I was incredibly excited to see this at a festival a few months back. The topic seemed so interesting. Unfortunately the movie itself literally put me to sleep. An old woman sitting next to me kept nudging me whenever I started to nod off. She wasn't annoyed, just really polite and didn't want me to miss any of the…

Articles like this and the Johnnie To one yesterday should definitely be the direction this sight takes its food commentary. Also, these food shows remind me of the Pretty Patrick show from Bee and Puppycat.

How could you call Stereolab cold? I would gladly take those discs off your hands

I definitely agree with your original point that television narratives can be an interesting way to breakup the formulaic aspect of genre, but only if its done well and actually messes with the formula. Even though I'm not a huge fan of the show, I think Game of Thrones does this well, specifically within that…

I think you are confusing deconstruction with pastiche. A narrative that deconstructs a genre plays with and rearranges the images, symbols, and story-beats of said genre in ways that bring about contrasts and conflicts that illuminate either something new within the genre or something inherent that often goes unseen.…

Saw this at a screening a few weeks back and Sicario featured two things that this film is desperately missing: 1) a strong cohesion between director and script and 2) subtlety in its presentation of ideas. Whereas Villeneuve brought a distinct visual and ballistic energy to Sicario, Mackenzie is merely serviceable,…

You honestly didn't miss anything. The shock value of the final sequence is completely depleted if you've already heard about it, and with the surprise missing it actually just seems tacked on and out of place. The meta "twist" that ends the movie falls completely flat.

I don't know who out there still thinks gay jokes, saying "fuck", and smoking pot are still funny, but apparently it's enough to get several major motion pictures greenlit every year.

Just came back from a screening of this and was quite disappointed. The message the review highlights as a positive comes across more like bland new atheist soapboxing. It briefly comments on the abrasiveness of atheists trying to directly dispel religious beliefs, but then almost immediately has the characters unite…