For the better part of two decades, ever since its perfect farewell in 1991, studios and directors and producers and creators have been trying to reboot or continue or reimagine the Terminator franchise. Whether it's going back in time, or into the future, or frivolously fixing the present, this is the franchise that's felt tired for a … Continue reading TERMINATOR: DARK FATE Tries Hard, But it Can’t Escape the Past

Out at the edge of the world, surrounded by an angry ocean, sits The Lighthouse, the subject of Robert Eggers' captivating new period horror. This titular lighthouse is rude and rickety, craggy and seemingly sinking into the wet earth around it. It's where we first meet Wake and Winslow (Willem Dafoe and Robert Pattinson), the two forlorn … Continue reading THE LIGHTHOUSE: Melville Gone Mad

For the last twenty years, David Fincher's adaptation of Chuck Palahniuk's Fight Club has slowly, steadily gained the reputation as a monolithic touchstone for toxic masculinity, a reckless movie that fills weak-minded young men with bad ideas. "If a man tells you his favorite movie is Fight Club, run away," is a somewhat common social media sentiment nowadays. … Continue reading FIGHT CLUB Deserves a Better Legacy

It's been made clear what Todd Phillips is going for with Joker, his new "super twisted" and "ultra gritty" take on the iconic comic book villain, and the former comedy filmmaker certainly delivers on the obvious expectations. Joker is, of course, inspired by a pair of legendary Martin Scorsese pictures: Taxi Driver and King of Comedy. That much has been made … Continue reading Joaquin Phoenix Takes JOKER as Far as He Can

John Carpenter had quite a decade from 1978 to 1988. In the years following the massive success of Halloween, Carpenter helmed a handful of genre films that, despite being commercial flops at the time, have been stamped as pure classics in the modern court of popular opinion. Now, fans flock to Carpenter's output during this decade, … Continue reading JOHN CARPENTER’S VAMPIRES (1998) is The Best of The Legend’s Later Films