I don't have cable right now so I'm rewatching old shows and movies. A lot of them are animated. Such is my way. I'd like to have a nobler reason for rewatching them--something like when James 
Let's say you're the newly-sentient internet. How would you decipher
the meaning of all the bits and bytes whizzing past you? And what about
the real world outside your electronic realm?
Former Comics Editor, Guy Leshinski
has very kindly given us permission to reprint a prophetic interview
with Bryan Lee O'Malley in 2005. Will Bryan Lee O'Malley attain the
Holy Grail of cartoonists? As Bryan says, "We'll see..."
Results tagged “M. Night Shyamalan” from The Cultural Gutter
A Century of Cinematic Horror
Decade by decade, the Movie Morlocks look at 100 years of cinematic horror, starting with the 1910 silent, Frankenstein.
Breaking into the Business by Being Really, Really Disturbing
Disturbing as hell, an elegantly constructed first-person plunge into the mind of a maniac, a teenager who murdered kids when he was a kid (and got away with it), and now has elaborate rituals that mostly involve killing small mammals. As a first novel, that's one way to make a splash - The Wasp Factory by Iain Banks is a debut from 1984, famous for its controversial events and intense narration. I'm always a little suspicious of controversy though - is the book worth anything outside of the scandal associated with its "shocking" content?
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2 Critics Hate 2 Movies
The Incredible Hulk reviewed in Hulk-speak: "Roth get injected with serum.... Smash cars.
Tanks. Only with no trousers. Roth groin area ambiguous. Groin area
look lumpy. Bumpy. Perhaps odd penis. Perhaps odd trousers. Critic ...
not sure."
And a deliberately spoiler-rich review of The Happening: "I'm offering an alternative: A dozen and a
half of the most mind-bendingly ridiculous elements of the film, which
will enable you to marvel at its anti-genius." (thanks, Elizabeth!)
The Flick Filosopher thinks The Village mistakes a twist ending for good writing: "[Shyamalan] figured Let's go all the way and make a film that's nothing but secret sauce. It makes for a film that is frustrating and tedious and then -- bam! -- slams the audience with the knowledge that they've been had, and maliciously so."
A Century of Cinematic Horror
Decade by decade, the Movie Morlocks look at 100 years of cinematic horror, starting with the 1910 silent, Frankenstein.Breaking into the Business by Being Really, Really Disturbing
Disturbing as hell, an elegantly constructed first-person plunge into the mind of a maniac, a teenager who murdered kids when he was a kid (and got away with it), and now has elaborate rituals that mostly involve killing small mammals. As a first novel, that's one way to make a splash - The Wasp Factory by Iain Banks is a debut from 1984, famous for its controversial events and intense narration. I'm always a little suspicious of controversy though - is the book worth anything outside of the scandal associated with its "shocking" content?Continue reading...
2 Critics Hate 2 Movies
The Incredible Hulk reviewed in Hulk-speak: "Roth get injected with serum.... Smash cars. Tanks. Only with no trousers. Roth groin area ambiguous. Groin area look lumpy. Bumpy. Perhaps odd penis. Perhaps odd trousers. Critic ... not sure."And a deliberately spoiler-rich review of The Happening: "I'm offering an alternative: A dozen and a half of the most mind-bendingly ridiculous elements of the film, which will enable you to marvel at its anti-genius." (thanks, Elizabeth!)
The Flick Filosopher thinks The Village mistakes a twist ending for good writing: "[Shyamalan] figured Let's go all the way and make a film that's nothing but secret sauce. It makes for a film that is frustrating and tedious and then -- bam! -- slams the audience with the knowledge that they've been had, and maliciously so."
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