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Carlo's Corner: Sequels Don't Suck (Unless They Do)
Making a good sequel is a lot like eating an orange.
Carlo's Corner: Worst Movie Ever?
"Yeah, that movie sure did suck last night. It just plain sucked. I've seen movies suck before, but that movie was the suckiest bunch of suck that ever sucked."
Miss 2D Animation? Look To The Concept Art
An appreciation of the spectacular concept art behind CGI animated films
Carlo's Corner: It's a Bird! It's a Plane! It's... Your Inflated Sense of Self-Esteem!
So long, Superman. Your secret identity is safe with me.
Valley of the Dolls: Beautiful Trash
Vern delves into that oft misrepresented technicolor dream Valley of the Dolls
Zalman King's Two Moon Junction is Twin Peaks' Dirty Secret
Two Moon Junction is an erotic thriller straight out of the Black Lodge... or is it vice versa?
In Defense of Remakes
Who gets to choose what's okay to remake and what's not? Do we put it to vote? What if the electoral college fucks it up?
What a Twist: Double Consciousness and M. Night Shyamalan
To boil M Night Shyamalan down to just meaningless "twists" is to miss the point of his entire body of work
The Two-Way Prison of Vigilantism in Villeneuve's Prisoners
The morality of vigilantism, as explored in Denis Villeneuve's 2013 film Prisoners.
Female Anxiety Movies: The Overlooked Genre
It's not easy being a woman. Hell, being alive in general isn’t easy either, but being of the female persuasion comes with a layer of neuroses that is hard to shake.
Listening To You I Get The Movie: Ken Russell's Tommy (1975) Explained
The question of “who are you” can be a difficult one to pin down, whether you’re forced to answer in front of a crowd or just in the mirror to yourself.