Only now does it occur to me... MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE 5 – ROGUE NATION (2015)
Only now does it occur to me... that Jeremy Renner can't see it.
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"Datin' Satan: A Journey to Hell With Louisa May Alcott" in Epiphany
My latest essay––about Louisa May Alcott's lesser known, gritty and gruesome early work (with a focus on her novel A Long Fatal Love Chase)––has been published by Epiphany: A Literary Journal as a part...
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"The Film Treatment for Ingmar Bergman’s Escape (The Piña Colada Song)" in...
My latest Swedish art film/Yacht Rock-inspired humor piece, "The Film Treatment for Ingmar Bergman’s Escape (The Piña Colada Song)," may be read online at McSweeney's Internet Tendency.(Other pieces...
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Only now does it occur to me... 9 1/2 WEEKS (1986)
Only now does it occur to me... as a filmgoer who had somehow seen every single one of Adrian Lyne's features (from FLASHDANCE to UNFAITHFUL, from FATAL ATTRACTION to FOXES, from JACOB'S LADDER to...
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Only now does it occur to me... WHITE OF THE EYE (1987)
Only now does it occur to me... that WHITE OF THE EYE truly stands alone in the (overflowing) cabinet of '80s horror curiosities. Where else do you get a Tucson, Arizona-set Cannon Film giallo with...
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Only now does it occur to me... THREE DAYS OF THE CONDOR (1975)
Only now does it occur to me... that in his paranoid cloak n' dagger thriller THREE DAYS OF THE CONDOR, Sydney Pollack inserts a small homage to Italian master of horror Dario Argento.In a scene where...
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Film Review: TRAUMA (1993, Dario Argento)
Stars: 3.8 of 5.Running Time: 106 minutes.Notable Cast or Crew: Asia Argento (MOTHER OF TEARS, THE LAST MISTRESS), Christopher Rydell (ON GOLDEN POND, MASK), Piper Laurie (TWIN PEAKS, CARRIE), Frederic...
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Only now does it occur to me... THE BRAIN (1988)
Only now does it occur to me... that THE BRAIN is a weird, late '80s mutation of THEY LIVE, THE SHINING, and David Cronenberg, but mostly David Cronenberg. It's that dreary brand of '70/'80s Canadian...
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Only now does it occur to me... MACABRE (1980)
Only now does it occur to me... what would happen if Lamberto "son of Mario" Bava took inspiration from Tennessee Williams to make his own Southern Gothic Italotrash horror saga? And what if all he...
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Only now does it occur to me... THAT'S THE WAY OF THE WORLD (1975)
Only now does it occur to me... first off, that there even was an Earth, Wind, & Fire movie. Nice! Secondly, only now does it occur to me... that the Earth, Wind, & Fire movie stars... Harvey...
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"Six Authors in Search of a Character, Part 1: Stephen King" in ZYZZYVA
I'm very excited to premiere the first installment of a new essay series in ZYZZYVA Literary Magazine––it's called "Six Authors in Search of a Character" and it will explore the unusual and complicated...
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Only now does it occur to me... DIAL CODE SANTA CLAUS (1989)
Only now does it occur to me... that there's more to say about DIAL CODE SANTA CLAUS, a.k.a. DEADLY GAMES, a.k.a. 3615 CODE PÉRE NOËL, a.k.a. HIDE AND FREAK than merely, "it's the basis for HOME...
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#3 MEN AND A BABY (1987, Leonard Nimoy)THE 3 MUSKETEERS (1973, Richard Lester)3 WOMEN (1977, Robert Altman) THE 5TH ELEMENT (1997, Luc Besson)7 DAYS IN MAY (1964, John Frankenheimer)9 1/2 WEEKS (1986,...
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"Six Authors in Search of a Character, Part 2: Richard Wright" in ZYZZYVA
I'm very excited to announce the second installment of my ongoing essay series in ZYZZYVA Literary Magazine––the series is called "Six Authors in Search of a Character" and it explores the unusual and...
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"Six Authors in Search of a Character, Part 3: Irvine Welsh" in ZYZZYVA
The third installment of my ongoing essay series in ZYZZYVA Literary Magazine is now live––the series is called "Six Authors in Search of a Character" and it explores the unusual and complicated...
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"Six Authors in Search of a Character, Part 4: Mickey Spillane" in ZYZZYVA
The fourth installment of my ongoing essay series in ZYZZYVA Literary Magazine is now live––the series is called "Six Authors in Search of a Character" and it explores the unusual and complicated...
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"Six Authors in Search of a Character, Part 5: Jacqueline Susann" in ZYZZYVA
The fifth installment of my ongoing essay series in ZYZZYVA Literary Magazine is now live––the series is called "Six Authors in Search of a Character" and it explores the unusual and complicated...
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Film Review: SUPER MARIO BROS. (1993, Annabel Jankel & Rocky Morton)
Yoshi Eggs: 2.5 of 5?Running Time: 104 minutes.Notable Cast or Crew: Bob Hoskins (THE LONG GOOD FRIDAY, MONA LISA, WHO FRAMED ROGER RABBIT), John Leguizamo (ROMEO + JULIET, CARLITO'S WAY, ENCANTO),...
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Six Authors in Search of a Character, Part 6: Yukio Mishima in ZYZZYVA
The sixth and final installment of my ongoing essay series in ZYZZYVA Literary Magazine is now live––the series is called "Six Authors in Search of a Character" and it explores the unusual and...
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