Tripping the Light Voyage, Part 2: How to get the Fantastic Four Right
In part one, we talked about he elements that need to be present in a Fantastic Four film (and have yet to be so). Here, we’ll discuss specific ways this can be done and then…
September 2015
Spindrift: Black Mass
After seeing Black Mass, I was left with a couple things: disappointment, surprise that the movie had ended, and confusion on how the acting good be so good and yet have a very dull movie….
Tripping the Light Voyage, Part 1: What Fantastic Four Movies Keep Getting Wrong
I’ve watched four feature films with the title ‘Fantastic Four.’ Here they are, by the numbers: 3 were released in theaters. All of those with wide release were produced by Fox Studios. 1 was done…
Spindrift: Jon Favreau’s Jungle Book
The first trailer for Jon Favreau’s Jungle Book remake came out Monday. I loved the first one as a kid and it still holds up today. The new Jungle Book takes a very different direction…
Spindrift: American Ultra and Southpaw
I saw American Ultra this week. I didn’t expect anything amazing from this movie but I wanted a good time… and I got it. Jesse Eisenberg, as always, did a good job, but the surprise…
Spindrift: Why I Like Watching Other People Play Video Games
If you haven’t heard, Jimmy Kimmel posted a YouTube video making fun of gamers who watch other people play video games. The video was their most disliked of all time on YouTube and a couple…