Today’s extraordinary Korean thriller on Netflix Streaming: MONSTER (2014). An industrialist makes the mistake of trusting a blackmail payoff to an underling who would rather have the money himself. The underling goes straight to the brother he’s avoided for years, the titular monster, a stone sociopath who kills as easily as he breathes, offering him […]
In which two of the funniest screen personalities of all time take one of history’s least funny subjects. Who achieves greatness, and who never rises above kitsch? Commentary by Adam-Troy Castro. To Be Or Not To Be (1942). Directed by Ernst Lubitsch. Written by Melchior Lengyel and Edwin Justice Mayer, from an original story by […]
Explanation: the next remake column will be a few days later than anticipated, due to circumstances beyond our control (the remake has not shown up as anticipated). Thus, to hold its place, another past movie rant, originally posted on various online locations from April 29 2010. Enjoy. A-TC I hereby propose an official name for […]