Rookie of the Year Wookie of the Year By Matt Marrone • March 31st, 2021 It’s part of growing up in America, that moment when a child discovers Star Wars.
No Accounting for Taste Oddly Familiar By Adam Boffa • March 4th, 2021 A documentary from 2013 offers the chance to rethink some recent conversations in US politics.
They Live is Evergreen By David Peddicord • February 3rd, 2021 They Live’s messaging isn’t just evergreen; it is the kind of film you can read from just the memes of star Roddy Piper putting on magical sunglasses and discovering subliminal messages behind advertisements.
I Got Myself a Plan: Tremors (1990) on a Very Fancy New Blu-ray By Orrin Grey • January 22nd, 2021 When I was a kid, I had a short list of favorite monster movies that had come out during my lifetime, and Tremors was right at the top.
Self-Insert Rarepairs By Amanda Hudgins • January 5th, 2021 Their pairing often isn’t just not canon – it’s so far off the beaten path that other writers maybe don’t even see it themselves…
World Tour Germany By Oluwatayo Adewole • January 4th, 2021 Bring out your beers and your bratwurst, and let’s get going! On tap: Herzog’s Aguirre and Wenders’ Wings of Desire.
Best of 2020 The Best Movies of 2020 By Team Unwinnable • December 30th, 2020 At this point, it’s almost parody, the movies’ editor writing a screed about how terrible the movies list is; “This list is not a place of honor. No highly esteemed deed is commemorated here…nothing valued is here.”
Things Change: the Last Starfighter on Blu-Ray By Orrin Grey • December 23rd, 2020 Add The Last Starfighter to the list of movies I was positive I had seen but actually hadn’t.