By Best Comic of the Week: Somna #3 – This DSTLRY series by Becky Cloonan and Tula Lotay is absolutely beautiful. Ingrid stands accused of being a witch, and her husband, the local witch hunter, is unable to do much to help her. We’ve seen that Ingrid has been having dreams,
Episode 889: Self-Destruction
The post Episode 889: Self-Destruction appeared first on Battleship Pretension. David and Scott Nye discuss movies about self-destructive characters as well as this year’s TCM Classic Film Festival lineup. Movies about self-destructive characters discussed include Mike Figgis’ Leaving Las Vegas and more! Battleship Pretension is a movie discussion podcast started
BP Movie Journal 3/28/24
The post BP Movie Journal 3/28/24 appeared first on Battleship Pretension. In BP Movie Journal 3/28/24, David discuss the movies he’s been watching lately, including Wonka, All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt, American Symphony, Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project, The Sweet East, The Misfits, Disco Boy, Bushman, Amélie,
4K UHD Review: Basket Case (Limited Edition)
The VCR revolutionized not merely how we’d watch films, but what films we could watch. You were no longer at the mercy of the local movie theater or the programmer at the TV station. Smart local video stores understood that they could rent out cult movies that never played in
Goodbye Uncle Tom says Hello to 4K UHD in April
During the ’70s, movies sought to be a bit more sleezy and graphic in order to get people to leave the safe confines of their living room and TV set. Goodbye Uncle Tom was one of those films that disturbed film critics and lured viewers to the rundown downtown theaters.
