By During the prime of Cinemax After Dark, producers realized that they needed to create films to appeal to their number one fans: computers nerds. Normally when a nerd appears in a movie, they are depicted with the stereotype of a guy with pocket protectors, dorky Elvis Costello glasses, bad haircut
The One Where I Met Your Mother: Season Seven, Episode Four: “The One with Rachel’s Assistant”/”The Stinson Missile Crisis”
The post The One Where I Met Your Mother: Season Seven, Episode Four: “The One with Rachel’s Assistant”/”The Stinson Missile Crisis” appeared first on Battleship Pretension. Natalie and David lie about being into Tag with Rachel in “The One with Rachel’s Assistant” and lie about being into Barney with Robin
Blu-ray Review: Affliction
Normally when talking about a filmmaker whose breakthrough happened in the early ’70s, we’d be referring to a retrospective or a revival of their films. They are comfortably enjoying their retirement and buffing up their legacy with a film festival tribute. Paul Schrader is not ready to fold up his
Blu-ray Review: The Cat And The Canary (Limited Edition)
Over the last decade, Svengoolie has done a lot to raise the profile of the classic Universal Studio’s horror films on MeTV. He’s introduced new generations to Dracula, Frankenstein, the Mummy and other fear flicks that Bela Lugosi and Boris Karloff made at the studio. He’s been able to go
Monday Movie: Les Visiteurs du Soir, by Scott Nye
The post Monday Movie: Les Visiteurs du Soir, by Scott Nye appeared first on Battleship Pretension. Every Monday, we’ll highlight a piece of writing from our vaults. This review of Les Visiteurs du Soir originally ran as a home video review. Given that Marcel Carné, along with screenwriter Jacques Prévert,
