Mad about Science: Dune
By Molly Madrid Reader Staff Everyone is familiar with the saying: “Fact is stranger than fiction.” Perhaps, instead, we should focus on how strange writers of fiction tend to be. Frank Herbert was an...
Category: Movie Reviews
Watch the Griswolds’ holiday go up in flames with National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff Holidays never seem to go as planned — no matter how hard a person might work to make everything “perfect” on any given special day, the universe will more...
Fly Fishing Film Festival showcases the beauty of the sport
By Reader Staff As the days get shorter and colder, spend an evening dreaming of outdoor adventure with the annual International Fly Fishing Film Festival, returning to the Panida Theater (300 N. First Ave.)...
The best inside jokes in the history of television
By Ben Olson Reader Staff Television shows have often been filled with cliches, tropes and overt jokes written for a broad audience. Even the plotlines to some shows are so overdone, the mere inclusion...
O Brother, Where Art Thou? features as Panida $5 film
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff Among the movies that came to theaters in the early 2000s, O Brother, Where Art Thou? could be regarded as one that approaches perfection. Written and directed by brothers...
Netflix series Chimp Crazy lives up to both parts of its title
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff Like many people — probably too many people — I binged Tiger King in its entirety when it arose as a short-lived cultural behemoth during the early dark days...
‘Great Odin’s raven!’ Panida to host Anchorman as $5 film
By Zach Hagadone In case you haven’t noticed, the Tuesday, Nov. 5 election is kind of a big deal. But so is Ron Burgundy, the schmoozy-schmaltzy bigshot San Diego TV news anchor played to...
The Penguin is a crime drama masterpiece that transcends its comic-book origins
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff It’s been said by at least one critic at The Guardian that Colin Farrell should win “all the awards” for his remarkable performance as Oswald (a.k.a. “Oz,” a.k.a. “The...
Teton Gravity Research brings its 29th annual screening of stoke to the Panida
By Reader Staff “Stoke” is a word that we use during this time of year to describe the excitement leading up to the commencement of the snow sports season. We’re talking about snowboarding, skiing,...
Netflix’s Mr. McMahon is the docu-series we need — and deserve — right now
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff It’s an unsettling experience to watch the brand-new, hotly anticipated and much-discussed Netflix docu-series Mr. McMahon, which takes viewers on a sweeping, insider-y journey through the cultural phenomenon of...
