Formerly an associate writer for the now-retired Awards Circuit, Robert Hamer has returned to obsessively writing about movies and crusading against category fraud instead of going to therapy. Join him, won't you, in this unorthodox attempt at mental alleviation?
Wow, and I thought this would be the happiest event in the entertainment industry in the first quarter of the year. Nope! I was wrong! I am beyond pleased to report to you all that Sora, the AI slop video generator that tech industry sociopaths and Hollywood washouts were so excited for out of a […] More
The recipient of the 76th Berlin Film Festival’s top prize is the Turkish drama Yellow Letters, İlker Çatak’s chronicle of a married couple who have to move to Istanbul with their 13 year-old daughter to rebuild their shattered lives after state arbitration leaves them both unemployed… which is weird, because that sounds like a movie […] More
Guten morgen, liebe leser! Today is the opening day of the 76th Berlin International Film Festival. I realized, at the dawn of this year’s festivities, that we are now just a little over a quarter of the way through the century. Which is a daunting prospect in general, but I also think this is an […] More
“Ṣirāṭ” is an Arabic word. It means “pathway” and in Islamic eschatology, it is the bridge above the fires of damnation that all souls must traverse after the Day of Judgment to reach Paradise. It is as narrow as a hair and as sharp as a sword. Divine intervention may help you cross this bridge… […] More
Note: Spoilers ahead for 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple. Is it fair to call 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple a box office bomb at this point? At a minimum, it is just straightforwardly true that the film is not doing nearly as well as 28 Years Later did. This is a stunning turnaround […] More
Note: Spoilers for a movie you should not waste any time actually watching are discussed below. One of the most justifiably reviled films of last year was War of the Worlds. For a number of reasons, but a chief sticking point was how much of its runtime was devoted not only to advertising Amazon products, […] More
Every year, there is always at least one movie I adore from the prior year (usually more than one) that receives zero Academy Award nominations. Sometimes it’s because the movie is just too outré to ever realistically attain mainstream plaudits. Other times, I’m simply out-of-step with a critical and industry consensus that wasn’t as crazy […] More
Happy New Year! For those of you, who, hypothetically, are changing careers after getting into a dispute with your boss and find yourself with some additional free time on your hands starting tomorrow, why not take the opportunity to enjoy the new releases coming out early in 2026? DEAD MAN’S WIRE – In Theaters January 9 […] More
Welcome to another installment of my countdown of the year’s best performances in horror movies! Last time, I went with the general consensus and declared Demi Moore the best horror performer of 2024. Not the most idiosyncratic pick, but what can I say? Sometimes the masses and the Academy get it right. They may get […] More
By the time you read this article, Avatar: Fire and Ash will have taken in $1 billion at the global box office. This makes it the only film series ever created with three consecutive billion-dollar hits, and James Cameron the only filmmaker in history to have directed four billion-dollar hits. Consecutively. Which means, not unjustifiably, […] More
Note: Spoilers for The Insider are discussed in this article. Once upon a time, it was possible for a box office bomb to receive multiple Academy Award nominations. If it was good enough, and had enough muscle from big stars and well-regarded producers and directors, and had close-to-unanimous critical acclaim, a film could be nominated […] More
Note: Spoilers ahead for Stand by Me. You can do everything right. You can make the most of your life, work hard, be a delight to your friends, a devoted husband and father, try your best to make the world a better place, yet still, horrible things can happen to you for no good reason. […] More
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