The early days of film with Thomas Edison, Enoch Rector, and the banning of boxing films.
Author: The Anomalous Host
The War on Film Culture: Part 0: An Introduction
Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6 So a while back, listening to the Slaughterfilm podcast (again), Forrest Taylor brought up the subject on how many were bitching about "the death of cinema." And Forrest basically stated that these complaints are nonsense. Well, this instigated a multi-step response from me … Continue reading The War on Film Culture: Part 0: An Introduction
Home Alone review
Rated 4 / 5 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O4UwdlWozBw The film starts off with an eerie title sequence, beginning with a full moon with some dark clouds around it, which disappears as a lone blue 2D drawn house comes into view along with the title words "Home Alone," as the single window of the house lights up. It emanates … Continue reading Home Alone review
Hey Arnold! The Movie (2002) review
Rated: 4 / 5 This review is ported over from Letterboxd. Just you you understand the context of some criticism I make later on in the review. "Maybe we could paint the house with vanishing cream. Then it would be invisible." "That is the stupidest idea I ever heard. What if it rains? Ding-dong! You ever … Continue reading Hey Arnold! The Movie (2002) review
My Theology
This is the blog post that will convince many of you that I'm insane. Well good. Being normal is overrated. Introduction Sometimes one wonders how a religion gets started. An individual doing an act many consider miraculous? One who believes they have been touched by God (or whatever) and decide to write about it? One … Continue reading My Theology
The Mule (2018) review
Rated: 3.5 / 5 "You have to take time to enjoy these moments in life." "I think you enjoy these moments too much." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sI3fN5wvMtM It's films like these that are a bit difficult to review for me. Yeah it's a solid film, one of the best Eastwood has done since Gran Torino, which was a … Continue reading The Mule (2018) review
Bound (1996) review
Rated: 3.5 / 5 Alright, time to give women their due. There is a movie in existence from the 90s (well duh; you've probably read the title) directed by the Wachowski Brothers (as they were known as back then), which has two female protagonists. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0MldsqKGnLA One of them is a dike played by Gina Gershon. … Continue reading Bound (1996) review
Berserk (1997) anime review
Rated: 3.5 / 5 WARNING: If you haven't seen the show before and intend to watch it, SKIP THE FIRST EPISODE!!! That first episode should be the last episode, because it acts as a sort of epilogue to the entire fucking season (seriously, fuck them for putting that episode first and spoiling much of what … Continue reading Berserk (1997) anime review
Ghost Dad (1990), drunk review
Introduction, and go fuck yourself https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PgD6zNEyo1Q A couple weeks ago we were challenged by Anomalous Host to find a film for him to review. And he suggested, which is what we kicked off November with, Frankenstein & Me; some kind of a family film about a boy who wants to bring to life his own … Continue reading Ghost Dad (1990), drunk review
Entertainment Industry Nostalgia: March 1990
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gL5BNgcwYhQ March 1990, the sequel to February 1990. An interesting month to be sure for that year. Steve Jackson Games gets raided by the U.S. Secret Service; a case that would evolve years later into something establishing the legalities of online speech still equating to speech; as in free speech. Carole Gist becomes the 1st … Continue reading Entertainment Industry Nostalgia: March 1990
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