The Fall: Men Who Hate Women
The evolution of television means that concepts get revisited every few years, adapted, improved upon. Sometimes when TV returns to an idea it makes the Continue Reading
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The Millennium Trilogy: Sex, Death, IKEA
In 2011, David Fincher released The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, based on the first novel in Stieg Larsson’s Millennium Trilogy. Fincher’s follow-up to The Social Network boasted an A-list cast, Continue Reading
Ghostbusters and the Rules of Reboots
Many people have already made up their minds about whether or not to see Ghostbusters, so I’ll spare you the traditional review. Rotten Tomatoes is awash Continue Reading
Knights of Badassdom: LARPing for Keeps
Let’s get one thing out of the way. For a movie about LARPing, Knights of Badassdom could have gone so wrong. I mean, it does go wrong, but not in Continue Reading
The Last Unicorn: Early Eighties Animated Magic
There’s something about the animation style of The Last Unicorn that is all-or-nothing for most people. The detailed backgrounds and ethereal depictions of humans will either impress Continue Reading
We Are What We Are: I Like My Horror Films Pretty
A common complaint about American horror remakes of foreign films is how much they get watered down in the process. From The Ring to The Grudge, something about Continue Reading
Constantine: Hell is LA and other Cliches
Financially successful if creatively flawed, 2005’s Constantine is a mixed bag. On the one hand, it’s chock-full of Hollywood stereotypes and seems like it was developed by Continue Reading
Galaxy Quest: The Spaceballs of Trek Spoofs
Galaxy Quest is the rarest of spoof movies: one that manages to reference the source material and tell a proper story without being nothing more than a Continue Reading
Snowpiercer OR Hunger Games on Ice
With Snowpiercer being at least the fourth Chris Evans vehicle I’ve reviewed for Dorkadia. I’m beginning to think this is more than just a passing fixation. It’s probably Continue Reading
Not Binge-Watching Jessica Jones
This past Friday, Netflix dropped the second Marvel series in their planned lead-up to a Defenders miniseries: Jessica Jones. All 13 episodes are available to stream, in keeping with Continue Reading
My Favorite Character in Marvel’s Daredevil
I don’t need to tell you how good Netflix’s Daredevil is. Plenty of others before me have already done that. I’m going to talk instead about Continue Reading
Paycheck
Was 2003 the year Ben Affleck hit rock bottom? While Affleck has been on a recent tear (for examples, see this Wikipedia list) and landed Continue Reading