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Locating Realism in The Revenant
By M.C. Myers / May 11, 2022
The Revenant is a powerful statement on cinematic realism affected but not marred by its real toil. It's old cinema made epic again.
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By M.C. Myers / April 29, 2022
Interstellar's brilliant technical filmmaking hinges on a story thwarted by melodrama. Its head is full of ideas, but its heart is empty.
Read MoreLet Me In: Warm Leftovers
By M.C. Myers / April 20, 2022
Let Me In is an arousing remake that makes a cautionary tale more streamlined, romantic, and cathartic, three things it probably never intended to be.
Read MoreExorcist II: The Heretic – Horror as Anti-Horror
By M.C. Myers / April 15, 2022
Despite its meandering awkwardness, one of the most hated horror films of all time features a compelling creative vision and the visuals of an epic.
Read MoreWhy Army of the Dead Should Not Be the Oscars Fan Favorite
By M.C. Myers / April 8, 2022
Army of the Dead's ruthless devotion to plagiarization is its most passionate aspect. Less effort was never spent on a film so casually praised.
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Zodiac: Memories of Murmur
By M.C. Myers / March 6, 2022
The 15th anniversary of Zodiac is the perfect occasion to revisit David Fincher's best film and see how the thriller epic holds up in 2022.
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The Revenant is a powerful statement on cinematic realism affected but not marred by its real toil. It's old cinema made epic again.
M.C. Myers
Interstellar's brilliant technical filmmaking hinges on a story thwarted by melodrama. Its head is full of ideas, but its heart is empty.
M.C. Myers
Let Me In is an arousing remake that makes a cautionary tale more streamlined, romantic, and cathartic, three things it probably never intended to be.
M.C. Myers
Despite its meandering awkwardness, one of the most hated horror films of all time features a compelling creative vision and the visuals of an epic.
M.C. Myers
Army of the Dead's ruthless devotion to plagiarization is its most passionate aspect. Less effort was never spent on a film so casually praised.
M.C. Myers
The new Texas Chainsaw Massacre film is exactly what you would expect from rebooting this dirty series into the glossed-up legacy sequel model.
M.C. Myers
Admirably grounded and well-cast, The Batman tries its best to add relevance to a cluttered canon amid broken thriller mechanics and aloof dialogue.
M.C. Myers
The 15th anniversary of Zodiac is the perfect occasion to revisit David Fincher's best film and see how the thriller epic holds up in 2022.
M.C. Myers
Batman reflects the charm and the cost of a script that was not properly finished. But its lead and its meticulous visual design still enchant.
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Tim Burton's Batman Returns is a dark Christmas fable, an action fairytale. It's the whole experience of reading comics in one painful, beautiful mythology.
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On its anniversary, The Legend of Zelda is a still-brilliant piece of fantasy fiction and a discussion piece for the question of video games as art.
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The Texas Chainsaw Massacre remake is far more willing to recreate its original than to understand it. The result is vile. And not in a good way.