We’re going to be shifting gears a bit this week on the Bucket List, because it’s time to talk about a low-budget little film from indie filmmaker Steven Spielberg known as Jurassic Park. Maybe you’ve heard of it? Perhaps because it’s one of the highest-grossing and most beloved films […]
It sure can be fascinating to look at the ebbs and flows of a director’s career. Everyone’s going to have highs and lows, periods of creative growth and relatively creatively fallow periods. And when there’s a director whose work you’ve generally liked in the past, and they find […]
There’s a very interesting, and a little depressing, fact about the two films that director Ari Aster has made. When Hereditary became such a hit he started talking about the fact that he always envisioned himself as a teller of simple, family-dramas, but found that the market just wasn’t […]
I’m going to start things off with by admitting something that often baffles and angers people. I, to my knowledge, have never seen a single episode of Mister Roger’s Neighborhood. I’m not quite sure why, but I don’t remember ever having that show be a presence in my life, […]
Weirdly, while for the majority of my life I haven’t been a big fan of horror movies, I’ve almost always been into horror stories. Not shockingly, I’ve been a big Stephen King fan for most of my life, but even before that I tended to be into […]
There are certain narratives that have had such a profound impact on my tastes that I feel compelled to revisit them just about every year. There are certain books, movies, television shows, and comics that helped lay the foundation for my narrative sensibilities, and have become fully […]
There comes a certain time in your life when you realize that all movies aren’t great. When you’re a kid you kind of love everything, and going to the theater is such a treat that you just kind of get swept up in the experience and thoroughly […]
Nostalgia is a funny thing. We usually get comforted by our past, and the things that made us happy. Especially when you’re a young adult and the crushing realities of adulthood is looking at you in the face. I mean, look at me, I’ve been writing about […]
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