Mid90s may be a movie about adolescence, but the movie itself feels like an adolescent top. Shot on 16mm film in a 4:3 aspect ration, Mid90s drifts between a strikingly mature directorial debut from actor Jonah Hill and a clunky film full of first-timer mistakes. An example of the former occurs shortly after young protagonist…
Review: Apostle Unnerves Through Viscera, Not Dread
The Wicker Man is the name of a 1973 film directed by Robin Hardy, about an uptight Christian policeman (Edward Woodward) whose search for a missing girl takes him to an island where citizens practice Celtic paganism under the direction of a charismatic leader (Christopher Lee). Tension builds slowly as the self-righteous officer discovers too…
Tor.com: The Self-Mocking, Self-Destructive Masculinity of the Predator Franchise
I love Predator. I love the creature designs, I love the violence, and I love the over-the-top machismo. That seems like a weird thing to say today, when we’re beginning to see the fallout of the type of chest-beating, hyper-muscular masculinity celebrated in 80s action movies. But the Predator movies never seemed to take that…
Review: Hell Fest Features Scared People, Forgets to Scare Audience
As I exited my showing of Hell Fest, I quickly googled the phrase “Hell Fest.” Not because I found Hell Fest so exciting that I just had to learn more about Hell Fest, but because I was certain that I had not watched a movie called Hell Fest, but a 89 minute advertisement for a…
