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Four portraits of the lead characters from the cover of the 4K version of the film Wild Things

Something Bad Might Happen: Wild Things (1998) on Unrated 4K

By Orrin Grey • May 26th, 2022

Wild Things is a product of its time in so many ways.

World Tour

Spain

By Oluwatayo Adewole • April 2nd, 2021

Things get messy on this trip to Spain, really messy.

World Tour

France

By Oluwatayo Adewole • February 4th, 2021

A discussion on cycles of violence.

Color Out of Space is Purple

By Amanda Hudgins • January 27th, 2020

It’s only been a few days since I watched Color Out of Space, under a week really, and it ran through me like a bad taste — unfortunate, short lived, and quickly forgotten.

Jennifer Lawrence, long blonde hair hanging around her face, stares directly to camera in this still from mother!

The 10 Worst Movies of 2017

By Amanda Hudgins • December 28th, 2017

Every year has bad movies. This year, Amanda Hudgins will try to list 10 of them.

Lady Bird is Good, OK

By Amanda Hudgins • November 20th, 2017

Lady Bird is the first movie I’ve seen in a long while that I was happy to have watched.

three girls in white shirts and blue skirts leaning against a car.

500 movies in a year

By Amanda Hudgins • November 3rd, 2017

There are a few things no one actually wants to hear about: your dreams, your diet, and how many movies you’ve seen this year.

A womans body, in a transparent jacket and black underwear, covered in blood. This is a still from Blade Runner.

Blade Runner and the Violence of Humanity

By Maddi Chilton • October 27th, 2017

Replicants bleed, stumble, hyperventilate, and wince. Pris and Roy kiss like grade-schoolers even as they mourn their friends and worry about the future…They’re frightened, and they don’t want to die.

Jennifer Lawrence, long blonde hair hanging around her face, stares directly to camera in this still from mother!

mother! is bullshit

By Amanda Hudgins • September 18th, 2017

I say this because I understood Darren Aronofsky’s mother! and it was bullshit.

Rooney Mara, a dark haired white woman, stands looking out to the right, as seen through a window. This is a shot from the film Ghost Story.

A Ghost Story isn’t great it’s just slow

By Amanda Hudgins • August 8th, 2017

A Ghost Story is the kind of intellectual garbage a friend takes you to and insists it’s capital I Important.

Woody Harrelson standing among a series of apes and soldiers. This is a still from Planet of the Apes.

War for the Planet of the Apes is a Joyless Pile of References

By Amanda Hudgins • July 18th, 2017

A small blonde girl runs with a flashlight down a long tunnel, opposite a wall that reads “This Way Out of Hell” til she reaches a fork, where “Ape-Ocalypse Now” is spray painted in thick white block letters.

Casting JonBenet is a Vacuous Portrait of an American Tragedy

By Amanda Hudgins • May 1st, 2017

Is Casting JonBenet experimental or just abusive to its performers and its subject matter?

Blair Witch is the Embodiment of Cinema in 2016

By Dominic Preston • September 15th, 2016

Blair Witch is a mission statement for horror to come, but it fails to write the new blueprint like its predecessor.

Kubo And The Two Strings Deserved Better

By AJ Moser • August 26th, 2016

After a summer of disappointments, this colorful, thoughtful and heartwarming film stole the season, but not the box office.

The Visual Poetry of Film and Godhood

By Daniel Imperiale • May 10th, 2016

Expression is one of the hardest beasts to wrangle, but when done correctly, its poetry is nearly transcendent.

Unwinnable Goes to the Movies: Guardians of the Galaxy

By Team Unwinnable • August 7th, 2014

Team Unwinnable takes in Marvel’s light-hearted Guardians of the Galaxy in the latest installment of Unwinnable Goes To The Movies.

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