Reviews

The post Monday Movie: To Sleep with Anger, by Alexander Miller appeared first on Battleship Pretension. Every Monday, we’ll highlight a piece of writing from our vaults. This review of To Sleep with Anger originally ran as a Criterion Prediction. Charles Burnett, armed with a more substantial budget, some star

During the early ’70s, studios realized that black actors could become movie superstars. Very quickly a new group of actors became as big of a draw. Audience packed theaters in the cities and even drive-ins to watch films starring Pam Grier, former football superstar Fred Wiliamson and singing sensation Issac

During the ’80s, we learned quick that there was no such thing as a Sean Penn movie. Other “teen” actors of that time had their knack. You knew what sort of film would star Judd Nelson, John Cusack, Molly Ringwald or even Matthew Modine. Sean Penn got lost in his

Where do the weeks go? Best Comic of My Week: The New Gods #3 – There’s so much to like about this new series by Ram V and Evan Cagle (with some help from Riccardo Federici, who draws a long sequence). We learn about the threat coming for Apokolips and

The post Josh’s Top Ten of 2024 appeared first on Battleship Pretension. Gotta be honest, I’m disappointed. 2023 was a very strong film year, and I had trouble coming up with a top ten because there were so many I loved. For 2024, I’ve had the opposite problem. These were