Death Train
Death Train (1993), aka The Detonator, was a perennial staple at video stores and retail outlets all through the nineties and into the next decade. The image on the cover… Read more »
Tag: Patrick Stewart
Excalibur
Excalibur (1981) is filmmaker John Boorman’s greatest accomplishment as a stylist. Every frame practically functions as its own lavishly designed set-piece. Boorman has condensed Thomas Malory’s Arthurian epic to one-hundred… Read more »
Lifeforce
Tobe Hooper’s science-fiction/horror masterpiece Lifeforce (1985) was the first of a three picture deal the filmmaker had with Canon films following the success of Poltergeist (1982). Known for his visually… Read more »
The Uncanny X-Men
There are three major events in popular culture that formed my generation’s childhood. The first was Tim Burton’s Batman (1989), followed by the publication of X-Men #1 in 1991, and… Read more »
Logan
“This repression of the ‘non-serious’ aspects of pleasure, of a discourse of fun, is not, of course, a total exclusion. Notions of distraction, diversion, and entertainment have appeared with regularity… Read more »
