Across the Universe
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse by George Wolf Should we really be surprised a spider-based franchise has so many legs? It wasn’t that many years ago when Spider-Man 2 was the conventional…read more →
Nicolas Cage
Surrender Mandy
Mandy by Hope Madden and George Wolf A hallucinogenic fever dream of social, political and pop-culture subtexts layered with good old, blood-soaked revenge, Mandy throws enough visionary strangeness on the…read more →
Holding Out for a Hero
Teen Titans Go! to the Movies by Hope Madden Teen Titans was a beloved, fairly-serious, sometimes thematically challenging Cartoon Network program based on Glen Murakami’s comics. Teen Titans Go! was…read more →
The Screening Room: Action and Oscar Contenders
Busy week! Loads covered on this week’s podcast: 12 Strong, Den of Thieves, Phantom Thread, Call Me By Your Name, Mom and Dad, The Road Movie, The Final Year and…read more →
My Roof, My Rules
Mom and Dad by Hope Madden I brought you into this world, I can take you out of it. It’s a joke, of course, an idle threat. Right? Maybe so,…read more →
Write it Down, Nic Cage Acts
Joe by Hope Madden After seven years of exploring the big budget, big star world of Hollywood, filmmaker David Gordon Green revisits his ultra indie roots. He hasn’t returned alone,…read more →
The Dreamy Life and Work of Filmmaker David Gordon Green
About seven years into filmmaker David Gordon Green’s career, it seemed like he’d found his niche with lyrical, Southern tales that braid poverty with nature, resilience with melancholy. And…read more →
When the Going Gets Weird, These Guys Get Going…
Sure, you probably caught Woody Harrelson and his shaggy blond wig in Catching Fire, the number one film in the country today (and for the foreseeable future). But this weekend,Woody…read more →
Weekend Countdown: Best Cameos Ever
The cameo-tastic This Is the End releases to DVD on Tuesday, which got us talking about our favorite cameos ever. Peruse, see if you agree, and let us know if…read more →
Where’s Crazy Nic Cage When You Need Him?
by George Wolf Well, consider the party that was Kick-Ass officially pooped upon. It’s too bad, because three years ago that film emerged as a violent blast of…read more →