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Fool Me Once: Falling for the ‘The Brothers Bloom’

By brian longtin • May 28th, 2009 • Category: watching

Rian Johnson’s follow-up to Brick works like a con itself: as long as there’s a part of us that’s willing to be taken on a ride, we’ll end up feeling like we came out ahead.



Breaking Through Defenses: How ‘Friday Night Lights’ Will Make You Care About Football

By brian longtin • Apr 30th, 2009 • Category: watching

FNL isn’t just worth watching despite the time spent on the field; it’s so well crafted, you might even find yourself suppressing the urge to cheer out loud.



Needy Nerd Syndrome: Loving ‘Watchmen’ For What It Is

By brian longtin • Mar 9th, 2009 • Category: watching

‘Watchmen’ is a spectacular piece of genre film that only fails at the unreasonable task we set before it.



Casting Blood Meridian: or The Evening Redness in the West

By spencer • Nov 24th, 2008 • Category: watching

Director Todd Field has what it takes to bring ‘Blood Meridian’ to life: now all we need are the people acting in front of the camera to be capable of matching Field’s discipline and talent.



The State of Modern Horror - Part IV: The Shining

By spencer • Oct 27th, 2008 • Category: watching

Our special feature examining the past, present and future of the horror genre concludes this week by focusing on the best in recent horror films, and what they’re doing right.



The State of Modern Horror - Part III: Darkness Falls

By spencer • Oct 20th, 2008 • Category: watching

Our series on the past, present and future of the horror genre continues. This week we look at the preponderance of terrible, terrible horror movies — by analyzing, in detail, a well-received horror movie from this year, why it is almost objectively terrible, and what basic rules of horror cinema it breaks.



The State of Modern Horror - Part II: The Lost Boys

By spencer • Oct 14th, 2008 • Category: watching

Our special four-part series examining the past, present and future of the horror genre continues this week with Part II: The Lost Boys — How the most promising writer-directors in the field stopped making horror movies.



The State of Modern Horror - Part I: What Ever Happened To Rosemary’s Baby?

By spencer • Oct 6th, 2008 • Category: watching

This month, we bring you a special four-part series examining the past, present and future of the horror genre, with a new article to be posted each week. This special feature debuts with Part 1: What Ever Happened to Rosemary’s Baby? — A Manifesto Regarding The Slow, Suspenseless Death Of Horror.



Egregious Kill

By brian longtin • Sep 13th, 2008 • Category: watching

De Niro and Pacino are unquestionably a part of that top one percent with unparalleled talent — which is why it’s so baffling how unbearably bad they both are in ‘Righteous Kill’.



Ad Men Push ‘Mad Men’

By brian longtin • Aug 8th, 2008 • Category: watching

How marketers turned the idea of a target audience back on themselves, creating a unique feedback loop whose reverberations may be partly responsible for the show’s success.