Michael Keaton is a type-cast actor who’s desperate to be taken seriously. Edward Norton is a method actor who’s notorious for demanding too much from those around him. I mean, that’s who they are in real life. They also play
Drive – Can You Outrun Your Nature
Refn’s Drive is a master course in how to layer a movie. It’s a frame perfect examination of a modern day Shane who’s been wrong so long, he can’t stop from doing more wrong, for all the right reasons. But
6Nothings – Convincing Earthworms to Till Soil for Fun & Profit
Welcome to Episode 2! This time Ron’s got 6 articles to foist on John-Michael. We talk Demagnetizers, Virtual Sports, the ‘oldest language’ debate, ventilators, the 5S method, and No-Till Farming. Enjoy, and see you in episode 3! This week’s links
6Nothings – Did WWII Japan Ever Crack the Navajo Wind Talker Code?
Hello and Welcome to 6Nothings! In each episode, John-Michael and Ron grab six weird and/or nerdy articles from around the web and attack them like a hyperactive dog plays fetch. Diligent at first, then running around in circles before forgetting
Mad Max: Fury Road – What Do You Cling To When There’s Nothing Out There?
When I first watched Mad Max: Fury Road, I was afraid there would only be one action scene… because the action would never stop. I needn’t have worried. Mastermind George Miller knows how to flood a flick with a glut
Its a Mad Mad Mad Mad World: Humor So Wet, You Could Build an Aquarium
Here’s how far off the rails the Mad, Mad train is driven: Larry, Moe, and Curly of the Three Stooges are marched in, dressed as firefighters, and theirs is the most sedate scene in the movie. If you were alive
The Hunger: We All Own an Attic/Crypt of Past Lovers, Right?
Tony Scott’s directorial debut must have coincided with a buy-one-get-two-free curtain sale. This melodrama is sensuous, moody, and broiling while steeped in an early 80s post-punk, pre-pop goth aesthetic. But Catherine Deneuve, David Bowie, and Susan Sarandon resurrect such excellent
Ready to Rumble – The WCW Harbinger of Doom
During the Attitude Era, two major wrestling federations declared war on each other in a desperate bid for relevancy and ratings. Amid this chaotic struggle of one-upsmanship, a terd of a movie was born. Ready to Rumble was bad. So
Autómata – Humanity as the Obsolete Model
Watching Autómata with Antonio Banderas is like playing dystopian bingo. What if Blade Runner Terminatored Jurassic Park? Autómata takes a Ginsu knife to some of our most beloved movies and serves us a roll of singularity sushi. But does this
TRON: Legacy – Never Tell an AI to ‘Create the Perfect World’
Oh, what an occasion we have here before us! Because your rumors are true! we do indeed have, in our midst, a User! A User… Dave and I down Junior Mints as we wax poetic about playing co-op with Dad.