Game Over: How ‘Falling Down’ Uses a Video Game Structure
Introduction: Press Start to Continue Some films, whether by accident or design, adopt the narrative structure of a…
Movies
Falling Down (1993) – No Safe Spaces Here
Preview Alright, listen up, you knuckleheads. If you’re tired of movies where everyone is hugging it out and…
Merlin (1998 miniseries) – I wouldn’t call it ‘magic’ and anyone who thinks differently has a hamster for a mother and their father smells of elderberries!
The epic tales of King Arthur and the mysterious, powerful wizard Merlin have been brought to the small…
Brightburn (2019): It turns out the best argument against ‘Nature vs. Nurture’ involves heat vision and a lot of gore.
Remember that wholesome story about the alien baby who crashed on Earth and grew up to be a…
3 Ninjas: High Noon at Mega Mountain: Behold, the final, pathetic whimper of the series
Oh, you’re a glutton for punishment, are you? Well, you asked for it. This is where the franchise…
3 Ninjas Knuckle Up: Bizarro World Ninjas Take on Toxic Waste
This is where the 3 Ninjas saga enters its most bizarre phase—a chronological nightmare that only Hollywood’s corporate…
3 Ninjas Kick Back: They Kicked the Plot Back to the Writer’s Room, Then Burned the Room Down
From Suburbia to Samurai: The Tum-Tum Trilogy Continues with an All-Expenses-Paid Trip to Tokyo They’re back! Rocky, Colt,…
3 Ninjas – What if Home Alone met The Karate Kid and then immediately suffered a crippling head injury
3 Ninjas, a movie that answers the question, “What if Home Alone met The Karate Kid and then…
The Real Story Behind ‘3 Ninjas’ Was More Chaotic Than a Jelly Bean Fight
For anyone who grew up in the 90s, the 3 Ninjas movies were a staple of slumber parties…
Hated ‘The Lighthouse’? Here’s Why You Were Supposed To.
Robert Eggers’ 2019 film, The Lighthouse, is a cinematic Rorschach test. Few films in recent memory have so…