Declaring that a movie’s “gonna suck” before it’s been seen by anybody is a game of averages. Yes, maybe it will. But maybe it will surprise you. The oddest things have been instant classics. So I am not writing off the upcoming ALIEN: COVENANT. Honestly, I am not. It may very well be a splendid, […]
Bill O’Reilly, that meatloaf-faced patron nudnik of nonstop yelling, wants us to know that the slaves who built the White House were actually paid, well-fed, and humanely housed. Do we honestly need to do this in 2016? It seems that we need to do this in 2016. I would like you to posit two slave […]
Quick Explanation: From time to time, venerable properties already covered in this space will be remade again, prompting additional thoughts. This essay is hereby updated to cover Danny Boyle’s filmed stage version. First Commentary by Adam-Troy Castro Frankenstein aka Edison’s Frankenstein (1910). Directed by J. Searle Dawley. Written by J. Searle Dawley, from the novel […]