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The Gangster, the Cop, the Devil (2019, Lee Won-tae)
The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on Sep 29, 2019
According to the opening titles, The Gangster, The Cop, The Devil is based on a true story, which is—I assume—why it takes place in 2005. The story, about a cop (Kim Mu-yeol) and his least favorite gangster (Ma Dong-seok) teaming up to take down a serial killer, comes off like a seventies update read more
The Gangster, the Cop, the Devil (2019, Lee Won-tae)
The Stop Button Posted by on Sep 29, 2019
According to the opening titles, The Gangster, The Cop, The Devil is based on a true story, which is—I assume—why it takes place in 2005. The story, about a cop (Kim Mu-yeol) and his least favorite gangster (Ma Dong-seok) teaming up to take down a serial killer, comes off like a seventies update read more
The Punisher #28, The Slavers, Part 4 (of 6)
The Stop Button Posted by on Sep 29, 2019
This issue moves real fast. Most of the expository scenes take place in a page, sometimes two, sometimes packed pages, sometimes just splash pages. There’s action for both the evil old man and Frank. Evil old man is contending with the assassins his son has sent after him, Frank is deal with the so read more
The Gangster, the Cop, the Devil (2019, Lee Won-tae)
The Stop Button Posted by on Sep 29, 2019
According to the opening titles, The Gangster, The Cop, The Devil is based on a true story, which is—I assume—why it takes place in 2005. The story, about a cop (Kim Mu-yeol) and his least favorite gangster (Ma Dong-seok) teaming up to take down a serial killer, comes off like a seventies update read more
The Punisher #27, The Slavers, Part 3 (of 6)
The Stop Button Posted by on Sep 28, 2019
It’s a bridging issue but in the best possible way. Since Ennis is now writing so much narration from Frank, the functional bridging feels a lot more organic. Frank’s got a problem—his leads have run dry because of the cluster last issue—and he needs to figure out a way to move forward. Literal read more
Chimes at Midnight (1965, Orson Welles)
The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on Sep 27, 2019
Chimes at Midnight opens with Orson Welles and Alan Webb, both aged men in the Medieval Ages, bumbling (probably at least somewhat drunkenly) in for the night; they sit at a fire and gently reminisce about their youth. The scene gives a first look at screenwriter, director, star Welles in all his g read more
Chimes at Midnight (1965, Orson Welles)
The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on Sep 27, 2019
Chimes at Midnight opens with Orson Welles and Alan Webb, both aged men in the Medieval Ages, bumbling (probably at least somewhat drunkenly) in for the night; they sit at a fire and gently reminisce about their youth. The scene gives a first look at screenwriter, director, star Welles in all his g read more
Chimes at Midnight (1965, Orson Welles)
The Stop Button Posted by on Sep 27, 2019
Chimes at Midnight opens with Orson Welles and Alan Webb, both aged men in the Medieval Ages, bumbling (probably at least somewhat drunkenly) in for the night; they sit at a fire and gently reminisce about their youth. The scene gives a first look at screenwriter, director, star Welles in all his g read more
The Punisher #26, The Slavers, Part 2 (of 6)
The Stop Button Posted by on Sep 27, 2019
The comic opens with Viorica telling Frank what happened to her back in Moldova. Enslaved sex work. Escape. Family (father) rejecting her. Recapture. Ennis splits it into two doses, both for the reader and the characters. In between he introduces the father. Last issue he introduced the son, along read more
Chimes at Midnight (1965, Orson Welles)
The Stop Button Posted by on Sep 27, 2019
Chimes at Midnight opens with Orson Welles and Alan Webb, both aged men in the Medieval Ages, bumbling (probably at least somewhat drunkenly) in for the night; they sit at a fire and gently reminisce about their youth. The scene gives a first look at screenwriter, director, star Welles in all his g read more
The Shadow of the Tower (1972) s01e03 – The Schooling of Apes
The Stop Button Posted by on Sep 26, 2019
So the last episode ended with the Queen (Norma West) giving birth to a son, making the King (James Maxwell) feel more secure in his reign. Because now he had an heir and something something. British royalty nonsense. But Maxwell was overjoyed about it to the point it was disturbing to think about read more
The Shadow of the Tower (1972) s01e03 – The Schooling of Apes
The Stop Button Posted by on Sep 26, 2019
So the last episode ended with the Queen (Norma West) giving birth to a son, making the King (James Maxwell) feel more secure in his reign. Because now he had an heir and something something. British royalty nonsense. But Maxwell was overjoyed about it to the point it was disturbing to think about read more
Alien: Containment (2019, Chris Reading)
The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on Sep 25, 2019
For the first few minutes—say, three of the short’s nine minute runtime—it seems like Alien: Containment is going to work out. The acting is good. Gaia Weiss is a fine lead, Theo Barklem-Biggs is an okay freaking out guy (he’s in an Alien movie, someone’s got to freak out), but Sharon Duncan-Brewst read more
Alien: Containment (2019, Chris Reading)
The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on Sep 25, 2019
For the first few minutes—say, three of the short’s nine minute runtime—it seems like Alien: Containment is going to work out. The acting is good. Gaia Weiss is a fine lead, Theo Barklem-Biggs is an okay freaking out guy (he’s in an Alien movie, someone’s got to freak out), but Sharon Duncan-Brewst read more
Alien: Containment (2019, Chris Reading)
The Stop Button Posted by on Sep 25, 2019
For the first few minutes—say, three of the short’s nine minute runtime—it seems like Alien: Containment is going to work out. The acting is good. Gaia Weiss is a fine lead, Theo Barklem-Biggs is an okay freaking out guy (he’s in an Alien movie, someone’s got to freak out), but Sharon Duncan-Brewst read more
The Punisher #25, The Slavers, Part 1 (of 6)
The Stop Button Posted by on Sep 25, 2019
From the first page, The Slavers is different. And not just because penciller Leandro Fernandez, inker Scott Koblish, and colorist Dan Brown turn in a splash page out of Sin City. No Frank, but a woman with a gun in the rain, screaming as she fires. Frank’s narration—which is going to be near omnip read more
Alien: Containment (2019, Chris Reading)
The Stop Button Posted by on Sep 25, 2019
For the first few minutes—say, three of the short’s nine minute runtime—it seems like Alien: Containment is going to work out. The acting is good. Gaia Weiss is a fine lead, Theo Barklem-Biggs is an okay freaking out guy (he’s in an Alien movie, someone’s got to freak out), but Sharon Duncan-Brewst read more
The Shadow of the Tower (1972) s01e02 – Power in the Land
The Stop Button Posted by on Sep 24, 2019
This episode tells a loser’s story. He played the game of thrones and he lost. The loser in question is Humphrey Stafford; real guy, wikipedia page and everything, played by Maurice Roëves. Roëves is awesome. He also gets to give more personality to Stafford than anyone else in the episode gets read more
The Shadow of the Tower (1972) s01e02 – Power in the Land
The Stop Button Posted by on Sep 24, 2019
This episode tells a loser’s story. He played the game of thrones and he lost. The loser in question is Humphrey Stafford; real guy, wikipedia page and everything, played by Maurice Roëves. Roëves is awesome. He also gets to give more personality to Stafford than anyone else in the episode gets read more
Downton Abbey (2019, Michael Engler)
The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on Sep 23, 2019
I’m trying to decide if Downton Abbey is wholly incomprehensible to someone who didn’t watch the television show, or if they’d appreciate it. Julian Fellowes’s screenplay is very tidy, no loose strings, always the right mix between A, B, and C plots, so one can at least appreciate the pacing read more