Keith Allison is currently battling a sentient virus attempting to control his immune system and, through him, all of humanity. If all goes well, he will be back next month with a new piece. In the meantime, please enjoy this piece on William Burroughs and Duran Duran’s “Wild […]
Our friends at the Projection Booth watch Over The Edge (1979). “Jonathan Kaplan’s Over the Edge (1979) tells the story of a group of disaffected youths growing up in the sterile confines of a remote suburb. Their folks dig on that almighty dollar, seeking to continue to build […]
Our friends at Pet Cinematary watch Mike Mills’ Beginners (2010) starring Ewan MacGregor, Christopher Plummer and Mélanie Laurent.
Heat Vision has an oral history of Joel Schumacher’s Batman & Robin (1997). “Director Joel Schumacher was fresh off a surprise hit with 1995’s Batman Forever, and most of his team was returning. Though Schumacher lost star Val Kilmer as Batman, George Clooney, the promising star of TV’s […]
The Heat Vision has an oral history of Predator (1987). “Whether it was the heat of the jungle or the haze of time that accrues over three decades, the stories from people involved took on almost a Rashomon-like quality. Why did the studio shut the film down? How […]
At Nerdist, Kyle Anderson writes about the cosmic horror of The Thing (1982). “Lovecraft would often not describe his sinister entities, choosing instead to say simply “the indescribable horror” or the like, and allow the reader to come up with their own visuals. The inability of humans to […]
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