The next couple weeks here on Cinematic Century are going to be pretty rough, veritable bloodbaths of competitions to find my favorite film of any given year. Things are really going to start popping off, just giving me incredibly difficult decisions. But, not 1996. I really didn’t […]
Hello everyone, and welcome back for another installment of Bat Signal, my sworn mission to read every single issue of Detective Comics, in random order, and with basically no context. And folks, we have a fascinating issue of comics to discuss today. It’s been a surprisingly long time since […]
Last year I had the pleasure of finding a book that I really and truly loved. Madeline Miller’s Circe was one of my favorite books I read last year, and almost immediately proved to me that Miller would be an author I’d have to keep an eye on. The […]
Last year a movie came out that seemed to light the sort of film world that I follow on fire. Ari Aster’s Hereditary hit like a bomb, instantly becoming all anyone seemed willing to talk about, being hailed as one of the most inventive and frightening horror films in recent […]
We continue to live in a veritable Golden Age of Spider-Man content. The character has always been incredibly popular, one of the most successful superheroes ever made, but for whatever reason the character really seems to be hitting the public consciousness like crazy lately, and in no […]
The last few weeks here at Cinematic Century have been incredibly difficult. We’re dealing with several years that have just been jam-packed with movies that I not only love, but that have had massive impacts on me as a fan of movies. Which, has led to lot […]
Hi there everyone, and welcome back for yet another installment of Bat Signal, my never-ending mission to read every issue of Detective Comics, in random order, and with basically no context. We’re taking another trip to the weird world of early Silver Age comics again this week folks, to […]
Well folks, it’s the Fourth of July, and you know what that means. It’s time to talk about some buck-wild Captain America stories! And, as you maybe can see, I’m breaking tradition this year and not talking about Captain America’s interactions with werewolves, because unless I’m missing […]
It’s damn-near impossible to create a series of films that can maintain a standard of quality throughout the entire run. More often than not series’ end with a thud, unable to maintain the momentum that they were able to build in the previous installments, making you question […]
As you probably could tell, I haven’t posted anything this week, because I’ve been sick as a dog. I was hoping to recuperate enough to string some thoughts together to get some stuff up, but I’ve decided to just call this week, and focus on recuperation. […]
