If there’s one thing we can all agree on when it comes to David Bowie, it’s that he was impossible to pin down. I mean, that was always sort of the point, wasn’t it? He was eclectic, transformative, mercurial, and of course, a fucking genius. He could appear as a…

There’s a fine line to walk when a writer — and by extension a film — makes light of tropes and genre clichés. When done properly, it can lead to grand satires and parodies, most notably the likes of Airplane!, Hot Fuzz, and most recently, Knives Out. However, when executed…

I fully admit that I’m a Kevin Smith fanboy. From the moment I first saw Clerks in college (one of the first DVDs I ever bought, right after Fight Club and Reservoir Dogs), I was hooked. …

In this month’s edition of “ This Film is Not Yet Watchable,” I noted that I was torn about Zach Cregger’s new horror film, Barbarian. Since its premiere at San Diego Comic-Con, the movie has gotten some very high praise from fans as well as respected creatives (I mentioned Edgar…

I’ve been sitting on this review for a few days, trying to figure out the best time to write it, and today presented the perfect opportunity. As I mentioned in this month’s edition of TFINYW, August can be something of a secondary dumping ground for the studios, unloading all the…

Back in May, I sat down with my friends at “No Rest for the Weekend,” where we discussed our favorite films and TV shows to that point (guess what we all agreed on as the absolute best), as well as our most anticipated titles for the back half of the…

I confess I didn’t have high expectations for DC League of Super-Pets. In fact, I included it in this month’s edition of “ TFINYW” for a number of reasons, not the least of which was the fact that the Secret Life of Pets movies kind of soured me on the…

There’s a fine line between homage and ripoff, and through his first two films as a director, Jordan Peele has stayed squarely on the side of homage, with Get Out evoking Hitchcock and Us eliciting comparisons to John Carpenter and Philip Kaufman. …

If you’ve ever read this blog for more than a day, then you know how much I love animation as an artform and as a storytelling device. What you may not know is that my favorite animated film of all time is Hayao Miyazaki’s Princess Mononoke, which recently celebrated its…