start a chapter of a society called Film Critics Against Drunk Characters.” – Gene Siskel Well, Gene (hope you and Roger are looking down on us from that balcony up high), after Supergirl, count me in. In fact, expect membership in this group to increase tenfold. Coming across like a Sofia Coppola remake…
“He who controls others may be powerful, but he who has mastered himself is mightier still.” – Laozi After Thanos, Mysterio, and everyone (well, most of them – where was Harry?) his past versions ever fought, what major menace is our friendly neighborhood hero up against this time? Shocker. No, not the guy in the…
“No matter how major a writer it is, no matter how great the book, there always seems to be someone on hand who thinks he can do better, eager to take the story and ‘improve’ on it. ‘ The book is the book, the film is the film,’ they will tell you, as if they…
Sixteen Candles, The Day of the Jackal, American Gigolo, A Fish Called Wanda, Dune, The Hills Have Eyes, El Mariachi, Robocop, Donnie Darko, Mallrats, C.H.U.D., Hugo, Twelve Monkeys, Weird Science, Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, Inglourious Basterds, The Andromeda Strain, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Wild Things, New Fist of Fury, Cinema Paradiso, Gosford Park, Ringu, Crimson Peak, Flowers in the Attic, Snakes on a Plane, Your Vice is a Locked Room and Only I Have the Key. What commonality links these disparate films?…
“The idea of breaking up the country seems so grave, so full of disillusionment, so great a loss to the founding idea of America, that most of us regard it as unthinkable. Most, not all.” – Clay S. Jenkinson The critical response to Civil War has been so contentious that some may label it a “love it…
“A billion souls have known death at my hand. It is time you joined them!” – Thanos in Marvel Super Heroes (1995) As those who saw Avengers: Infinity War know, the above quote from the classic arcade game is no exaggeration. If anything, that’s being modest. Yes, we resume things as they left off with…
Dead men tell no tales. Neither do movies on the fifth go-around, apparently. However, the latest installment in Disney’s goldmine franchise proved two things. One, that a return to the glory days of Pirates, while somewhat repetitive, was necessary and long past due. Two, Orlando Bloom, even with a barnacle-encrusted face, can never look bad….
Sleight can best be described as deceptive. Not because of its featured magic tricks or nifty card illusions. Those are mediocre at best. Sleight deceives you with the promise of a thriller with a magical twist but delivers a slow plot focused on an unfortunate drug-dealing teen. Oh yeah, and he also happens to be…