Every week with Revisiting the Reviled, Sean looks at a film that was meant to appeal to geeks and failed, often miserably. As special effects have gotten better and allowed filmmakers to place expansive, fantastical …
Seth MacFarlane has built his career upon the foundation of vulgarity, pop culture references, and non sequiturs. Though MacFarlane is able to get away with just those three things over the course of a 22-minute …
There’s a fetish for everything. That’s not bring judgement down on anyone (except Bronies), it’s to acknowledge that the human mind is capable of being turned on by practically anything imaginable. With his debut as …
There is a certain dread that has invaded the pop culture conversation. Fear of the spoiler permeates through the internet even though there have been recent studies that spoilers don’t affect enjoyment of a movie, …
Ever since the moment that Kurt Cobain’s body was discovered on April 8th, 1994, there have been plenty of people that have come forth believing that the front man of Nirvana did not commit suicide, …
It’s an all too familiar story. A creator with great ambition and the best of intentions creates a monster of unintended consequences. However, I’m not talking about the story of Jurassic World. I’m talking about …
Sequels to horror films often work on a level of diminishing returns. There’s no central mystery as to why, merely familiarity doesn’t breed terror. One way of circumventing this tendency is change the characters and …
As a series on HBO, Entourage ran for 8 seasons, taking home a few Emmys and Golden Globes along the way. Despite its long run and acclaim, the show morphed into easy fodder for detractors. …
There’s a long lineage of spy films in cinema. After World War II with the advent of the Cold War, tales of espionage become a major part of the pop culture landscape. As quickly as …