Well I'm not British so I'm not entirely sure what you're talking about there, and I don't how how a "British perspective" on a film whose themes are fairly universal would differ that much anyway . Most of what I'm saying has been pretty widely observed by others, including key creators of the film, none of whom are…

Ben believes that it can be understood and fought, Harry recognises that they are facing a permanent disruption to their order. Ben believes that "everything going to shit" is something which can be avoided or resisted by escaping the farmhouse and heading off to the outposts. Harry recognises that all you can do is…

Romero described the ending (and I don't have the quote to hand but it can be found in a book called Clive Barker's A-Z Of Horror) as having the sense that "none of this is going to work, guys". It's not supposed to be over at the end, the idea is that things have permanently changed. That's rather the point in many…

I'm genuinely truly heartbroken by the passing of George. Pretty much my entire love of film, and film criticism, and my interest in horror, and its dramaturgy and its contexts - it all flows from George Romero. The thing that I would like to add to the above eulogy which often goes unsaid about George is that, as a…

Our model IS, in principle, a very very strong one. I don't object to that at all. I just think that it's dangerous to hold it up as utopian when it is subject to the exact same attacks as your system has seen, and will a) continue to be so and b) will very likely lose at least some of the progress it has made.

Yeah mate

I get a bit uncomfortable when people hold our Medicare up as a model of universal healthcare because, from INSIDE the country, it feels on the verge of being fucked forever by wingnuts.

"Not relegating peoples' health to the doldrums of the free market" is rather the point of public healthcare, conversely.

To me, he rather gives the overall impression of a man who doesn't really know how people behave. I'm not necessarily into all the decaf-psychoanalysis that leads people to scream SOCIOPATH or NARCISSIST about him (though one can't fully discount those assessments either), but what I do think is that Donald Trump is…

I mean, sure the world is "nicer" (I guess) without Gawker in it, but I find it slightly harder to take seriously the argument that the world is a better place for the potential precedents the case sets.

There is not one line of dialogue in that trailer that is original. I know dialogue ain't everything but c'mon. It's even got "You think i don't KNOW that?"

Heh… I think this show looks pretty good. I really like the art style. As far as a reboot of a children's Disney cartoon goes, I'm on board.

Japanese game developers are really good at getting cel shaders to work well.

My favourite part was when performers who are both highly naturally gifted and incredibly disciplined after years of honing their craft were referred to as "girls".

Heh, I remember when my kid brother got ahold of these books. They were really funny. I probably wouldn't pay movie ticket prices to see this but it looks pretty good.

Jerry clings to the myth that there is inherent value in, y'know, "family life", and all of those traditional, idealistic narratives. Beth tries to show that those things CAN be good but can also become corrupted and lacking in value. Rick says "there's no inherent value in them so don't bother".

I unironically love Glenn Danzig the artist. I loved the Misfits, sure, but Samhain and Danzig are mighty bands. He's one of those guys where I am able to find something to like even in the crappier, weirder more contrived releases (like that 00s period that every hard rock/metal band went through where they're sort…

I like Wingard overall. I don't actually think he's made any GREAT films but I like his style. I wasn't sold on this particular crossover event (yes i know it's happened before) from the start, but I think that he's probably the right man for the job just in terms of his ability to balance the kind of trashy pulp…

Mother Superior in Silent Night Deadly Night is my favourite nun.

It's interesting to me that this is being framed as though the error is in Breitbart's alignment with Trump specifically. The prevailing narrative elsewhere (and I think I'm not alone in recognising that it's not quite simple but bear with me) is that Trump made it into office by being positioned as an iconoclast of…