Any who are celebrating the additon of the “Skip Intro” button on Netflix are fools. Fools! I, for one, am here in a big way for the golden age of atmospheric TV theme songs that we are currently living in. The opening sequence of HBO’s fantastic Big Little Lies, set to Michael Kiwanuka’s “Cold Little Heart,” is a haunting deconstuction of the big motifs of … Continue reading COLD LITTLE HEARTS AND BIG LITTLE LIES

Digging the new trailer for Marvel Studios’ Avengers: Infinity War? Why not pre-game for the movie with our five part series on the deep craziness of the original Infinity Gauntlet comic series? FIVE THINGS TO KEEP IN MIND WHILE YOU READ INFINITY GAUNTLET: PART 1. GOD ISN’T JUST DEAD – HE COMMITTED SUICIDE PART 2. THANOS IS MACBETH (KIND OF) PART 3. GEORGE PÉREZ SHOULD HAVE DRAWN … Continue reading FIVE THINGS ABOUT THE CRAZY COMIC THAT LED TO THE AVENGERS: INFINITY WAR TRAILER

For Man of Steel, Gillette ran the following ad campaign: Warner Brothers even continued it’s promotional relationship with Gillette for Justice League. If they really wanted to own the CG mustache removal they could have had a lot of fun with this. I would suggest the following alternate copy: “Not everybody can afford millions of dollars for digital mustache removal.” Continue reading SAY WHAT YOU WILL ABOUT JUSTICE LEAGUE, IT AT LEAST ANSWERED THIS QUESTION

**BIG TIME SPOILERS** Overall, I loved Kenneth Branagh’s new adaptation of Murder on the Orient Express. I love the clarity of the story and setting. I love the hammy, arch performances by the game cast (especially Branagh’s own mustachioed performance as Hercule Poirot). Being wholly unfamiliar with the material, I love retroactively clocking the movie Snowpiercer as a warped, dystopian grandchild of this story. And … Continue reading HOW TO GET AWAY WITH KENNETH BRANAGH’S MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS