Crooked Marquee — Page 148 of 258 — Delightfully unique (crooked) movie perspectives.

04/29/202103/02/2024inReviewsby Kimber Myers5 min read

Review: Tom Clancy’s Without Remorse

Amazon’s Michael B. Jordan-fronted Tom Clancy adaptation wastes a lot of talent – and your time.

04/28/202103/02/2024inLooking Backby Jeremy Herbert8 min read

Tony Scott: Three Sequels by Any Other Name

How Tony Scott reinvigorated his style in the 1990s with spiritual sequels to three 1970s classics.

04/27/202103/02/2024inLooking Backby Zach Vasquez11 min read

The Loser Canon: Why We Need More Movies About Bums, Deadbeats, Drifters and Barflies

Towards a unifying theory of cinematic burnouts.

04/26/202103/02/2024inLooking Back, Happy Birthdayby Cian Tsang6 min read

Keep Watching the Skies: The Thing from Another World at 70

On its 70th anniversary, a look back at the chilling sci-fi/horror film that is, these days, too often viewed only in comparison to its remake.

04/26/202103/02/2024inLooking Back, Happy Birthdayby Ciara Moloney5 min read

A Woman Waging War: Ms .45 at 40

Abel Ferrara’s revenge thriller (released forty years ago this month) remains both a genre masterpiece and a staggering examination of sexual politics and rape culture.

04/23/202103/02/2024inLooking Backby Jason Bailey5 min read

Classic Corner: Breakheart Pass

This rousing Western adventure was one of Charles Bronson’s first films after ‘Death Wish’ – and the kind of movie he stopped making because of that film’s success.

04/22/202104/22/2021inReviewsby Abby Olcese4 min read

Review: Mortal Kombat

How good is the latest feature film adaptation of the beloved video game? Well, that depends on what you want out of it.

04/22/202103/02/2024inLooking Backby Audrey Fox8 min read

1950s Cinema and the Battle Against Conformity

Our go-to images of the 1950s – white picket fences, conspicuous consumption, cheerful conformity – are often, and effectively, contradicted by the cinema of the era.

04/21/202103/02/2024inMoviesby Chelsea Spear10 min read

The Unlikely Ascent of Trent Reznor, Oscar Golden Boy

How the Nine Inch Nails frontman became one of the film industry’s most venerated composers.

04/21/202103/02/2024inReviewsby Craig D. Lindsey4 min read

Review: Nobody

Bob Odenkirk’s action debut is a crackerjack thriller – and an enjoyable change of pace for the comic actor.

04/20/202104/19/2021inMoviesby Bill Bria7 min read

Nighthawks and Oscar: Changing the Image of Sylvester Stallone

In the spring of 1981, and again a decade later, one of the world’s biggest movie stars tried to shake up his persona. But these things are easier said than done.

04/20/202111/16/2025inLooking Backby Kristen Grote5 min read

Lizard Brains and Fish Dreams in Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call – New Orleans

Werner Herzog seemed like an unlikely director for a Nicolas Cage cop movie. But the resultant collaboration was steeped in the director’s customary themes and preoccupations.