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Wildcats (1986, Michael Ritchie)
The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on Sep 6, 2019
Wildcats is supposed to be about a woman coaching high school football but it ends up being an unintentionally thorough examination of patriarchy, misogyny, and racism. There’s a lot to unpack; more, actually, than its worth. Because Wildcats isn’t just a failure of a female empowerment picture, read more
Wildcats (1986, Michael Ritchie)
The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on Sep 6, 2019
Wildcats is supposed to be about a woman coaching high school football but it ends up being an unintentionally thorough examination of patriarchy, misogyny, and racism. There’s a lot to unpack; more, actually, than its worth. Because Wildcats isn’t just a failure of a female empowerment picture, read more
Wildcats (1986, Michael Ritchie)
The Stop Button Posted by on Sep 6, 2019
Wildcats is supposed to be about a woman coaching high school football but it ends up being an unintentionally thorough examination of patriarchy, misogyny, and racism. There’s a lot to unpack; more, actually, than its worth. Because Wildcats isn’t just a failure of a female empowerment picture, read more
Wildcats (1986, Michael Ritchie)
The Stop Button Posted by on Sep 6, 2019
Wildcats is supposed to be about a woman coaching high school football but it ends up being an unintentionally thorough examination of patriarchy, misogyny, and racism. There’s a lot to unpack; more, actually, than its worth. Because Wildcats isn’t just a failure of a female empowerment picture, read more
The Punisher #20, Up is Down and Black is White, Part 2 (of 6)
The Stop Button Posted by on Sep 6, 2019
It’s the Nicky Cavella origin story, complete with his original crew (from the first Punisher MAX arc) appearing again in fun little cameos. Well, as fun as a Punisher MAX cameo is going to get. Because Nicky Cavella has a very rough origin story. He’s the psychopath born to the family of sociopath read more
Land of the Dead (2005, George A. Romero), the director’s cut
The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on Sep 5, 2019
While Land of the Dead is almost always an unfortunate misfire, it’s also never an unmitigated disaster. It’s full of missed opportunities, but they’re usually missed because director Romero just can’t crack the scene. And when he doesn’t crack a set piece, he often goes in the entirely different read more
Land of the Dead (2005, George A. Romero), the director’s cut
The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on Sep 5, 2019
While Land of the Dead is almost always an unfortunate misfire, it’s also never an unmitigated disaster. It’s full of missed opportunities, but they’re usually missed because director Romero just can’t crack the scene. And when he doesn’t crack a set piece, he often goes in the entirely different read more
Land of the Dead (2005, George A. Romero), the director’s cut
The Stop Button Posted by on Sep 5, 2019
While Land of the Dead is almost always an unfortunate misfire, it’s also never an unmitigated disaster. It’s full of missed opportunities, but they’re usually missed because director Romero just can’t crack the scene. And when he doesn’t crack a set piece, he often goes in the entirely different read more
Mindhunter (2017) s02e08 – Episode 8
The Stop Button Posted by on Sep 5, 2019
Do you know why Anna Torv got a girlfriend story arc this season? Why we’ve been getting to know Lauren Glazier since the first episode? Is it to give Torv some character development? Because… there isn’t any. I mean, not enough—given how all of the characters function when they’re at work—so read more
Land of the Dead (2005, George A. Romero), the director’s cut
The Stop Button Posted by on Sep 5, 2019
While Land of the Dead is almost always an unfortunate misfire, it’s also never an unmitigated disaster. It’s full of missed opportunities, but they’re usually missed because director Romero just can’t crack the scene. And when he doesn’t crack a set piece, he often goes in the entirely different read more
Mindhunter (2017) s02e08 – Episode 8
The Stop Button Posted by on Sep 5, 2019
Do you know why Anna Torv got a girlfriend story arc this season? Why we’ve been getting to know Lauren Glazier since the first episode? Is it to give Torv some character development? Because… there isn’t any. I mean, not enough—given how all of the characters function when they’re at work—so read more
The Punisher #19, Up is Down and Black is White, Part 1 (of 6)
The Stop Button Posted by on Sep 4, 2019
The issue opens with Nicky Cavella, returning from the first story arc—it’s hard to believe Up is Down and Black is White is only the fourth arc in Punisher MAX—at the Castle family headstone. He’s digging up the bodies, talking to a henchman with a camcorder. Whatever he’s got planned, it’s read more
The Great Gatsby (1949, Elliot Nugent)
The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on Sep 3, 2019
The Great Gatsby can get away with a lot thanks to lead Alan Ladd, much of it related to the adaptation. Gatsby, the film, does open with “narrator” Macdonald Carey—set in the present, with Carey reminiscing on the grand old Jazz Age. Of course, the Jazz Age looks a little different in Carey’s read more
The Great Gatsby (1949, Elliot Nugent)
The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on Sep 3, 2019
The Great Gatsby can get away with a lot thanks to lead Alan Ladd, much of it related to the adaptation. Gatsby, the film, does open with “narrator” Macdonald Carey—set in the present, with Carey reminiscing on the grand old Jazz Age. Of course, the Jazz Age looks a little different in Carey’s read more
Mindhunter (2017) s02e07 – Episode 7
The Stop Button Posted by on Sep 3, 2019
I mean, it’s well-acted but this episode’s pretty blah for a “Mindhunter.” Nothing happens. We get more hints at character development for Jonathan Groff and Anna Torv but no actual character development. Meanwhile Holt McCallany spends the episode getting later and later from home to work and read more
The Great Gatsby (1949, Elliot Nugent)
The Stop Button Posted by on Sep 3, 2019
The Great Gatsby can get away with a lot thanks to lead Alan Ladd, much of it related to the adaptation. Gatsby, the film, does open with “narrator” Macdonald Carey—set in the present, with Carey reminiscing on the grand old Jazz Age. Of course, the Jazz Age looks a little different in Carey’s read more
The Great Gatsby (1949, Elliot Nugent)
The Stop Button Posted by on Sep 3, 2019
The Great Gatsby can get away with a lot thanks to lead Alan Ladd, much of it related to the adaptation. Gatsby, the film, does open with “narrator” Macdonald Carey—set in the present, with Carey reminiscing on the grand old Jazz Age. Of course, the Jazz Age looks a little different in Carey’s read more
Mindhunter (2017) s02e07 – Episode 7
The Stop Button Posted by on Sep 3, 2019
I mean, it’s well-acted but this episode’s pretty blah for a “Mindhunter.” Nothing happens. We get more hints at character development for Jonathan Groff and Anna Torv but no actual character development. Meanwhile Holt McCallany spends the episode getting later and later from home to work and read more
The Lady from Shanghai (1947, Orson Welles)
The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on Sep 2, 2019
It’s immaterial to the film overall but I want to talk about how Welles compensates for projection composites looking like projection composites. He changes up his focus, sometimes focusing on the person in the foreground, sometimes not. Is it intentional? Is he really trying to compensate? Well, read more
The Lady from Shanghai (1947, Orson Welles)
The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on Sep 2, 2019
It’s immaterial to the film overall but I want to talk about how Welles compensates for projection composites looking like projection composites. He changes up his focus, sometimes focusing on the person in the foreground, sometimes not. Is it intentional? Is he really trying to compensate? Well, read more