The Playlist’s Most Underrated & Overrated Films Of 2017

People will probably give me degrees of flak and guff and shit for criticizing Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri a) at all, and b) specifically in context with its perspectives on American race relations. Those people are wrong. This movie has as strong a grasp on racism in America as Ted Crockett has on America’s swearing in … Continue reading →

The Reinvention of Luke Skywalker

I dawdled a bit posting this piece I wrote about Star Wars: The Last Jedi and Luke Skywalker, mostly* because I’m lazy. (*Entirely because I’m lazy.) But that shouldn’t give you reason to think the piece isn’t important to me. It’s actually one of the most important things I’ve written all year in the sense that … Continue reading →

Paste Magazine’s 15 Best Horror Movies, 2017 Edition

Maybe I’m spoiled on 2016, but I don’t know that I feel 2017 was a particularly great year for horror: Just a good year led by some new classics (a’la Get Out and It Comes at Night and Prevenge), with a handful of great to really solid efforts backing them up (Personal Shopper, It, Raw, XX, Creep 2), and also mother!, … Continue reading →