At Biff Bam Pop, friend of the Gutter Jeffery X Martin and the Gutter’s own Sachin Hingoo have some suggestions for the upcoming Fantasia International Film Festival! “As far as we’re concerned around these parts, though we might cover a few film festivals over the course of the […]
Jeffery X Martin returns as this week’s Guest Star! ~~~ Some people look forward to the utter destruction of Planet Earth and the societies it hosts like a six-year-old awaiting Winter holidays. Explosions! Fireballs! Tsunamis! Avalanches! Probably all at the same time! Cold War kids have been expecting […]
At The Projection Booth Podcast, friend of the Gutter Mike White, Rob Spencer and Rob St. Mary discuss Alex Proyas Dark City. “The conversation covers the film’s three screenplay stages and two finished cuts, the studio-mandated voice-over that Proyas spent a decade trying to undo, and Roger Ebert’s […]
At The Projection Booth, friend of the Gutter Mike White and Rob St. Mary watch The Toxic Avenger. “In 2025, New Jersey’s favorite hideously deformed creature of superhuman size and strength returned — twice. Writer/director Macon Blair’s big-budget reimagining, The Toxic Avenger (2023), finally received a wide theatrical […]
Despite lukewarm reviews and poor box-office performance in 2002, Equilibrium has captivated audiences and become a cult hit in the decades since its release. That isn’t to say it’s a film without issues; the main one is that it is quite derivative at times, with echoes of Fahrenheit 451, 1984, and The Matrix, but it runs with these inspirations, crafting a unique aesthetic and universe.
At The Movie Sleuth, friend of the Gutter Michelle Kisner has a nice piece on a recent adaptation of Stephen King, The Long Walk (USA, 2025). “One of the unifying features of King’s work, when writing as Bachman, is the prevailing nihilism of the stories and the bleak […]
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