“THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN” Can a remake of a remake reinvent a classic Western? This is a long ride with an even longer climactic gun battle with plenty of blood shed. At over 2 hours, we suggest you get plenty of popcorn. In the hands of Director Antoine Fuqua (Training Day) and writers Richard Went and Nic […]
Let’s not fool ourselves into pretending that Antoine Fuqua’s The Magnificent Seven, a film that has spent a considerable amount of time in pre and post production, functions as any sort of deliberate statement on a Trumpian America. But there some neat coincidental parallels, so let’s talk about some of them. CLICK HERE TO READ […]
“THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN” I was astonished, that in his 39 years of acting in movies, The Magnificent Sevenremake was Denzel Washington’s first time playing a cowboy. The 2-time Oscar winner, has been an airplane pilot, a crooked cop, a head football coach, and Malcolm X, among many other characters. It is quite outrageous that it took […]
In a universe this cold and unfeeling, the only joy possible comes from new podcasts. This week, El’Ahrai Stanek and John Robinson line up reviews of “Sully” and “‘Salem’s Lot”! But wait, there’s more! We also have an interview with Jake and Blake of The Night Circus fashion line! I believe the common denominator of the […]
THE SEASONS IN QUINCY is a stimulating, deeply moving four-part essay about John Berger, whose book Ways of Seeing changed our relationship with art and culture. Berger is an art critic, drawer, storyteller, and, in the words of his great friend Tilda Swinton, radical humanist in the tradition of Spinoza. He also co-wrote a film […]
This is the list of films I compiled as reference while writing the piece “A Brief History of Sci-Fi Sex Cinema, Part 3: 2000–Present.” Films are listed in alphabetical order by year of release according to either the copyright on the film itself or as listed on IMDB depending on which was available. * denotes […]
FANTASTIC FEST returns to Austin’s South Lamar Alamo Drafthouse September 22nd through the 29th for its twelfth year! Since its inception in 2005, FANTASTIC FEST has grown to be one of the largest and most important genre festivals in North America and almost certainly the most important festival of its kind in the United States. […]
