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by Dave "The Conduit" Davis
It’s a tricky line to walk, making a summer tentpole movie based on a property that millions of people have memorized, but at the same time keeping it open to those who don’t have an encyclopedic knowledge of that property. Can a fine time be had by all? Or wi…
by Bryan Renfro
I remember when I saw the trailer for the movie "Kiss of the Damned", I thought it looked like it might be an interesting take on the vampire tale, with dreamy visuals focusing more on the romanticized angle of the story. Well, I was right about the second half of that stat…
by Dave "The Conduit" Davis
There’s a scene in the new Iron Man 3 where a bombing kills a group of innocent spectators at an event. It has the unfortunate timing to be released only a few weeks after the Boston Marathon bombing — the surface similarities are jarring — but it does drive h…
by Allan Day
Going into 'Wrong,' fans of Quentin Dupieux – or his alter-ego, electronic musician Mr. Oizo – have some idea what to expect based on his previous work. Dupieux's creative output is the very definition of absurdity; 'Rubber' even opens with a monologue explaining the absence of…
by Beau Kaelin
What is the purpose of film? It seems like an obvious question, but it’s rarely one that we, as moviegoers, ask ourselves. The consensus seems to be, based upon 99% of what both Hollywood, as well as the independent movie scene puts forth is to tell a story. Granted, some f…
by Bryan Renfro
What if... you had a friend that when they fell asleep they would sleepwalk, oh - and they would also eat people? But wait! What if ALSO, you were an artist in the middle of a massive creative dry spell and the only way for you to find your muse was being exposed to the tra…
by Christian Kirk
The show is one that is incredibly easy for some of us to relate; the main characters have graduated college, are not yet married (some not even close), there are no children to speak of, they're working lackluster jobs and scraping their resources together to pursue thei…
by Bryan Renfro
Leave it to Harmony Korine to take a montage of college kids at the beach - and make it seem like the the end of the world. And yet, that is the opening of the 2012 film "Spring Breakers". We are quickly assaulted with images of "partying" that seem so sad and empty that it…
by Allan Day
Harmony Korine fans rejoice! He has a new film, and its name is 'Spring Breakers,' which can be found screening at a theater near you. The opportunity to see the newest work by the director of such strange and deranged works as 'Gummo' and 'Julien Donkey-Boy' on the big screen i…
by Bryan Renfro
So I just watched "The ABCs of Death", the 2012 horror anthology produced by Ant Timpson and Tim League. And what I quickly came to realize is, I like the concept of the project so much more then the finished assemblage of film.
The cinematic concept is... the pro…
by Allan Day
Fifty years ago the world got its first taste of James Bond on the silver screen. Based on the series of spy novels by Ian Fleming, Sean Connery made his debut as Agent 007 in 1962 with Dr. No. Last year the 23rd film in the series hit theaters: Skyfall, released to coincide…
by Bryan Renfro
What can I say about the movie "Spiders"?? Well I can tell you this, they are not misleading you with the title. There are in fact - spiders. Many spiders. Mutant spiders. Giant spiders. Space spiders!! In fact, it's the fun setup that made me want to watch th…
by Allan Day
As adults, it is perhaps impossible to truly remember the all-encompassing feeling of complete childhood innocence. It is harder for grown-ups to feel a sense of wonder at the little things, and when things go wrong, we know that we are largely on our own to solve our probl…
by Bryan Renfro
So I remember hearing a few years back, shorty after viewing "Inglourious Basterds" and being misled by it's infuriating ad campaign, that Quentin Tarantino's next movie would be what he was calling... "a Southern". Basically, a Western that takes place in the South. And…