The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on February 23, 2016

The best thing about True Romance is some of the acting. The biggest problem with the film is who’s doing that great acting. It’s not leads Christian Slater and Patricia Arquette, who the film eventually just ignores in order to further its supporting cast (which is sort of fine, as...   read more

The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on February 23, 2016

The King of Marvin Gardens is an extremely quiet film. Jack Nicholson’s protagonist is a radio monologist, which suggests the viewer should listen to the content of his dialogue, but the secret of Marvin Gardens is that content’s unimportance. After a brief introduction to Nicholson&#82   read more

The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on February 23, 2016

The best thing about True Romance is some of the acting. The biggest problem with the film is who’s doing that great acting. It’s not leads Christian Slater and Patricia Arquette, who the film eventually just ignores in order to further its supporting cast (which is sort of fine, as...   read more

The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on February 22, 2016

The Best of An Alan Smithee Podcast: Episode Twelve Escape from New York (1981, John Carpenter) / 2019: After the Fall of New York (1983, Sergio Martino) Originally posted: February 9, 2011 Subscribe via iTunes.   read more

The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on February 22, 2016

The Best of An Alan Smithee Podcast: Episode Twelve Escape from New York (1981, John Carpenter) / 2019: After the Fall of New York (1983, Sergio Martino) Originally posted: February 9, 2011 Subscribe via iTunes.   read more

The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on February 18, 2016

Besides an occasional good performance and a lot of charming ones, Dazed and Confused only has so much going for it. Director Linklater is far more concerned with the script than he is with the direction. He doesn’t give the actors much to do and then doesn’t seem to want...   read more

The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on February 18, 2016

Besides an occasional good performance and a lot of charming ones, Dazed and Confused only has so much going for it. Director Linklater is far more concerned with the script than he is with the direction. He doesn’t give the actors much to do and then doesn’t seem to want...   read more

The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on February 15, 2016

The Best of An Alan Smithee Podcast: Episode Eleven Airplane (1980, Jim Abrahams, David Zucker, and Jerry Zucker) / Airplane II: The Sequel (1982, Ken Finkleman) Originally posted: January 15, 2011 Subscribe via iTunes.   read more

The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on February 15, 2016

The Best of An Alan Smithee Podcast: Episode Eleven Airplane (1980, Jim Abrahams, David Zucker, and Jerry Zucker) / Airplane II: The Sequel (1982, Ken Finkleman) Originally posted: January 15, 2011 Subscribe via iTunes.   read more

The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on February 9, 2016

Trainspotting moves. More than anything, director Boyle concerns himself with the film’s pace, whether through Masahiro Hirakubo’s glorious editing or lead Ewan McGregor’s narration, the film immediately sets a fast pace and keeps it throughout the film. Nothing can slow the film   read more

The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on February 9, 2016

There’s not much story to The Streetfighter. There’s some, but it’s usually dumb. Director Ozawa isn’t interested in developing lead Sonny Chiba as a character. He’s one of the best “karate men” (I really wonder if that term’s just the subtitles) in J   read more

The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on February 9, 2016

Trainspotting moves. More than anything, director Boyle concerns himself with the film’s pace, whether through Masahiro Hirakubo’s glorious editing or lead Ewan McGregor’s narration, the film immediately sets a fast pace and keeps it throughout the film. Nothing can slow the film   read more

The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on February 9, 2016

There’s not much story to The Streetfighter. There’s some, but it’s usually dumb. Director Ozawa isn’t interested in developing lead Sonny Chiba as a character. He’s one of the best “karate men” (I really wonder if that term’s just the subtitles) in J   read more

The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on February 8, 2016

The Best of An Alan Smithee Podcast: Episode Ten Flash Gordon (1980, Mike Hodges) / Popeye (1980, Robert Altman) Originally posted: December 31, 2010 Subscribe via iTunes.   read more

The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on February 8, 2016

The Best of An Alan Smithee Podcast: Episode Ten Flash Gordon (1980, Mike Hodges) / Popeye (1980, Robert Altman) Originally posted: December 31, 2010 Subscribe via iTunes.   read more

The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on February 2, 2016

Most of Moth is “found footage,” only really not because it’s multi-camera found footage and at some point, directors Elekes and Gallai push too hard on the concept and break it. The film tracks the progress of university lecturer Lídia Szabó as she investigates Mothman sightings   read more

The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on February 2, 2016

Most of Moth is “found footage,” only really not because it’s multi-camera found footage and at some point, directors Elekes and Gallai push too hard on the concept and break it. The film tracks the progress of university lecturer Lídia Szabó as she investigates Mothman sightings   read more

The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on February 1, 2016

The Best of An Alan Smithee Podcast: Episode Nine An American Werewolf in London (1981, John Landis) / An American Werewolf in Paris (1997, Anthony Waller) Originally posted: December 9, 2010 Subscribe via iTunes.   read more

The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on February 1, 2016

“Welcome to Eltingville.” You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy. You must be cautious. I suppose the first thing to say about “Eltingville” is it has a very, very limited audience. It’s a spoof of fan culture from the inside. It’s knowingl   read more

The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on February 1, 2016

Black Christmas has a lot of significant problems, but the film’s strengths make up for (or just distract from) a lot of them. But then there’s director Clark. He can’t make the film scary. He can make it disturbing–and often does, even when it’s not successful otherwi   read more