Archives for August, 2024

“Alien: Romulus” (2024): Built in a Day (Review)

★★ When a movie is less than good, it matters less where it lies within the chronological order of its franchise and more how it got to be its way. A little over a decade ago, Fede Alvarez rebooted The Evil Dead (1980).  The final product was a misfire worth remembering only for the concentrated […]

Johnson’s Wars

60 years ago today, the United States declared war on poverty. If the outcome of such a war was not clear 5 years later, 10 years later, 25 years later, or even 50 years later, it is clear by now that poverty won. To put in perspective just how long this war has been waged, […]