Retro Review: Glass (2019) Part 3 of the ‘Eastrail 177 Trilogy’
The following is a review of the third movie in a trilogy of films, all of which have twist endings; all by a…
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Retro Review: Unbreakable (2000) Part 1 of the ‘Eastrail 177 Trilogy’
They say that when you’ve got it, you’ve got it. Then, at some point, you lose it. That would have been an…
The Feature-Length 2D Animated Film is a Dying Art
Mamoru Oshii, the venerable director of animated film classics Ghost in the Shell and Patlabor, explains why the feature-length 2D animated film is becoming a dying art. “Making…
Retro Review: Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990)
The recent post I did on beloved 80s horror-comedy Gremlins hinted that a review of the sequel was forthcoming, so here it is. First off,…
Unconventional Christmas Movie Review: Gremlins (1984)
A common malady among aspiring artists is to get hung up on an established set of rules. That’s not to deny that any rules…
Forensic Geekery: Looking at Pop Culture History Post the High 90’s
Spend enough time on this blog, and you’ll soon discover that contextualizing the generations, especially in regard to pop culture, gets a lot of page space.…
Retro Review: Batman Returns (1992) a Self-Indulgent, Subversive Feminist Allegory
Tim Burton’s first Batman movie was a classic black swan event. Like Star Wars, it was a genre film by a fledgling director whose quirky vision inspired…
Retro Review: Batman (1989) Still a First Rate Thrill Ride
Back in the 80s, an action movie by a young director with only two films under his belt was shot at a venerable…
Retro Review: The Crow (1994)
Lately, movie reviews and true accounts of high strangeness have become popular post subjects here. With the spooky season upon us and Hollywood on its knees due to Corona-chan,…
Trekonomics: Discussing Star Trek’s Pseudo-Economics
Robert P. Murphy points out that, not only does the post-scarcity economy portrayed in Star Trek not make sense, it’s not really even post-scarcity. In reply to…