“20 Movies To Be Excited For In 2022”

A whole lot of TBD for 2022, but I bet most of them will hit theaters and somehow “Top Gun” won’t. Continue reading →

“Run Away from ‘Antebellum’ as Fast as You Can”

Hoooooo boy I did not like this bullshit at all. Continue reading →

“‘The Twilight Zone’ Season 2 Is Well-Crafted Gloom Burdened By An Overabundance Of Ideas “

In which I Peele back the layers on the Twilight Zone”s modern day revival, now in its second season. Continue reading →

“We’re Obsessed With Fighting Our Evil Doppelgängers”

Watch yourself watching yourself while you’re living with yourself in a hole in the ground and ah hell, I give up. Continue reading →

“2020 Oscar Preview: Who Will Win and Who Should Win”

Oscar talk! Oscar talk here! Come get today’s fresh Oscar talk, sirs and ladies! Continue reading →

“Why ‘Us’ Must Be Watched More Than Once”

This is “Us,” or: This is my piece on “Us.” This my piece on what happens when “Us” is given a second viewing and how the insanity and meaning packed into its ending fundamentally changes the experience of the film. Continue reading →

How ‘Get Out’ Puts ‘Night of the Living Dead’ in a New Light

I probably don’t need to remind everyone how much I love Get Out, though I probably ought to go and update my top ten list on this very site to reflect my love of Night of the Living Dead, which is one of my all-timers. In the meantime, I’ll direct you all to The Hollywood Reporter, which was … 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 →

Go, See, Talk! Review: Wanderlust, 2012, dir. David Wain

This week, I caught a screener for David Wain’s Wanderlust, his and Ken Marino’s follow-up to 2008’s Role Models. The film has much more in common with the classic, beloved Wet Hot American Summer, though, which both speaks well for the movie and also just creates a lot of unfair comparisons. While it’s nowhere near the level of Wet … Continue reading →