Film & TV

My approach to film and television on this site is even less formal than my book reviews — I spout my opinion while trying to both entertain and avoid needless spoilers. Links below may range from short news items to full-blown reviews.

Movies of a Misspent Youth

A series of reviews that takes a look at the the great (and not so great) fantasy and scifi films available at the dawn of the cable TV and VCR age. Read more about Movies of a Misspent Youth here.

• The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai
• Alien Nation
• An American Werewolf in London
• Big Trouble in Little China
• The Black Hole
• Dawn of the Dead
• Dragonslayer
• Highlander
• Krull
• Logan’s Run
• Runaway
• Swamp Thing

Series

• Dexter Season 1 Retrospective
• Dexter Season 3: Still to Die For
• Dexter Season 3: The Damage a Man Can Do
• Do You Take Dexter Morgan? Season 3 Finale and Recap
• Dexter Season 4: Family, Suburbia, and Killing for Two
• Dexter Season 4: Road Kill, or The Jumping of the Snark
• Getaway: Dexter Season 4 Finale and Recap

Films

• The Call of Cthulhu
• Darkon (LARPer documentary)
• Dreams With Sharp Teeth (a film about Harlan Ellison)
• Modern Angst Through the Documentarian’s Lens (6 documentaries)
• The Star Wars Holiday Special (heinousity warning)

Web Gems

• 1945a
• Half-Life: Escape From City-17, part one
• The Hunt For Gollum
• The Mysterious Geographic Explorations of Jasper Morello
• The Outbreak: Choose Your Path Online Zombie Movie
• Pop Art

Opinion

• Netflix Nation — Have We Become Shut-Ins, or Film Scholars?
• Getting It Right — And Wrong — On Film
• What’s Wrong With Video Game Movies?