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    Apr 25 2013
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    Cinematica 4/02: Man of Iron and a Mandarin

    By Dan Slevin Audio, Cinematica
    The hottest ticket in town is Robert Downey Jr. in Iron Man 3; the hottest ticket in America two weeks ago was Evil Dead, the dreaded Gerard Butler tries to…
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    Apr 24 2013
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    Literary interlude

    By Glenn Kenny Literary interludes, Some Came Running by Glenn Kenny
    But Professor Skizzen had noticed that God was always excused. Any and every God. For any and every thing. A tornado might trash a trailer park and the poor wretches…
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    Apr 24 2013
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    Toward a unified field theory of "Pain & Gain"

    By Glenn Kenny Asides, Some Came Running by Glenn Kenny
    One of the things I admire about Michael Bay's Pain & Gain is how it functions as a critique of itself. "Bosh," some have replied to my tentative musings in…
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    Apr 22 2013
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    Delayed gratification

    By Dan Slevin Asides
    Well, it has taken a while to sort out but I can finally make a few announcements. Exactly a month ago, I had a big whine about the closure of…
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    Apr 22 2013
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    Review: Olympus Has Fallen, Evil Dead and Escape from Planet Earth

    By Dan Slevin Cinema, Reviews
    While original Die Hard director John McTiernan languishes in minimum security federal prison his heirs are keeping the action movie flame alive. Most recently, Antoine Fuqua’s Olympus Has Fallen might…
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    Apr 20 2013
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    Lessons of "From Beyond"

    By Glenn Kenny Aesthetics, Some Came Running by Glenn Kenny
    1) Psychedelic pink works; 2) while Jeffrey Combs and Barbara Crampton are not names you necessarily associate with the condition, amour fou is where you find it. 
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