Top Ten Films: 2001

This is it. This is my final retroactive Top 10 list, because it is my first.

Pain, Trains & Automobiles: ‘The Rover’ & ‘Snowpiercer’

You know what I hate about myself? I know what people taste like. I know that babies taste best.

‘Prometheus’ Versus Them: It’s Ridley’s Believe-It-Or-Not!

In space, no one can hear you say… “Hmmm…” That could very well be the tagline for Ridley Scott’s new “is it a prequel to Alien or what?”, and the answer — spoiler alert! — is yes, definitely. There was never any question that the film was aping Alien in its trailer, not to mention […]

Top Ten Films: 2009

Continuing my retrospective Top 10 lists… Okay, so this was the year the Oscars got on my nerves for announcing ten Best Picture nominees. (And judging by what was included in those ten, I think we can all agree that I was right to be irked… which is some vindication, at least.)

Top Ten Films: 2010

As a film school graduate, I’m afraid I have an obligation to take entertainment way too seriously. That’s why, when awards season rolls around, I can’t help but partake in the senseless, arbitrary, and totally nerdy critic’s pastime of ranking all the films I saw and compiling a Top Ten List. And since 2011’s award […]

Trailer Trash: Ridley Scott’s ‘Prometheus’

It’s been a spell since Ridley Scott directed anything to make us really stand up and take notice, but you gotta love the guy. Black Hawk Down, Gladiator, Thelma & Louise… and, of course, Alien.