Pre-Review of a Movie I Haven’t Seen: ALIEN: COVENANT (2017)

Posted on May 4th, 2017 by Adam-Troy Castro

Declaring that a movie’s “gonna suck” before it’s been seen by anybody is a game of averages. Yes, maybe it will. But maybe it will surprise you. The oddest things have been instant classics. So I am not writing off the upcoming ALIEN: COVENANT. Honestly, I am not. It may very well be a splendid, […]

Tags: Alien, Alien: Covenant, Aliens, Bad Movies, Benedict Cumberbatch, Frankenstein, Movies, Prometheus

No, Bill O’Reilly, The White House Slaves Were Not “Well Treated”

Posted on July 27th, 2016 by Adam-Troy Castro

Bill O’Reilly, that meatloaf-faced patron nudnik of nonstop yelling, wants us to know that the slaves who built the White House were actually paid, well-fed, and humanely housed. Do we honestly need to do this in 2016? It seems that we need to do this in 2016. I would like you to posit two slave […]

Tags: 12 Yrs A Slave, Assholes, Benedict Cumberbatch, Bill O'Reilly, Michael Fassbender, Race, Republicans, Thomas Jefferson

Newly Updated! Five Deadbeat Dads: The Questionable Parenting Skills of the Doctors Frankenstein

Posted on June 24th, 2012 by Adam-Troy Castro

Quick Explanation: From time to time, venerable properties already covered in this space will be remade again, prompting additional thoughts. This essay is hereby updated to cover Danny Boyle’s filmed stage version. First Commentary by Adam-Troy Castro Frankenstein aka Edison’s Frankenstein (1910). Directed by J. Searle Dawley. Written by J. Searle Dawley, from the novel […]

Tags: Basil Rathbone, Benedict Cumberbatch, Boris Karloff, Charles Ogle, Christopher Lee, Colin Clive, Curse of Frankenstein, Danny Boyle, Dr. Who, Frankenstein, Gene Wilder, Helena Bonham Carter, Ian Holm, James Bond, James Whale, John Cleese, Jonny Lee Miller, Kenneth Branagh, Lord Of the Rings, Mae Clark, Mary Shelley, Peter Cushing, Rasputin, Robert De Niro, Sherlock Holmes, Star Wars, Terence Fisher, The Mummy, The Three Musketeers, Tom Hulce