Independent horror films are becoming increasingly common, especially with the outbreak of found-footage horror films, they are becoming increasingly easy to make, and thus they lose a bit of their edge. However, saying this, there are still ample opportunities for a truly surprising horror film to arise, and while I won’t pretend that 10 Cloverfield…
Author: The Postmodern Pelican
Grave of the Fireflies (1988)
To be perfectly honest, I hated Grave of the Fireflies – I hate it for being so emotional. I hate it for making me feel things I have never felt before. I hate it for showing me a different side to war, that I have not encountered. I hate it for making me weep like…
Sing Street (2016)
Once again I am at an absolute loss for words – I went into Sing Street expecting something mildly amusing, at the very least a good film. I wasn’t expecting an absolute masterpiece. I was not expecting that I would see a film that would absolutely blow my mind. Sing Street is a film of…
Ratchet & Clank (2016)
Sometimes major critics get it wrong, sometimes they get it right. Sometimes they hit the nail right on the head about whether or not a film is good or bad, and sometimes they are just needlessly mean and just miss the point, and just are simply unfair on a film. A film I feel too…
Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back (2001)
At this point, I don’t need to elaborate on why I adore Kevin Smith or the View Askewniverse, because it just isn’t really necessary – other than finding that he and I share a very similar sense of humor with certain things, Smith’s films always are very funny, endearing and in particular, his View Askewniverse…
Lilies of the Field (1963)
Other than Peter O’Toole and Jack Lemmon, the only actor I am willing to contend is the greatest actor to ever live is Sidney Poitier. It boggles my mind to see his output from the late 1950s to the late 1960s and not legitimately believe this guy was on the exact same level as Marlon…
The Jungle Book (2016)
It is a common complaint from many that Hollywood needs to be original – every year we see a glut of remakes, reboots, sequels and re-imaginings of previously existing movies – and it is a complaint I fully agree with. Hollywood doesn’t seem to be very capable of making many completely original films, and those…
Irrational Man (2015)
In its analysis of Irrational Man, Rotten Tomatoes mentions “Woody Allen apologists” – this is an unfortunate term that actually perfectly describes people like me – I recognize Allen as one of the greatest cinematic minds of all time, and his streak of making a film every year is almost completely unprecedented – but with that…
Winnebago Man (2009)
I consider myself someone who is relatively well-versed in the layers of the internet, specifically that of viral superstars – basically people that rise to meteoric fame because of a video they appear in that gets a bunch of attention. Perhaps my favorite video on the internet is Winnebago Man – the endlessly entertaining odyssey…
Mallrats (1995)
I am way too fond of Kevin Smith for my own good. I just think he’s an absolutely tremendous director, and his films are just so endlessly entertaining. Clerks is the very pinnacle of independent comedy that I love, and every film he did since that has been varying shades of brilliance. Clerks was risky…
