The Criterion 40: On the Waterfront
Elia Kazan’s On the Waterfront is one of the original great American cinema masterpieces. The film follows Terry Malloy, played excellently by Marlon Brando, and his descent into the criminal…
Elia Kazan’s On the Waterfront is one of the original great American cinema masterpieces. The film follows Terry Malloy, played excellently by Marlon Brando, and his descent into the criminal…
With Kraven The Hunter having an abysmal opening weekend, the Sony Spiderman Villian Universe is all but assuredly dead. This ill-conceived cinematic universe began with a fairly promising Venom and…
I’ve recently become obsessed with the Lonely Island and Seth Meyers Podcast. It’s a podcast about, well, Seth Meyers and The Lonely Island going through all of the digital shorts…
John McTiernan’s classic 1988 film Die Hard has become a staple of the action movie genre. Based on a 1979 novel titled Nothing Lasts Forever, Die Hard is a borderline…
Tobe Hooper’s seminal 1974 film The Texas Chainsaw Massacre turns fifty this year. The film has gone on to spawn numerous sequels, several reboots, and even video game franchises. The…
Blumhouses’ remake of a 2022 psychological horror released on Friday the 13th and is garnering praise for James McAvoy’s stellar performance. The original film, Speak No Evil 2022, is a…
Jason X is the tenth and final proper entry in the Friday the 13th series. Jason would go on to later fight Freddy Kruger and get a reboot, but Jason…
After seven films in the woods, one in Manhattan, and eight with Paramount Pictures, Jason finally goes somewhere he’s never been before. Jason goes to Hell and New Line Cinema.…
Tim Burton’s cult classic Beetlejuice is getting a sequel 36 years after his original film. Beetlejuice is a strange dark comedy that has surprisingly endured for all these years. This…
1994’s The Crow is getting the much-maligned reboot treatment. This week we’ll look back at each film in the series to try and understand why this series has staying power.…