Lights Out (2016, Savannah Bloch) (3)
The Stop Button Posted by on May 21, 2019
Lights Out gets obvious way too fast given it’s a five minute short. The film opens with Alixzandra Dove in a mostly dark house, folding clothes while she talks to a friend on the phone. There’s a little exposition from the phone call—Dove’s kid has outgrown some clothes, Dove’s partner has read more
Lights Out (2016, Savannah Bloch) (4)
The Stop Button Posted by on May 21, 2019
Lights Out gets obvious way too fast given it’s a five minute short. The film opens with Alixzandra Dove in a mostly dark house, folding clothes while she talks to a friend on the phone. There’s a little exposition from the phone call—Dove’s kid has outgrown some clothes, Dove’s partner has read more
Unfettered verbosity
The Stop Button Posted by on May 21, 2019
When I started Visual Reflux, it was going to be all my web-writing. I wouldn’t launch A Televisual Feast, I’d roll Comics Fondle into VR immediately and start thinking about bringing Stop Button in too. If it were 2005 and I hadn’t spent fourteen years blogging at thestopbutton.com, it might read more
Works for free
The Stop Button Posted by on May 20, 2019
After yesterday’s post, I looked at what I had to do today and figured I’d really be able to get that post about blog comments done. I had more time today than I did yesterday. I really should’ve been able to do it. But I didn’t even check to see if I can still track down those Fred Dekker comments read more
Thunder Road (2018, Jim Cummings) (2)
The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on May 19, 2019
Writer, director, and star Cummings has really long takes in Thunder Road. Usually of himself. The film opens with Cummings breaking down giving the eulogy at his mother’s funeral service, which kicks off his life going downhill. Not his mother dying, but the funeral service breakdown. Cummings alr read more
Thunder Road (2018, Jim Cummings) (1)
The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on May 19, 2019
Writer, director, and star Cummings has really long takes in Thunder Road. Usually of himself. The film opens with Cummings breaking down giving the eulogy at his mother’s funeral service, which kicks off his life going downhill. Not his mother dying, but the funeral service breakdown. Cummings alr read more
Thunder Road (2018, Jim Cummings) (3)
The Stop Button Posted by on May 19, 2019
Writer, director, and star Cummings has really long takes in Thunder Road. Usually of himself. The film opens with Cummings breaking down giving the eulogy at his mother’s funeral service, which kicks off his life going downhill. Not his mother dying, but the funeral service breakdown. Cummings alr read more
Forecasting
The Stop Button Posted by on May 19, 2019
I’m four posts behind on Visual Reflux. I even have a topic ready to talk about (blog comments, specifically how I deal with them; I may include the Fred Dekker ones for download if I still have them; he swears a lot). But I’ve got limited interest in writing it today. Limited time too. It is fourt read more
Thunder Road (2018, Jim Cummings) (4)
The Stop Button Posted by on May 19, 2019
Writer, director, and star Cummings has really long takes in Thunder Road. Usually of himself. The film opens with Cummings breaking down giving the eulogy at his mother’s funeral service, which kicks off his life going downhill. Not his mother dying, but the funeral service breakdown. Cummings alr read more
Eighth Grade (2018, Bo Burnham) (2)
The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on May 17, 2019
With a single exception, no one expounds onscreen in Eighth Grade. There’s obviously some implied offscreen exposition, but once lead Elsie Fisher stops recording for her updated-daily YouTube channel, director (and writer) Burnham sets the narrative distance and keeps it. Fisher’s got her on-YouTu read more
Eighth Grade (2018, Bo Burnham) (1)
The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on May 17, 2019
With a single exception, no one expounds onscreen in Eighth Grade. There’s obviously some implied offscreen exposition, but once lead Elsie Fisher stops recording for her updated-daily YouTube channel, director (and writer) Burnham sets the narrative distance and keeps it. Fisher’s got her on-YouTu read more
Eighth Grade (2018, Bo Burnham) (3)
The Stop Button Posted by on May 17, 2019
With a single exception, no one expounds onscreen in Eighth Grade. There’s obviously some implied offscreen exposition, but once lead Elsie Fisher stops recording for her updated-daily YouTube channel, director (and writer) Burnham sets the narrative distance and keeps it. Fisher’s got her on-YouTu read more
Eighth Grade (2018, Bo Burnham) (4)
The Stop Button Posted by on May 17, 2019
With a single exception, no one expounds onscreen in Eighth Grade. There’s obviously some implied offscreen exposition, but once lead Elsie Fisher stops recording for her updated-daily YouTube channel, director (and writer) Burnham sets the narrative distance and keeps it. Fisher’s got her on-YouTu read more
Sum Up | F?: Five Favorite Fifties Films (2)
The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on May 16, 2019
From Diner (1982); written by Barry Levinson; set in 1959. Growing up, I always had a negative impression of the 1950s (as far as film was concerned–it wasn’t until later I got a negative impression of reality in the 1950s). Anyway, that negative impression of fifties films has changed read more
Sum Up | F?: Five Favorite Fifties Films (1)
The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on May 16, 2019
From Diner (1982); written by Barry Levinson; set in 1959. Growing up, I always had a negative impression of the 1950s (as far as film was concerned–it wasn’t until later I got a negative impression of reality in the 1950s). Anyway, that negative impression of fifties films has changed read more
Sum Up | F?: Five Favorite Fifties Films (3)
The Stop Button Posted by on May 16, 2019
From Diner (1982); written by Barry Levinson; set in 1959. Growing up, I always had a negative impression of the 1950s (as far as film was concerned–it wasn’t until later I got a negative impression of reality in the 1950s). Anyway, that negative impression of fifties films has changed read more
Sum Up | F?: Five Favorite Fifties Films (4)
The Stop Button Posted by on May 16, 2019
From Diner (1982); written by Barry Levinson; set in 1959. Growing up, I always had a negative impression of the 1950s (as far as film was concerned–it wasn’t until later I got a negative impression of reality in the 1950s). Anyway, that negative impression of fifties films has changed read more
Thistles and Thorns (2018, Kalie Acheson) (2)
The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on May 15, 2019
Thistles and Thorns opens with a girl (Madison Vance) going into a forest preserve after school. Vance is practically beaming as she does, which doesn’t initially make sense—when she’s walking on the street—but does once she’s in the forest, looking around at all the nature. She goes to a read more
Thistles and Thorns (2018, Kalie Acheson) (3)
The Stop Button Posted by on May 15, 2019
Thistles and Thorns opens with a girl (Madison Vance) going into a forest preserve after school. Vance is practically beaming as she does, which doesn’t initially make sense—when she’s walking on the street—but does once she’s in the forest, looking around at all the nature. She goes to a read more
The Punisher #5, In the Beginning, Part 5 (of 6)
The Stop Button Posted by on May 15, 2019
No spoilers but it’s appropriately awesome how Frank gets out of the cliffhanger. That resolution gives way to the female CIA agent showing up and attacking the mobsters, saving her boss, distracting the goons from Frank, which gives Micro the chance to loose him. The resulting action sequence is read more