The Counselor – Ruminations On A Dark Classic
The mileage you get out of The Counselor depends on how nihilistic your worldview is. Or maybe the better way to phrase it is, what you get out of The Counselor depends on how much you want to meditate on nihilism. And to paraphrase Lebowski, holding that view is exhausting. At its core the movie […]
Brief (non-spoiler) Review – Pluto
It is a great time to be an animation fan! There are multiple challenging mature series that have premiered online in the past month alone! So many new series, in fact, that keeping up with all of them would damn-near be a full time job. There are at least four other animated series I have […]
Best New Series: Scavengers Reign
It’s not the best animated series of the year, it is the best new series of the year – bar none. It is late in the night and so this will be short – but suffice it to say the series creators have pulled off a shocking blast of art – a series that is […]
Animation Series To Watch 2023
We all know – Rick & Morty season 7 premiere Sunday, Oct. 15, at 11 p.m The R&M shenanigans continue with a major voice actor change. Co-creator Justin Roiland is out as the voice of Rick AND Morty after events that can be searched online. Roiland is being replaced by two different voice actors, one […]
Aronofsky Films: Quick Thoughts on Requiem for a Dream
This is a review series looking at the films of Darren Aronofsky. His first film, Pi was reviewed here. This is a brief look at Aronofsky’s second film Requiem For A Dream which is controversial, challenging, and brilliant. The IMDB synopsis reads: The drug-induced utopias of four Coney Island people are shattered when their addictions […]
Oppenheimer: Portrait of a scientist as a conflicted man.
Much can be said of the movie Oppenheimer and on first viewing stands out as Nolan’s greatest work. The official logline from the official IMDB page covers the story concisely: “The story of American scientist, J. Robert Oppenheimer, and his role in the development of the atomic bomb.” What it does not convey is the […]
Geoff Darrow’s SHAOLIN COWBOY: Cruel To Be Kin
How cruel are your kin? In the new Shaolin Cowboy graphic novel, Geoff Darrow makes a passionate statement as he says goodbye to longtime friend and collaborator Andrew Vachss. If you are familiar with Geof Darrow and his long running series Shaolin Cowboy, you know what to expect from his latest outing. If you […]
Oscars Recap: Everything Everywhere All At Once Cleans Up
On Sunday, Jimmy Kimmel hosted the 95th Academy Awards ceremony where A24’s Everything Everywhere All At Once cleaned up, taking home seven trophies including Best Picture, Director, Actress (Michelle Yeoh in a historic win), Supporting Actor (Ke Huy Quan), Best Supporting Actress (Jamie Lee Curtis), Original Screenplay and Film Editing. The fiasco ceremony last year […]
“Pi” The Psychotronic Classic Returns Via IMAX
Pi the psychotronic classic written and directed by Darren Aronofsky returns to theaters via IMAX exclusive. There are almost zero films that compare to the experience of Pi – Darren Aronofsky’s freshman feature. It came like bolt of lightening direct from the NYU film school, blasted into the fests, and quickly made it into indie […]
Hellboy: What Should An R-Rated Reboot Be?
The powers that be are green lighting an R-Rated Hellboy. Can this be true? If so, what should the film be? Here we go again! A new reboot of Hellboy is in the works and Collider had the exclusive. Here is what we know so far – Director: Brian Taylor Starring: TBA, but Taylor says […]