Let Us Prey (2014): Review
Let Us Pray (2014) by Brian O’Malley is a cross-cut narrative, largely accreting from its Final Girl protagonist. She’s tough, but inexperienced; wears a tank top and sports a perpetual,…
Month: January 2018
Green Room (2015): Review
The moment I saw Macon Blair, playing a gangster "custodian" in Jeremy Saulnier's Green Room (2015), I thought he looked familiar. As it turns out, he also starred in Saulnier's Blue Ruin (2013),…
In the Flesh (2013): Season 1 Review, part 3
Here is part three of my three-part review of season one, from Dominic Mitchell's In the Flesh (2013). Whereas the other two focused on positives and negatives in the show, this portion…
In the Flesh (2013): Season 1 Review, part 2
Here is part two of my three-part review of season one, from Dominic Mitchell's In the Flesh (2013). In part one, I discussed the show's positive qualities. Now, I'll dig a…
In the Flesh (2013): Season 1 Review, part 1
This three-part review is on Dominic Mitchell's In the Flesh (2013). For it, I will be reviewing season one, in its entirety. Note: I've decided to divide the review into three parts,…
The Killer (2017) Review, Part 2
Here is part two of my review of Marcelo Galvão's 2017 Western, The Killer (2017): I've often wondered about the Western, as a genre. Does it have to be made…
The Killer (2017) Review, Part 1
Marcelo's Galvão's Brazilian Western, The Killer (2017), is both clever and visceral—as cursed and mercenary as its title character(s). Note: Before I proceed, I wish to note that this article…
Dissecting Stranger Things 2, Episode 5's Subplots
When looking at episode 5, from Stranger Things 2 (2017), I enjoyed the main narrative, but the subplots were, of themselves, reactive. However, they weren't always positively so. The two…
Stranger Things 2, episode 5
Episode 5 of Stranger Things 2 (2017) was primarily an episode of uncovering, exposing and convincing: Lucas tries to convince Max; Joyce doesn't try to convince Bob; and Jonathan and Nancy try…
Stranger Things 2, episode 4
Episode four, I feel, demonstrates some of the arguments I've made about Stranger Things up to this point—chiefly that it works just as well to hint at something, rather than explain…
