Category: The Archive
Crazy Rich Asians (2018)
Crazy Rich Asians is pure cotton candy—two hours of fluffy entertainment built on an ironically…
Boogie Nights (1997) 
Alternately cheery and dreary, Paul Thomas Anderson’s porn de force shines a blacklight on the…
Iron Man 2 (2010)
Aggressively middling sequel goes through the motions to such a degree that even Downey…
Iron Man (2008) 
For all the world-building and king-making done here, Marvel’s Mayflower voyage into cinematic domination is…
Good Ol’ Freda (2013) 


Rock history is replete with well-intentioned superstars who chose to people their inner circle with…
Avengers: Infinity War (2018) 

Avengers: Infinity War functions as a kind of cinematic clothesline, with characters and subplots from the…
Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
Just about everything hits in Peter Jackson’s inaugural nerd derby: Sir Ian gives gravitas…
Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
It’s full D&D porn, as Big Bad Sauron brings his Orcs, Men, and mammoths…
Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Or, The Empire Strikes Back in mail armor. Peter Jackson delivers the middle act of…








