Ode to Service Workers
30 years later, Clerks is still one of the best indie movies to ever grace cinema.
Standard Issue: Detectives
The "buddy cop" standard, the unlikely partners, the yin-yang approaches to police work, and the brilliant young mind that tangoes with the genius serial killer.
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
Guy Ritchie’s 1998 film debut is a spiritual successor to Quentin Tarantino’s Pulp Fiction and has few equals.
The Death of the Female Hero: Rey Palpatine vs. Clarice Starling
The heroine never needs to be stronger than the villain; she just needs to win.
John Wick: Chapter 4
The fourth film abandons any semblance of reality and consequences, but it’s still some of the best on-screen action you’ll ever see.
A.I. is not Hollywood’s silver bullet; it is a nail in it’s coffin.
The WGA strike is going to be a bloodbath.
25 Years of Fear and Loathing
One of the last great films of the 1990’s, as introspective as it is debilitating.
Gritty, Grimey, & Long
The Batman is a visceral, violent tale of revenge and redemption that could have been an hour shorter.
