The Force Rebooted: How ‘Star Wars’ Smothered The Movies

There was never a chance that Star Wars: The Force Awakens wasn’t going to disappoint me or let me down to one degree or another. It is not because I am biased. It is not because I do not like Star Wars, because I do. Few subjects send me into apoplexy as swiftly as the prequel films, for … Continue reading →

Review: Band of Robbers, 2016, dir. Aaron Nee & Adam Nee

“When Mark Twain wrote The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn back in 1884, he prefaced the novel with a wry warning: “Persons attempting to find a motive in this narrative will be prosecuted; persons attempting to find a moral in it will be banished; persons attempting to find a plot in it will be shot.” This … Continue reading →