In this episode, my cousin Zack (of his own podcast, Pulpdiction) drops by to talk about the 2016 magic-based action film Now You See Me 2. We’ll discuss Woody Harrelson’s daring dual role as twin brothers, the excessive Britishness of the villains, and more.
For our second episode, Vil Zsolnay and I discuss the 2016 animated comedy Sausage Party. We’ll cover the movie’s influences, the religious overtones, and the occasional plot hole that comes with a movie about talking food. Be warned, spoilers ahead. Enjoy!
Subgenre: Possession / Foreign
Summary: The arrival of a mysterious foreigner in a South Korean village coincides with a series of gruesome murders. Continue reading
A rather disappointing year for bad movies, 2016 saw plenty of unenjoyable dreck, but precious little in the so-bad-it’s-good category. The ordering is a bit looser than that of my best-of, but in general, the quality of the movie goes down with each successive entry. Continue reading
Another year, another hundred or so movies to sift through. Since the Oscars’ credibility has long since gone to seed, the esteemed Fast and Fentress rankings remain your best bet for quality film recommendations. So here’s the list everyone’s been waiting for, my top ten movies of the year. Continue reading
Subgenre: Ghost / Hasbro
Summary: A phony medium must fight for her family’s survival when she encounters the real thing. Continue reading
Subgenre: Home Invasion
Summary: A writer living in the woods must fend off a killer lurking outside. Continue reading
My expectations weren’t high when I saw the new Blair Witch movie, so I wasn’t too disappointed. It was entertaining enough, and had a few genuinely tense moments. But more than anything the sequel reminded me just how amazing the first one was, and it was easy to see why. Blair Witch feels momentary; it’ll make you jump a few times in the theater, but it won’t keep you up at night. The Blair Witch Project is quite the opposite: lacking in jump scares but filled with deeply psychological horror. When compared to one another, the two feel like how-to and how-not-to guides for making a horror movie. I decided to analyze them based on how they each handled specific elements of their respective stories. Continue reading
The Fundamentals of Caring stars Paul Rudd as Ben, a former writer who decides to try caregiving after a personal tragedy (read: dead kid). His charge is Trevor (Craig Roberts), an English teen whose Duchenne muscular dystrophy leaves him paralyzed and without fine motor skills. After developing an often-adversarial friendship with Trevor, Ben convinces him to join him for a cross-country road trip. Continue reading
Mechanic: Resurrection, the follow-up to 2011’s The Mechanic, didn’t need to be a sequel. Honestly, it didn’t really need to exist in the first place, but here we are, so I might as well review it. Continue reading