“‘How It Ends’ Can’t End Soon Enough”

God grant me the serenity to accept things I cannot change, but also please, PLEASE explain to me why people still make movies like this one. Continue reading →

“The Power of ‘Three Christs’ Will Not Compel You”

That heaving noise you hear is the sound of Andy laughing too hard for too long at his own incredibly dumb joke. Continue reading →

“Godzilla: King of the Monsters Is An Unlikely Climate Change Movie”

*insert Godzilla roar noise* Continue reading →

Review: Get Out, 2017, dir. Jordan Peele

I remember hearing the news that Jordan Peele, he of Key and Peele fame, had designs on directing and writing his own horror movie some years ago, around late 2014 if memory serves, in between the murder of Michael Brown and the acquittal of his killer, Darren Wilson, which in my mind is the moment in contemporary American … Continue reading →

Review: Other People, 2016, dir. Chris Kelly

I’m not quite as in the bag on Chris Kelly’s Other People as some of the film’s more effusive proponents, but you know what? It’s still a solid first movie, and as “sad dudes with cancer friends/family” stories go, it’s light years ahead of Me and Earl and the Dying Girl, which you all may recall I … Continue reading →

TV Review: Brooklyn Nine-Nine, 3.14, “Karen Peralta”

“There are so many stray observations worth making about Brooklyn Nine-Nine’s latest installment that figuring out where to start is like ice-skating uphill. Stephanie Beatriz deserves to be cast in an action movie so she can kick asses full time; only Joe Lo Truglio can over-enunciate “phở” with devastating comic effect; we don’t actually know … Continue reading →

TV Review: Brooklyn Nine-Nine, 3.11, “Hostage Situation”

“Here’s a new twist on an old favorite: Boyle and Jake, buddies now, buddies forever, quantifiably grow up after having a wacky off-duty adventure that ends with the promise of a potentially amazing multi-episode story arc. If Dan Goor and Michael Schur know what’s good for them (and the show, really), they’ll use this opportunity … Continue reading →

TV Review: Brooklyn Nine-Nine, 2.18, “Captain Peralta”

“How good is Brooklyn Nine-Nine when it comes to nailing guest casting? Sure, fine, Nick Cannon hasn’t really made much of a splash in the daily adventures of the Nine-Nine squad, but that might be a case of the writers not quite knowing how to use him, or a sign that his big moment is … Continue reading →

Review: Cabin in the Woods, 2012, dir. Drew Goddard

With Cabin in the Woods, Drew Goddard and Joss Whedon have crafted the new yardstick by which all horror films released in its wake will be judged. That analogy’s somewhat mild and unseasoned. More accurately, they’ve saturation bombed the genre with barb-filled ordnance wrapped up in one enormous love letter, launching a payload containing their affections … Continue reading →