“How badass is this shit, bro!” — USC Film School Student.
Author: Steven Strauss
The Elephant in the Room
The old Dumbo: dark and weird.
Captive and Uncaptivated
Sometimes, it takes a pale imitation to appreciate anew the immense artistry required to pull off proper cinema of spectacle.
Black Mother | Pokémon Detective Pikachu
From one of my 2019 favorites, to one of the year’s ugliest:
Stray Takes: ‘Shazam!’
And now, a series of Shazam! stray takes:
The Importance of Being Earnest…!
Shazam! further emboldens my hottest of takes: DC > Marvel.
‘Hellboy’
I can’t decide if the new and not-improved Hellboy’s so-bad-it’s-good, or just…good?
Missing Spirit
Missing Link and Teenage Spirit:
Dragged Across Concrete | Sunset
‘Dragged Across Concrete’ — a sentiment that applies to both of these movies:
Four Quadrants
All disappointing, to varying degrees:
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