Category: Looking Back

“There is something about this middle-aged bald guy that is thrilling!” A Curb Your Enthusiasm joke that’s as much about middle-aged […]

The music video as it was known in its heyday is now all but dead, reborn as online videos that roam […]

From the moment the project was announced, the easy conclusion to jump to was that The Shape of Water was Guillermo […]

With the premiere of the Paramount Network’s Waco miniseries alongside continued controversy over Quentin Tarantino’s upcoming Manson-era film, there’s never been […]

Editor’s note: After we’d published two of these columns, we discovered that Noel Mellor already has a well-established podcast and book […]

“You know, Hollywood has us convinced that it takes a hundred million dollars to make a quality piece of art, and […]

Based on my own research. Additions and corrections welcome (@ me), will update accordingly. Total wide releases (600+ theaters): 155 Sequels, […]

When bad numbers happen to good movies. Now, you’ll notice we didn’t say these movies were “flops.” Several of them were […]

You know how half the movies now are based on young-adult novels about adolescent girls in a post-apocalyptic wasteland, and the […]

Colossal seems destined to become a cult film, one that we’ll look back on and wonder how audiences missed it. Though […]

What is Girlfriend’s Day? An extended Mr. Show sketch built around a single joke? A genuine film noir with a goofy […]

Studio comedies are in a rut: In 2017, we had to contend with such junk as The House, Rough Night, and […]