The Old ‘Aladdin’ Makes the New Aladdin Look Like Crap
The new, live-action Aladdin recently flew onto home video, and with it came a re-release of the animated classic, a stark reminder of just how much better the cartoon is in every way and form—and why Disney’s live-action strategy is driven by a cold, heartless, and hollow pursuit of cash, nothing more. Revisiting 1992’s Aladdin—my […]
An Interview with Riley Stearns and Why Jesse Eisenberg Did His Movie Out of Pity
I met with filmmaker Riley Stearns when he was in town for the Seattle International Film Festival (SIFF) and had a fantastic conversation—well, at least I think so, he may have told the agency reps he never wants to see my face again—about his new movie The Art of Self-Defense (in theaters now), a darkly […]
The Best Animal Horror Movies of All Time
Alexander Aja’s alligator/hurricane thriller Crawl seeks to take a bite out of theaters this weekend, so it seemed like a perfect time to look back at some of the best animal-centric horror movies ever made. The list proved to be slightly tricky, as intentionally awful (?) fare such as Anaconda and Snakes on a Plane […]
Batman on 4K: Burton’s Shine, Schumacher’s Show Rust
Warner Bros. has released the first four Batman movies on 4K for the first time (a 4-Film Collection arrives on September 17, 2019), which gave me a long overdue opportunity to revisit the highs and the lows of the late 80s/early 90s series that largely served as the only major comic book franchise in cinemas […]
SIFF 2019 Review: ‘Metal Heart’
A great first effort for the director Hugh O’Connor.
SIFF 2019 Review: ‘Stuffed’
The photography is absolutely fantastic in this documentary and the people we meet are so interesting.
SIFF 2019 Review: ‘The Invisible Witness’
Director Stefano Mordini did a masterful job of pacing the action, building to a crescendo at the end.
SIFF 2019 Review: ‘The Woman Who Loves Giraffes’
Anne Innis Dagg, giraffe specialist, was denied the recognition that she deserved by, allegedly, a good-ole-boy network of professors during the 1970s at the University of Guelph in Ontario.
SIFF 2019 Review: ‘Kifaru’
Kifaru in Swahili means “rhinoceros” and this is a documentary film about one specific male rhino named Sudan and the men devoted to his care.
SIFF 2019 Reviews: ‘Sune vs. Sune’ & ‘The Footballest’ – Two Top-Grade Family Films
Highly recommend them both for good clean and hilarious family fun—to be enjoyed by people of all ages.
SIFF 2019 Review: ‘Miriam Lies’
Miriam Lies, written and directed by Natalia Cabral and Oriol Estrada, brings us an intriguing look at Dominican Republic society.
SIFF 2019 Review: ‘Orange Days’
Rating: B Orange Daysis a tense drama about Aban, a woman in Northern Iran who runs an all-woman orange-picking crew. She puts everything she owns on the line as she competes against all-male crews to get a lucrative contract with a top orange dealer in the area. From the first moments of the film […]
The Little Mermaid Multi-Screen Blu-ray Edition is Like the Last One
The last time I watched it, I was too young to realize that Ariel is hot.
The 20 Most Memorable Performances of 2018
This list is not what you'll expect.
