Reel World Rewind #009 – Vampyr (1932)
On this episode of Reel World: Rewind, Blaine is joined by Blake Collier to talk about Carl Theodor Dreyer’s Vampyr (1932). While Dreyer’s take on the vampire myth, with its refusal to submit to basic rules of continuity editing, is deliberately…
Star Wars: Rebels S03E01 The Holocrons of Fate
Star Wars is a cinematic icon, but it is much more than its movies. Blaine and Josh dive deep into the universe of Star Wars Rebels, the fantastic animated show on Disney XD, with reviews of the third season of this…
Reel World Rewind #008 – The Iron Giant
On this episode of Reel World Rewind: Blaine is joined by Reed Lackey to talk about The Iron Giant. They speculate about Brad Bird’s sources of inspiration, and they talk about how the film speaks to issues of fear and…
Reel World Rewind #007 – The Rocketeer
On this episode of Reel World Rewind: Blaine is joined by Mark Wingerter to talk about Disney’s The Rocketeer. They discuss what contemporary superhero flicks could stand to learn from this movie, as well as what it means to be a…
Review| Suicide Squad
As an avid DC fan and someone who is thoroughly supportive of the company’s efforts to establish a tone that is distinct from its biggest competitor, Marvel, Suicide Squad strikes me nonetheless as a curious choice for the third film…
Review| Jason Bourne
If you’ve seen any of the previous films in the Bourne franchise, then you have basically seen Jason Bourne (2016) in its entirety. In the end, it’s not so much that the fruition of Paul Greengrass’s long-awaited reunion with Matt…
Reel World: Rewind #006 – Super 8
On this episode of Reel World Rewind: Blaine is joined by Aaron White from the Feelin’ Film podcast. This month, Blaine kicks of an annual Rewind tradition: Spielberg Summers. But instead of starting with one of the director’s iconic works…
Review| The Shallows
An offshore facility that contains genetically enhanced sharks meant for amnesia research, sharks in tornados, giant sharks, freshwater sharks, sharks in the snow, and robot sharks in space (probably): Since Jaws swept audiences away in the summer of 1975, shark…
Star Wars Rebels: S02E011 Legacy
Star Wars is a cinematic icon, but it is much more than its movies. Blaine and Josh dive right into the middle of Star Wars Rebels, the fantastic animated show on Disney XD, and will be reviewing the first half of…
Review| Finding Dory
Finding Nemo is a splendid film on a number of levels. It’s a kid-friendly, fun-loving flick that simultaneously tackles some very adult issues, like how fear and anxiety have a terrifying ability to cause us to hurt the ones we love…