How to Start Watching: Movies at Home
by Billy Russell, Staff Writer
I dedicated the last year to building a home theater for myself so I can have total immersion AT HOME, away from assholes.
The difficulty of watching BLOOD SIMPLE in 2001
by Billy Russell, Staff Writer
I was fifteen years old the first time I saw the movie Blood Simple.
THE PRIMEVALS is an action-adventure for the entire family
by Bill Russell, Staff Writer
Primevals is a fun picture that always moves full-speed ahead onto the next chapter.
MASTERS OF THE AIR holds its own in the landscape of WWII television
by Billy Russell, Staff Writer
Masters of the Air is also an ambitious miniseries that is epic in scope, intimate in scale, and swings for the fences.
THE ZONE OF INTEREST shows an evil that is far from banal
by Billy Russell, Staff Writer
The Zone of Interest is one of those movies that would be an incredible, if depressing, metaphor for the state of things today no matter when it was released.
MONARCH: LEGACY OF MONSTERS is more of a boring legacy for its human characters
by Billy Russell, Staff Writer
The pitch for Monarch: Legacy of Monsters must have sounded too good to pass up for all parties involved.
Two Bill Paxton classics, TOMBSTONE and A SIMPLE PLAN, on their 30th and 25th Anniversaries
by Billy Russell, Staff Writer
Tombstone broils under the Arizona sun and A Simple Plan whispers, muffled, in a wind-chilled blanket of snow. Two films, both excellent tales of revenge, madness and fury, celebrate their December anniversaries.
30 Years Later, SCHINDLER'S LIST still has a lot to teach us
by Billy Russell, Staff Writer
After Schindler’s List, Steven Spielberg was now the most famous film director of all time, but with a new license to direct whatever project he wanted.
GODZILLA MINUS ONE is a back-to-basics Godzilla flick
by Billy Russell, Staff Writer
Godzilla Minus One is on the more serious spectrum of the franchise, along with the original Godzilla and Shin Godzilla. It is also one of the best of the series, period.
Hell on Earth: War in Cinema – BAND OF BROTHERS
by Billy Russell, Staff Writer
Band of Brothers is a rarity in that it is, in almost conceivable way, superior to Saving Private Ryan—no small feat.
The Legend of the Banana Stand: ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT After Two Decades
by Billy Russell, Staff Writer
Arrested Development turns 20 and it’s original run still stands strong.
Hell on Earth: War in Cinema – Spooky Edition: DOG SOLDIERS
by Billy Russell, Staff Writer
Dog Soldiers is one of those movies that feels like a checklist of movie references and cliches, but less as a routine exercise in formulaic filmmaking, and more as a clever pastiche of best-of moments of the genre
RONIN at 25 remains a badass example of "dude flicks"
by Billy Russell, Staff Writer
Ronin, as a movie, is little more than a series of really cool, badass events with the loosest of plots concocted as a framework from which to hang these setpieces. T
Hell on Earth: War in Cinema – FIVE FOR HELL is goofy escapism
by Billy Russell, Staff Writer
It's not surprising that Five for Hell is frequently listed as an inspiration for Quentin Tarantino’s own take on the macaroni combat flick, Inglourious Basterds.
"What a Good Guy": 30 Years of Brisco County, Jr. and Bruce Campbell
by Billy Russell, Staff Writer
For a time, The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr. was meant to the be the runaway hit that brought viewers in to watch Fox’s other Friday night show they were less sure about: The X-Files.
Hell on Earth: War in Cinema – THREE KINGS is a war comedy with heart
by Billy Russell, Staff Writer
Three Kings still remains one of my favorite movies, directed by someone who’s a real piece of shit
TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES: MUTANT MAYHEM brings the turtle power back to movie theaters
by Billy Russell, Staff Writer
The Turtles and I go way back.
Flop and Fizzle #9: WET HOT AMERICAN SUMMER gives us the summer camp experience we need
by Billy Russell, Staff Writer
For a blissful 92 minutes, whenever I’m watching Wet Hot American Summer, all that matters is Camp Firewood and its cast of characters, who, after twenty years of annual rewatches, feel like old friends to me.
Hell on Earth: War in Cinema –HEARTBREAK RIDGE (1986)
by Billy Russell, Staff Writer
Heartbreak Ridge is a movie only Clint Eastwood could have made, and he only could have made it during a time in his career when he was taking his biggest risks as a filmmaker, storyteller and an actor.
SUBSPECIES V: BLOOD RISE is a worthy prequel focused on character and filmmaking fundamentals
by Billy Russell, Staff Writer
Blood Rise has no interest in pandering fan service. It instead wants to service its fans by creating an entry worthy of the series.