May 31, 2016

It's an episode of complicated plots. Dave and Elise struggle to understand the plot and world of Toni Dove's visually and formally inventive sci-fi noir SPECTROPIA (2006), and admire the plot of John Dahl's forgotten UNFORGETTABLE (1996). Elise explains why Ray Liotta is androgynous. Dave defends John Dahl's...

Apr 24, 2016

Elise decides Alan Moore is the problem with Zack Snyder's WATCHMEN, defends BATMAN V SUPERMAN as "Romantic art." Dave shouts about Kant, explains how both Snyder and Moore get superheroes wrong, while inveighing against some guy named Alex Ross. And much, much more in this epic discussion of a couple of movies they...

Apr 7, 2016

Elise Moore and David Fiore settle in for their final kick at the 11.22.63 can, with a discussion of the climactic episode 8 - "The Day in Question". The series finale is a mixed bag of praiseworthy camera work, interesting acting choices, and a fair number of self-defeating writing decisions (some of which have their...

Mar 30, 2016

Dave and Elise could run away from all of this and settle in to become old people who wear matching sweaters, but instead they are valiantly forging on with their analysis of Hulu's adaptation of Stephen King's 11.22.63. We've reached the series' penultimate episode - lucky number 7 - and time appears to be running out...

Mar 24, 2016

Elise Moore and David Fiore turn an important corner this week in their coverage of Hulu's adaptation of Stephen King's 11.22.63. Episode Six features a lot of interesting moments with their favourite character of the series - the birthday boy himself, Lee Harvey Oswald. Along the way, Elise draws a startling comparison...