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 …
Tagged: film review
‘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 …
Civil War(s)
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
Though art often imitates life, that’s not a good thing when the art in question is a vision of what a contemporary U.S. civil war …
Panida to screen Across the River and Into the Trees, based on Hemingway war novel
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
Though Ernest Hemingway’s novels For Whom the Bell Tolls (1940) and The Old Man and the Sea (1952) are perhaps his best known, Across the …
A-list Alien(s)
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
With Alien: Romulus in theaters now — and because I haven’t been able to make it to the cinema to see it yet — I …
Napoleonic
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
It’s tempting to say that the new film Napoleon, from director Ridley Scott, which premiered in theaters just before Thanksgiving, comes at an apt …
El Conde gives Augusto Pinochet the Count Dracula treatment
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
The best art always depicts things we think we understand but in ways that make us think again. The moody 2023 film El Conde from …
‘Logan,’ ‘John Wick’ and return of R-rated action
By Cameron Rasmusson
Reader Staff
A funny thing happened with the release of “Deadpool” last year.
The relentlessly crude superhero action comedy, which scraped its way through a tortured production …
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