Lying about your grandma’s mortality seems like a bad idea, except when the bad idea ends up forming the basis of a really good movie. Continue reading
Instead of gazing at one’s shoes, one should gaze at their personal past. That’s a way better source of songwriting inspiration. Continue reading
A movie about the most vengeful bird of all! Also, genocide and sexual violence. Continue reading
Shrugging off television viewing and ranking has lifted a massive weight off of my shoulders, because a) Television sucks, and b) Writing about television sucks way, way more Obviously I’m not above writing about TV now and again, but don’t anticipate that I’ll mix TV into my “best of” shenanigans again anytime soon. I’m much too … Continue reading
Horror is the style right now, and if you’re trying to get into it but don’t know what kind of horror you like, here’s a movie for you. Continue reading
June is the time of year when we all get too antsy in the pantsy and can’t help talking about what’s best in pop culture. The bad news is that there’s not a lot in pop culture worth getting worked up about in 2019. Continue reading
She’s home! Annabelle, she’s home! That’s…that’s really not good, whose home did she come to? Yours? Mine? Hopefully yours. Sorry, I want to live. Continue reading
Because not all great movies run in theaters, or they do, but they’re not in theaters now, or when they DID run in theaters, it wasn’t at a theater near you. Look, these are all good movies, is what we’re saying. Continue reading
It’s a deer! On a beach! Only in Michigan, I’m telling you. Continue reading
And it took a good bit of legwork to actually get to ten, let me tell you! Continue reading
A movie about zombies by one of the coolest filmmakers out there, starring a ton of people I like, should be a slam dunk, but then…what if it isn’t? Continue reading
Good, patiently executed scares are a gift from the movie gods, and so’re opportunities to hash it out with the people responsible for putting those scares together. Continue reading
Two French masters, a Montanan master, and an Austrian master all walk into the Criterion Collection and that’s it, that’s the joke. Continue reading
I don’t know what I can say about this record that I don’t already say in the kicker to my review, but gosh I guess I’ll try. Continue reading
A stunning, low key bit of animation from a descendant of unspeakable atrocity. Amazingly, he’s up to speaking about it. Continue reading
You got your body horror in my psychological thriller! Except that it’s all horror, even when it’s too over-written for its own good. Pft. Continue reading
Well, as long as the reruns are erotic, then I don’t mind if I do. Continue reading
Here’re a few stray f**kin’ thoughts about that “Deadwood” movie those c**ksuckers at HBO finally f**kin’ put out for all of us regular b*stards to watch last month. Continue reading
