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Burn all the rapists In February, with the arrival of David Fincher’s The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo at the end of 2011 staring us in the face, and having never read the books, I took home the Swedish version of the…
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Review: The ROCKY Movies
Yo! I am now a leading authority on the Rocky movies. Five days ago, I hadn’t seen any of them. Now I’ve seen ’em all. You know that theme? I’ve heard it a lot lately. I won the “Undisputed Collection” Blu-ray set about a…
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I’m with Hordak
I was not hugely into He-Man when I was growing up. This is not to say it was completely insignificant to me; I’ve written before about that time my parents got me Snake Mountain for no reason and it was…
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Review: HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS, PART ONE
The long, sad end of the road Look, at this point you’re either on board with Harry Potter or you’re not. Those who disdain the films (or the books) will find nothing in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part One, to redirect…
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Pure Cinema and the Serendipity of Visual Storytelling: Firework Nutshot Fail
I have never been much predisposed to believe in karma, but my newfound fondness for / obsession with “fail” videos has me looking over my shoulder and considering the Greater Forces. I predict that if there are truly any laws…
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The Beta Brands Shuffle
The chocolate factory where I worked summers during university was called Beta Brands, and like many beneficiaries of nepotism, I spent one of my rotations there with absolutely nothing to do — so I invented the Beta Brands Shuffle. The…
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A Decade of Not Trying
a program of work by Matt Brown
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Review: SPIDER-MAN 3
The Best Bad Movie Ever Made Lookit: making movies is hard, man. You have to be on top of so many things. You have to have a clear vision, and you need to carry it out. You need to construct…
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Review: THE GREEN HORNET
Kevin Smith must be spinning in his grave
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Review: AVATAR
The dreams of Iron Jim There’s a man who can’t walk, but in his dreams he can stride out into an alien wilderness and run. The man is Jim Cameron, and if he is known to be a tyrant, perhaps…