WWE: The Attitude Era review
I’m taking a week away from the A-Z of Geek Cinema column to talk about the latest release from the WWE, its paean to the height of its past glory, The Attitude Era. Just...
I’m taking a week away from the A-Z of Geek Cinema column to talk about the latest release from the WWE, its paean to the height of its past glory, The Attitude Era. Just...
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Very clever commentary on product placement indoctrinating the young, or blatant use of product placement to indoctrinate the young? It’s hard to tell with this film. Josie And The Pussycats was a film I enjoyed...
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Vulgar, funny, and poignantly trenchant, Armanda Ianucci’s 2009 film In The Loop is not only one of the most quotable films I’ve ever seen, it’s also the scariest.
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We need to talk about Shakespeare. Well, not really. I just liked using that as an opening line. Instead, let us talk about what many consider Shakespeare’s greatest work, Hamlet. Specifically, the adaptation of...
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Chemistry can be a funny thing. All it takes is the right combination of elements, and you have something new and wonderful on your hands. Film is no different. You can have the two...
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“How much can you know about yourself if you’ve never been in a fight?” The cult of Fight Club is not one that sprung up over night. It was small at first, restricted to...
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The ability to feel, to have emotions, is one of the things that makes a person human. Without it, one is just a robotic sociopath. Take away feelings, and what do we have left?...
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I’ve cooled a bit on this film since I first saw it in theatres (when I called it one of the best movies of the last decade [hyperbole much?]), but I still think it’s...
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Steven Spielberg is a sadist. I know, I know, he makes wondrous visions for both children and adults, flights of fantasy and realistic depictions of uplifting narrative that both soothe the soul and touch...
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The Grand Guignol approach to horror is an approach that has to be taken all the way, or else it will fail miserably. You either have to do your utmost to disgust and horrify...