Punisher Gift Zone: A Guide To Journals
Even a Punisher has a list of people he needs to by gifts for at the end of the year
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Film Review: The Power Of The Dog
There is no way to discuss this movie without using spoilers, so be warned: spoilers abound. The Power of the
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‘Bergman Island’ Is A Dear John Letter To The Great Director
Bergman Island, the new film by Mia Hansen-Løve is a complicated love letter to the films of Ingmar Bergman, especially those
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Film Review: ‘The Many Saints Of Newark’ Is No ‘Sopranos’
The Many Saints of Newark, Alan Taylor‘s prequel to HBO’s The Sopranos, is written by David Chase and Lawrence Konner.
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Koom Asks: “If God Were A Filmmaker…?”
There’s two kinds of people in this world, Elvis people and Beatles people. Now, Beatles people can like Elvis. And
Read moreComicon Video: ‘Raiders!’ Where Are They Now?
Raiders!: The Story of the Greatest Fan Film Ever Made (2015) is a fascinating, riveting documentary. Directed by Jeremy Coon
Read moreReview: Alex Grand And Sebastian Guidobono’s ‘Journey Into Mexico’
Alex Grand and Sebastian Guidobono’s Journey Into Mexico is an all-ages graphic novel that marries Mexican history with Latin American
Read moreReview – ‘Frank Thorne The Blue: Wizard Of The Comic Arts’
Alex Grand and Jim Thompson’s published interview with Frank Thorne, Frank Thorne the Blue: Wizard of the Comic Arts is
Read moreReview: HBO’s ‘Mosaic’ Is A Murder Mystery, Just Not Too Memorable
Mosaic is one of HBO’s lower key dramas. A six part show, it was conceived as an interactive web series
Read moreFilm Review – ‘August: Osage County’
August: Osage County (2013), directed by John Wells and adapting Tracy Letts’ Pulitzer Prize-winning play of the same name, is
Read moreReview: Alan Moore And Kevin O’Neill’s ‘Cinema Purgatorio: This is Sinerama’
The collected Cinema Purgatorio: This is Sinerama by Alan Moore and Kevin O’Neill, published by Avatar, collects the chapters from
Read moreA Reappraisal Of The ‘Harold & Kumar’ Films
The Harold & Kumar movies, written by Jon Hurwitz and Hayden Schlossberg, began with Harold & Kumar Go to White
Read moreThe Contrarian Collector: Non-Fungible Friendships
In the last couple of columns, I talked about some negative aspects regarding collecting art (the difficulties of selling and
Read moreThe Contrarian Collector: To NFT or Not to NFT
What do Uber, Wallstreetbets, and NFT’s have in common? Perhaps more than we think. NFT’s (Non Fungible Tokens) are all
Read moreThe Contrarian Collector: The Pros And Cons Of Selling Versus Trading Original Art
If you’re thinking of letting a page of art go so you can get something new, should you sell it
Read moreThe Contrarian Collector: The Artwork Of David Roach
I probably would not have met David Roach if not for a mishap during the summer of 2014. I was
Read moreTV Review: ‘The Righteous Gemstones’
HBO’s The Righteous Gemstones is the latest Danny McBride HBO vehicle after Eastbound & Down and Vice Principals. Eastbound &
Read moreThe Contrarian Collector: Discussing Original Art From ‘Action Comics’ #662
I should have written this up in time for Valentine’s Day, but better late than never. I gave up collecting
Read moreAnd Now For Something Completely Python: Monty Python’s Fliegender Zirkus
A quick typing of ‘Monty Python’ into the search bar on Netflix will drag up: Monty Python and the Holy
Read moreThe Souls Of Brown Folk: Reviewing Netflix’s ‘The White Tiger’
Ramin Bahrani’s The White Tiger adapts Aravind Adiga’s 2008 Man Booker Prize winning novel. The novel itself, published as a
Read moreTelevision Review: Scorsese’s ‘Pretend It’s A City’ is Wryly Captivating
In Martin Scorsese’s documentary miniseries Pretend It’s A City, the famed director basically puts a mike on Fran Lebowitz and
Read moreReview: ‘The Godfather Coda – The Death of Michael Corleone’ Is A Case For Unnecessary Tinkering
Francis Ford Coppola’s new cut of The Godfather, Part III – Coda: The Death of Michael Corleone – will come
Read moreVintage Triple Bill: The Ghost of Christmas Films Past
Christmas can be a time of repetitive X-Mas classics: It’s A Wonderful Life, National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation, Scrooged, various Grinch
Read moreReview: Fincher’s Foray Into The Past Produces The Mercurial ‘Mank’
David Fincher’s latest film, Mank, is a portrait of famed screenwriter Herman Mankiewicz and the director’s first feature film in something
Read moreDeepa Mehta Metastasizes Her Mistakes In Mangled Adaptation Of ‘Funny Boy’
Funny Boy, directed by Deepa Mehta (no relation to the 1968 film Funny Girl, starring Barbra Streisand), is Canada’s entry for
Read moreVintage Double Bills: ‘Blue Collar’ And ‘Bread & Roses’
Americans have always had a contentious relationship with unions. People associate them with socialism. And in the 70s, especially after
Read moreReview: ‘Borat Subsequent Moviefilm’
The Borat sequel Borat Subsequent Moviefilm, or Borat Subsequent Moviefilm: Delivery of Prodigious Bribe to American Regime for Make Benefit
Read moreVintage Double Bills: ‘The Lady From Shanghai’ and ‘Body Heat’
The Lady From Shanghai (1947) is a well known noir by Orson Welles although it’s not as well known as
Read moreVintage Double Bills: ‘Dog Day Afternoon’ And ‘Network’
Two notable works by Sidney Lumet that make an excellent pairing are Dog Day Afternoon (1975) and Network (1976). A
Read moreVintage Double Bills: ‘Single White Female’ and ‘The Cable Guy’
Single White Female (1992) is a thriller directed by Barbet Schroeder. It stars Bridget Fonda as the eponymous young women
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