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Perfectly Cromulent Analysis: Homer’s Enemy
Here, at last, is the long-delayed June entry in the “Perfectly Cromulent Analysis” series. The episode comes from late in season 8, toward the end of The Simpsons‘ golden era, but I feel that it...
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Uwe Boll’s Postal: So Bad It’s Unbearable
[Trigger warning: The movie being reviewed makes light of sexual violence and is unabashedly hateful toward women.] In the name of bad movies, I recently exposed myself to a noxious, horrid, hateful...
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Perfectly Cromulent Analysis: Bart Sells His Soul
Just before the month ends, here’s July’s analysis of The Simpsons‘ brilliant, multifaceted artistry. (All previous entries can be viewed here.) Perhaps The Simpsons‘ most dazzling feat was its...
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This Ain’t No Party
Todd Solondz’s latest film, Life During Wartime (2010), feels more like a shaggy dog story or a postscript than a full-fledged movie. (The same could probably be said for his last effort, Palindromes...
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One Hour Mark: Kind Hearts and Coronets
This is an image from 1:00:00 into Robert Hamer’s Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949), a deliciously black, happily morbid comedy from England’s Ealing Studios. Dennis Price plays Louis Mazzini, who...
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Link Dump: #13
Inspired by today’s Kindertrauma Funhouse, the above picture comes from Roger Corman’s early black comedy A Bucket of Blood (1959), something of a companion piece to Little Shop of Horrors (1960). In...
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Perfectly Cromulent Analysis: Bart’s Comet
[Perfectly Cromulent Analysis is a series in which I comprehensively analyze especially memorable Simpsons episodes. To see the rest, look here.] Starting with a simple schoolyard prank and building...
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