Companion There’s only one group of movie fans more annoying than musical fans and that’s horror fans. They’re almost exclusively the same people who are overly obsessed with Halloween. A sad lot, really, because you’re basically reducing a movie to jump scares, or tropes within tropes. What’s the best scary movie released in recent years? Midsommar? Give me a break. Give YOURSELF a break and read a book. Which is why, I gotta say, bravo, Companion. You did it....

Amadeus: Theatrical Cut Remember that movie Last Action Hero? If you don’t know what I’m talking about, you should check it out. It’s a smart action movie parodying the big action/comedy movies of the 80s and 90s. Some say Last Action Hero also killed that genre of movies, but they’re wrong. Just look at the Fast & Furious franchise. There will always be a market for big dumb movies. But anyway, I loved Last Action Hero when I saw...

Jon SpencerSick of Being Sick A long time ago Steve Albini was on the Marc Maron podcast and was asked who his favorite people were to produce. Albini mentioned Jon Spencer and said something like “he knows exactly what he wants.” If you don’t know who Jon Spencer is, or don’t like his music, doesn’t that at least command some form of respect? Of all the people Albini has worked with, and been underwhelmed by, Spencer stands out. Luckily for...

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Conclave Did any of us expect the election of a new pope to be so riveting? I really liked Conclave the first time I watched it in the theatres, mostly for the sly politics, wonderful performances, and surprise ending that I was sure would upset a certain kind of person. I couldn’t wait for my friends to watch it and gauge their reactions afterwards. Sure enough, the ones I thought would lose their shit at the ending for all...

The Terminator40th Anniversary I remember seeing Terminator as a kid and being terrified of it. I think I wasn’t even ten, yet. To be honest, I’m surprised I remember so much about it. The one thing that stuck with me, for sure, is how terrifying Arnold Schwarzenegger looked in the movie. He was the scariest thing in the world to me, and I kept that feeling with me all these years. Later when I saw T2, I was convinced...

Did you see Brooks Wheelan’s special Alive in Alaska? You did? Good for you! Then you know it’s one of the best (THE best?) comedy special to come out last year. You might not know this, but he’s also a very cool guy. Wheelan has always been funny and with his new special continues to do so. I can’t remember the last time he was in Boston, but I think it was a Laugh Boston or something like that. Does...

Nosferatu Can you feel it? Everyone’s got Nosferatu FEVER! Well, maybe that’s just the plague. Or maybe it’s the pneumonia that was going around. I, for one, was certainly a victim of that, coughing almost uncontrollably in the theatre while watching Count Orlok seduce poor Ellen. But it takes a certain kind of director to make something unique and so weird that it compels people to reference and meme it endlessly. There’s just so much of this movie that’s...

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