This article contains more spoilers than the film contains plot holes. Let me start by saying that I am a big Star Wars fan, or was when I was younger. I am old enought to have worn pre-Phantom Menace late 90s Yoda shirts to elementary school, get bullied, bury my
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A decade or so ago, I was very into horror and genre film. I wanted "the classics," or films that felt like them. I didn't want schlock, I didn't want so-bad-it's-good. I wanted to see the things that people had been watching for 20, 30, 50 years that
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The interest in "so bad they're good" movies has taken off in recent years. Names like Tommy Wiseau are being introduced into the lexicon of Oscar fodder, playing to an audience that would have watched Tim Burton's Ed Wood two decades ago. The phenomenon isn't new, but the
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(this article was co-authored with Miramay) I came into the theater expecting a superhero movie. I got one. In the age of movies like Deadpool and Logan, superhero expectations are changing. Audiences are tired of the slog that is the superhero story arc. Yes, DC is behind the curve. Yes,
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Even as a fan of horror, there are films that slip under my radar for years. While a disappointment to have missed out for so long, with the snail's pace of good horror films, it's wonderful to pick up a good title that counters so many of the worn tropes
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