Film: Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania
By now, the MCU has lost most of its capacity for surprise, so the most …
Film: Flux Gourmet
Weirdness for the sake of weirdness can have its charms, and in its own perverse …
Film: Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves
On the spectrum of D&D fandom, I’m somewhere in the middle: enough history with the …
Film: The Drowning Pool
Nearly ten years after Harper comes The Drowning Pool (1975). This sequel once again banks …
Film: How It Ends
Future media historians writing about film production from the COVID-19 pandemic will find a perfect …
Film: Harper
Technicolor nihilism, anyone? Harper (1966) is so bright and shiny, its grim trajectory and potently …
Film: The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent
Compared to many, I’ve been an infrequent passenger on the Nicholas Cage train, which should …
Film: Babylon
Hollywood does like to celebrate itself. There are films that genuinely create movie magic, and …
Film: Triangle of Sadness
If Force Majeure established Swedish filmmaker Ruben Östlund’s bona fides as a cinema provocateur, Triangle …
Film: Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Nobody was happier than I was when Marvel started to conquer Hollywood, but it’s been …
Film: Somebody I Used to Know
Dave Franco’s second directorial effort, Somebody I Used to Know (2023), isn’t quite as memorable …
Film: The Menu
At the risk of overselling it: holy fucking shit, The Menu (2022) is pretty much perfect. …
Film – Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons
A loopy, cartoonish trailer lured me to Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons (2013), …
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Film: Don’t Worry Darling
Early on, it didn’t seem likely to me that Don’t Worry Darling (2022)—a major release …