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All Rise (2019) s01e08 – Maricela and the Desert

The Stop Button Posted by on Nov 28, 2019

There’s a road trip to Vegas this episode, which feels like a trope. It’s not a particularly engaging Vegas road trip, possibly because Wilson Bethel and J. Alex Brinson don’t have any chemistry together, possibly because the whole thing hinges on Brinson having to talk to a sheriff’s deputy read more

Evil (2019) s01e08 – 2 Fathers

The Stop Button Posted by on Nov 27, 2019

So this episode has—you guessed it—two dads in it. Well, it’s probably got more than two dads in it, but only two where it’s important they’re dads. The first dad is Vondie Curtis-Hall as Mike Colter’s dad. They estranged because it’s TV and there’s no way a guy’s not estranged with read more

Evil (2019) s01e08 – 2 Fathers

The Stop Button Posted by on Nov 27, 2019

So this episode has—you guessed it—two dads in it. Well, it’s probably got more than two dads in it, but only two where it’s important they’re dads. The first dad is Vondie Curtis-Hall as Mike Colter’s dad. They estranged because it’s TV and there’s no way a guy’s not estranged with read more

Bram Stoker’s Dracula (1992, Francis Ford Coppola)

The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on Nov 26, 2019

On one hand, with the Wojciech Kilar score, Bram Stoker’s Dracula can get away with just about anything. On the other, with Winona Ryder and Keanu Reeves playing leads… well, it needs something to help it get away with anything. It helps neither Ryder or Reeves are the actual star of the film. Neit read more

Bram Stoker’s Dracula (1992, Francis Ford Coppola)

The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on Nov 26, 2019

On one hand, with the Wojciech Kilar score, Bram Stoker’s Dracula can get away with just about anything. On the other, with Winona Ryder and Keanu Reeves playing leads… well, it needs something to help it get away with anything. It helps neither Ryder or Reeves are the actual star of the film. Neit read more

Bram Stoker’s Dracula (1992, Francis Ford Coppola)

The Stop Button Posted by on Nov 26, 2019

On one hand, with the Wojciech Kilar score, Bram Stoker’s Dracula can get away with just about anything. On the other, with Winona Ryder and Keanu Reeves playing leads… well, it needs something to help it get away with anything. It helps neither Ryder or Reeves are the actual star of the film. Neit read more

The Mandalorian (2019) s02e03 – The Sin

The Stop Button Posted by on Nov 26, 2019

All of Star Wars, all the movies, all the cartoons, books, comics, games, toys, socks, The Holiday Special, underwear, blankets—all of it—has been building to this episode of “The Mandalorian,” where they’re finally able to make Boba Fett adorable. Yes, Baby Yoda is adorable but of course read more

The Mandalorian (2019) s02e03 – The Sin

The Stop Button Posted by on Nov 26, 2019

All of Star Wars, all the movies, all the cartoons, books, comics, games, toys, socks, The Holiday Special, underwear, blankets—all of it—has been building to this episode of “The Mandalorian,” where they’re finally able to make Boba Fett adorable. Yes, Baby Yoda is adorable but of course read more

Bram Stoker’s Dracula (1992, Francis Ford Coppola)

The Stop Button Posted by on Nov 26, 2019

On one hand, with the Wojciech Kilar score, Bram Stoker’s Dracula can get away with just about anything. On the other, with Winona Ryder and Keanu Reeves playing leads… well, it needs something to help it get away with anything. It helps neither Ryder or Reeves are the actual star of the film. Neit read more

Incomplete thoughts

The Stop Button Posted by on Nov 25, 2019

The Internet has fatally wounded big c criticism. Big c criticism got its first major wounding in the mid-nineties with Independence Day. Then it got hit again with Armageddon. So it was down and bleeding and couldn’t defend itself—if it’d known how—for the death blow of social networking. Also, read more

Savage (2018, Cui Siwei)

The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on Nov 24, 2019

Savage is not savage. It’s got some violence, some of it rough, and it’s got some mean bad guys, but it’s never savage. I mean, unless it’s supposed to be referring to hero—more than protagonist or lead—Chang Chen. He beats up some suspects pretty bad at the beginning because he’s mad read more

Savage (2018, Cui Siwei)

The Stop Button Posted by on Nov 24, 2019

Savage is not savage. It’s got some violence, some of it rough, and it’s got some mean bad guys, but it’s never savage. I mean, unless it’s supposed to be referring to hero—more than protagonist or lead—Chang Chen. He beats up some suspects pretty bad at the beginning because he’s mad read more

Savage (2018, Cui Siwei)

The Stop Button Posted by on Nov 24, 2019

Savage is not savage. It’s got some violence, some of it rough, and it’s got some mean bad guys, but it’s never savage. I mean, unless it’s supposed to be referring to hero—more than protagonist or lead—Chang Chen. He beats up some suspects pretty bad at the beginning because he’s mad read more

Savage (2018, Cui Siwei)

The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on Nov 24, 2019

Savage is not savage. It’s got some violence, some of it rough, and it’s got some mean bad guys, but it’s never savage. I mean, unless it’s supposed to be referring to hero—more than protagonist or lead—Chang Chen. He beats up some suspects pretty bad at the beginning because he’s mad read more

Ghost Ship (2002, Steve Beck)

The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on Nov 22, 2019

I am going to set a goal for myself with this post about Ghost Ship; I’m going to try to make it entertaining, which is going to be a challenge because there’s nothing entertaining about Ghost Ship. It’s badly directed and badly written. The actors are bad. They’re good actors and okay actors read more

Ghost Ship (2002, Steve Beck)

The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on Nov 22, 2019

I am going to set a goal for myself with this post about Ghost Ship; I’m going to try to make it entertaining, which is going to be a challenge because there’s nothing entertaining about Ghost Ship. It’s badly directed and badly written. The actors are bad. They’re good actors and okay actors read more

Ghost Ship (2002, Steve Beck)

The Stop Button Posted by on Nov 22, 2019

I am going to set a goal for myself with this post about Ghost Ship; I’m going to try to make it entertaining, which is going to be a challenge because there’s nothing entertaining about Ghost Ship. It’s badly directed and badly written. The actors are bad. They’re good actors and okay actors read more

Ghost Ship (2002, Steve Beck)

The Stop Button Posted by on Nov 22, 2019

I am going to set a goal for myself with this post about Ghost Ship; I’m going to try to make it entertaining, which is going to be a challenge because there’s nothing entertaining about Ghost Ship. It’s badly directed and badly written. The actors are bad. They’re good actors and okay actors read more

To Have and Have Not (1944, Howard Hawks)

The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on Nov 20, 2019

Whatever To Have and Have Not’s original intent—not just novel versus film but film in pre-production to film completed—what it ends up doing and doing better than maybe anything else ever is star-make. To Have and Have Not showcases Lauren Bacall in constantly imaginative ways, including how read more

To Have and Have Not (1944, Howard Hawks)

The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on Nov 20, 2019

Whatever To Have and Have Not’s original intent—not just novel versus film but film in pre-production to film completed—what it ends up doing and doing better than maybe anything else ever is star-make. To Have and Have Not showcases Lauren Bacall in constantly imaginative ways, including how read more
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