Boss Baby me all you want, but Challengers is a sports anime in the exact same way Creed 3 is a sports anime; and I’d be surprised if neither director Luca Guadagnino nor writer Justin Kuritzkes cites – specifically – … Continue reading CHALLENGERS is a Sports Anime
The reason I’ve sat on this review for over a week after seeing this movie is because I’m really not sure what my review can add to it, which thoughts or reactions of mine could possibly contribute to the dialogue … Continue reading The People’s Joker is a better class of comic book movie
In Japanese “大丈夫” (Daijoubu) is a catch-all that roughly translates to “It’s alright.” If you trip, someone it’s the phrase you would exchange with the person who checks up on you. “Daijoubu?” “Daijoubu.” Etymologically, 大丈夫 breaks down into 大 “big”, … Continue reading Love Lies Bleeding and the precarious comfort of giants
I think one of the greatest casualties of the death of Cable and David Zaslav-ing all over the place is that kids today don’t know how fucking funny the Looney Tunes are. I’ve been working at an elementary school these … Continue reading Hundreds of Beavers is Live-Action Looney Tunes
As I sat down in an auditorium in New York City – a top contender for the title of “World Imperial Core” – and Jonathan Glazer’s latest movie, The Zone of Interest started, the first thing that piqued my attention … Continue reading We are complicit in The Zone of Interest
For some reason, I started the year thinking about the Titan submersible incident from the middle of last year, and wrote this script over a few days. Continue reading Deep – Short Screenplay
Almost without fail, the holiday season drops me into depression. Things aren’t helped by the fact that I’ve been unemployed since September after nearly four years at the same place, and well, the state of the world in general. But because I really hate indulging in these feelings, I thought maybe I could make myself happier by writing about the things that brought me the most joy in 2023.
Maybe it could make someone else happy for a moment too. So, without further preamble:
Continue reading “My Favorite Things of 2023”
The sky used to be bluer. As we age, our eyes change so that certain colors like blues appear to us as more muted, partially as a reaction to protect themselves from UV radiation. So, if you remember the summer … Continue reading Poor Things: Master of her domain
Beyond the incredible CG, an impeccably captured sense of scale, sympathetic human protagonists, and propellant action sequences – the best trick that Godzilla Minus One pulls is walking the line between being thematically obvious and emotionally surprising. With the subtly … Continue reading Minus One is the Godzilla of your dreams
It is close to impossible to comprehend the – “influence” feels like too small a word – wake?, that Hayao Miyazaki has had and will continue to have on human art and culture. His most popular and approachable works, like … Continue reading In THE BOY AND THE HERON, Hayao Miyazaki plays the hits
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