Detailed account of the controversies surrounding the 1915 release of The Birth of a Nation.
Author: The Anomalous Host
The War on Film Culture: Part 3: Holding the Tongue (1913-1915)
The 1915 Supreme Court decision on film censorship.
The War on Film Culture: Part 2: The Fox and the Monopoly (1900-1915)
The fight against monopolies over the film industry.
Rollerball (1975) review
Review of what could very well be the best film ever made about the dangers of corporate rule.
The War on Film Culture: Part 1: Boxing with Edison and Rector (1894-1897)
The early days of film with Thomas Edison, Enoch Rector, and the banning of boxing films.
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
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