Alien: Covenant Trailer Breakdown

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I'm kind of at a loss for words about Alien: Covenant.  There are plenty of things I could mention about the Alien series but, at this point, I’m pretty sure it’s all been said.  We’ve all heard the analysis of how the first film is about rape and sexual terror, we’ve all praised Aliens as one of the truly greater horror sequels, we’ve all searched for quality in Alien 3, and shamefully hidden our enjoyment of Alien Resurrection. 

We all struggled with Prometheus, a film whose failures and success seem to have most determined the path of Alien: Covenant, and we even enjoyed Alien v. Predator while also suffering through its sequel.  We’ve bought the comics and the action figures and the video games, we’ve gorged ourselves fully at the buffet of Alien.  So I guess my biggest question going into Alien: Covenant, the one thing I actually can say about it is…why do we need more, exactly?

Film Land - Ghostbusters (2016)

 

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Edited by Robert Beach

Well, it’s finally here, the movie event that’s been polarizing reasonable people and the hordes of obsessive dorks that fight them all year long: Ghostbusters. Who would’ve thought that such an innocuous little thing as a remake of Ghostbusters would cause so much anger and controversy? To the point of launching  a full-on culture war between the forces of common sense and the powers of unreasonable panic and blatant sexism, it boggles the mind.  Maybe that’s because I was never the biggest fan of the original Ghostbusters. 

I don’t hate it or anything but when it finally entered my cultural lexicon I don’t think it was as much of a landmark moment as it was for a lot of other folks.  As such, I’ve always viewed Ghostbusters as a fun idea where the spin-offs were more interesting implementations of that concept than the original, stuff like The Real Ghostbusters or Extreme Ghostbusters are what I really gravitated to.  I bring that up because I say to you now that Ghostbusters 2016 is every bit the equal of the original film, an amazing blockbuster ride from start to finish and easily my favorite entry in the franchise thus far. 

Panel Vision - Blockbusters According to Comics 2015

The end of one year and beginning of a new one is a time of serious duality, a time to look back and reminisce while also dream of the future yet to come.  In that respect I’ve got my own blend of year appraisal and prognostication/wishful thinking for the year to come in the form of “Blockbusters According to Comics.”  This is where I look over some of the biggest hit films, TV, and trends of the past year and try and find the comic book property that could be adapted to fit well into that particular cresting wave.  Currently I’m limiting my suggestions to DC and Marvel properties but we’ll see, in the years to come maybe Image and Darkhorse and friends will have enough properties and clout to consider an adaptation.  Till then, here are the blockbusters according to comics. 

7 Films That Could Use A Female-Led Reboot

I've got another listicle up for the fine folks at Laser Time Podcast, this time going through all the movies I think could really benefit from a female-led reboot ala Ghostbusters & Roadhouse, read the full article here:

http://www.lasertimepodcast.com/2015/09/23/7-films-that-could-use-a-female-led-reboot/

Movie Monthly - Road Warrior

Edited by Robert Beach

Welcome back to Movie Monthly where every month it’s a new theme. This month is August Apocalypse. We’ll be looking at a bunch of films that take place in the wide world of creativity, pyrotechnic adventure, and human ugliness that is the post-apocalyptic wasteland. While I don’t normally focus on bigger films, our first one up is going to be Mad Max 2: Road Warrior. This is partially because Mad Max just saw an incredibly successful revival this year with Mad Max: Fury Road, but because I wanted to talk about Road Warrior through the lens of being an LGBT reviewer.