I’m still looking forward to the next Sherlock movie, I like them way more than I should.

I can’t believe how much I enjoyed The Man From U.N.C.L.E. It was charming as hell.

John Wick was awesome, the colorful underworld and stylish but clearly depicted R-rated action were a welcome change from years of post-Bourne action mush. I love the larger scope and craziness of the sequel even more. I feel the same about The Raid 2, in all its inventive and exhausting glory. The Guest is one of my…

People said the stories (on both The Raid 2 & John Wick 2) are bloated. But in my opinion bloated in a good way. Because that’s how a sequel supposed to be. Just like Alien to Aliens 2. Terminator to T2, just a couple prime example.

I dunno. I love that silly assassin’s kingdom shit. I don’t know why I get such joy from scenes where you see all the assassins’ cell phones light up at the same time.

Disagree. Chapter 2 wasn’t as good as JW but I really enjoyed how it went HAM on the ridiculousness. I knew it was really good when(spoiler alert) JW let the woman kill herself instead of him doing it. I was afraid he might forgive her, or team up with her, or that she might come close to beating him, or that he would…

I’d argue, then, that it makes it a loving homage (in the way every single Tarantino movie is a homage to something else) rather than a parody or satire. Embraces the wacky elements, and doesn’t appear embarrassed by them. John Wick is basically a statement to the audience: “hey, it’s okay to enjoy this incredibly…

I dunno, go back and watch Bernthal’s last few episodes of TWD. He was the best actor on that show for a hot minute.

The best Punisher comics aren’t a power fantasy, it’s pretty clear for people who aren’t idiots that the Punisher is not a hero

Eh, John Wick is ridiculous fantasy. The world is made up of super-assassins going nuts on each other, its gun violence is on the same level of the car violence in the Fast and Furious movies or the linguistic combat of a screwball comedy— a hyperstylized set of actions that define how the characters communicate to…

I believe, more deeply than I believe the truth of my own existence, that Vegan Enforcer Thomas Jane in Scott Pilgrim IS the Punisher.

Different writers?

Snowpiercer didn’t live up the hype for me,but I enjoyed. Still questionable as an action movie choice for me, though.
Ninja: Shadow of a Tear is fucking awesome. It was the first Scott Adkins movie I saw after Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning and is a big part of why I became a huge fan of his.
Fast Six was dumb…

Good comment, although I personally don’t see the ending that way.

Wilford explains that the structure of train society— despite being evil— is necessary for the survival of humanity. So how do you stop that? Get rid of humanity, of course.

So if the ending is “bittersweet” at all, then the only “sweetness” is knowing…

I dunno about you, but if I was aiming for the “happiest ending” possible, it would be way, way different than what we got. You might want to rewatch the film.

rapidly devolves into a violent nightmare of cannibalism, cultism, and genocide, gruesomely parodying the narrative of Christianity, from Genesis to the gospels.

I can’t tell you how many times I’ve heard that after the release of a new David Lynch movie. Opinions are typically split between “genius” and “joke/mess”, then the latter group slowly diminishes with every year that passes.

It makes me sad how inactive this post is; on the old site it’d be bangin’

I’m sorry you don’t like it. A lot of us think it’s just great. Not every episode is amazing by my metric, but the overall ride has been fantastic.

For anyone that is both super excited (we get to finally see the final chapter!) but also super bummed (it is the final chapter )about the finale of twin peaks, I do have one bit of good pre-finale news to deliver: