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Haywire

You could actually feel how tedious this was for Soderbergh to direct, the rote blocking of chase scenes and the requisite twists and flashbacks.  I had as much fun watching … Continue reading

March 15, 2013 · Leave a comment

Killer Huh?

Killer Joe is a sick day movie for rape enthusiasts.  This carnival of perversion was entertaining, but in a way that makes you wonder why we go to the movies, … Continue reading

March 15, 2013 · Leave a comment

House of Cards: David Fincher’s Foucauldian Power Dialectic As Evinced By the Liminal Portrayal of the Feminine Moustache

Netflix’s flagship tv series plays a lot like a typical soap opera-large swaths of tedium with some intrigue peppered in.  The one thing that makes this series different, I suppose, … Continue reading

March 9, 2013 · Leave a comment

V/H/S

This amateur piece of bro-dom is more like a Budweiser commercial than a discrete film.  In a series of faux verite vignettes, it manages to be a tedious bro montage … Continue reading

March 9, 2013 · Leave a comment

Why In The Cut Hates Women more than Breast Cancer and Oliver Stone Combined

I found myself pretty shocked by Jane Campion’s film, In the Cut, mainly because it was directed by a woman, and not by Martin Luther or L. Ron Hubbard.  Not … Continue reading

March 9, 2013 · Leave a comment