“George Lucas’s passion project has wriggled its way through almost every form of modern art and culture.”

“His name is not Prospero, but The Tempest is certainly what Carré is going for here. “

“The film’s final ten minutes combine so many rom-com tropes it feels like outright parody—despite being made decades before the high watermark of the genre.”

“Double feature franchise films seem doomed to ridicule from both cynics and critics.”

“The sense of growth and resolution that attracted Lee to the idea of adapting The Ice Storm for the screen is conspicuously absent from Mad Men.”

“Four of the five biggest roles are cast against type, which is surely more than mere coincidence.”

“We have been conditioned by modern horror to expect certain breeds of scares.”

“No character is wasted or put on screen to simply be a throwaway body.”

“This violence is key to biopics of this nature, with Everest and Straight Outta Compton portraying the brutality of the events in blunt and honest fashion.”

“I confess. I was charmed.”

“The film causes a strange paradox: it makes for utterly awful viewing that is apparently all a part of the experience.”