POPCORN CINEMA 35: The End of the World of MILLENNIUM John E. Meredith December 3, 2016 Popcorn Cinema It set up a different dynamic for the second season, which was helmed by Morgan and Wong while Chris Carter was busy on the first X-Files movie.
POPCORN CINEMA 34: Well, That Was Shocking John E. Meredith November 12, 2016 Popcorn Cinema Damn, dude, that was traumatic.
ABCs of Horror 2016 Day 28: V is for Max von Sydow John E. Meredith October 28, 2016 ABCs of Horror or Fifty Reasons Why An 87-Year Old Man Is Cooler Than You
ABCs of Horror 2016 Day 26: S is for Tom Savini John E. Meredith October 26, 2016 ABCs of Horror I almost killed Tom Savini. Seriously, I did. Just ask my friend, he was there.
THE FLESH IS WEAK #5: TAKE SHELTER John E. Meredith September 24, 2016 The Flesh is Weak There is a scene early in the 2011 film TAKE SHELTER that quietly sets the audience up for what's at stake.
POPCORN CINEMA 33: LASER MISSION, or Feminism With a Heaving Bosom John E. Meredith September 17, 2016 Popcorn Cinema And she's crazy smokin' hot. So is it, like, right to think a feminist is hot?
Advance Review: Supernatural: The Complete Eleventh Season Blu-ray John E. Meredith September 5, 2016 DVD/Blu-ray, Reviews, TV Season Eleven plunges Sam and Dean into extreme peril as they face The Darkness, a sinister new menace unleashed upon the Earth.
POPCORN CINEMA 32: You and the Shmoo John E. Meredith September 3, 2016 Popcorn Cinema Naw, man. The Shmoo ain't jism . . . he's a little cartoon dude.
A THING APART: The Nihilistic Morals of The Last House On the Left John E. Meredith August 30, 2016 Schlock & Awe There couldn't have been a more appropriate movie than LAST HOUSE to greet the slow and painful end of the Vietnam era.
POPCORN CINEMA 31: DEATH BED: THE BED THAT EATS John E. Meredith August 20, 2016 Popcorn Cinema There was this guy named George Barry. He grew up in the same Detroit suburbs as Sam Raimi and Bruce Campbell. Like them, he was a huge fan of classic horror films and drive-in movies.
THE FLESH IS WEAK #4: Writing With QUILLS John E. Meredith August 13, 2016 The Flesh is Weak Despite all the bodily fluids on display here, QUILLS is more about the mind (and even the heart) than the flesh.
THE FLESH IS WEAK #3: Memories of SAMSARA John E. Meredith July 30, 2016 The Flesh is Weak Fricke and Magidson claimed that they avoided any overt political views in assembling SAMSARA, but sometimes reality can be very political.
POPCORN CINEMA 30: Through the Whirlwind John E. Meredith July 23, 2016 Popcorn Cinema See, what happened was that me and Cinema, we went to see FINDING DORY.
THE FLESH IS WEAK #2: My Changing Faith In THE LAST TEMPTATION OF CHRIST John E. Meredith July 16, 2016 The Flesh is Weak It made me want to shout, or to reach out and do something to stop it. That's powerful filmmaking.
POPCORN CINEMA 29: Into the Whirlwind John E. Meredith July 9, 2016 Popcorn Cinema Sometimes I think TWISTER was the worst thing that ever happened to weather movies.
THE FLESH IS WEAK #1: FEARLESS John E. Meredith July 2, 2016 The Flesh is Weak Adapted by Rafael Yglesias from his own novel, FEARLESS is a profound film that is as remote as the main character inhabiting it.
POPCORN CINEMA 28: The Day My Kid Went Punk John E. Meredith June 25, 2016 Popcorn Cinema If you wanna get attention, get laid, and shut all the old people up . . . punk rock, dude.
Chinatown (1974) John E. Meredith June 23, 2016 Big Sleeps and Long Goodbyes, Movies Chinatown was made long after the supposed end of the noir period, yet it thoroughly recreates the mood and style of film noir.
The Conjuring 2 (2016) John E. Meredith June 13, 2016 Movies, Reviews In THE CONJURING 2, we witness Burgess' mastery of the camera as a storytelling tool, doing much to scare the shit out of us with a simple pan or tilt.
POPCORN CINEMA 27: PUT THE PEDAL TO THE METAL John E. Meredith June 11, 2016 Popcorn Cinema You seem a bit more like the GONE IN 60 SECONDS type. 1974, Toby Halicki, drive-in classic. You know, the one where a bunch of car thieves are given just five days to steal forty-eight cars.