The end of 2023 has come, and it has been yet another phenomenal year for movies. With the historic WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes and the Barbenheimer double feature, 2023 has been unforgettable. Here are my ten favorite movies of the year. Honorable Mentions: Society of the Snow (La sociedad de la nieve), The Color Purple,… Read More »
The world is a hellhole, so that usually means that horror is in a golden period. You can quantify the success of the horror genre in a variety of ways in 2023. This year brought all sorts of questionably sticky treats to choose from. Softcore naughtiness and Lovecraftian horror? You got it! Alien invaders? They’re… Read More »
In a summer where Barbie battled Robert Oppenheimer, and it was somehow a serious thing to say out loud, the big dumb box office gem of 2023 was lurking below the surface, chomping away at the fallout. Meg 2: The Trench lacked narrative teeth and swam against the current of logic, but hot damn, if… Read More »