Category: Positive Cynicism
Aaron R. Davis This weekend, I went out to see Kick-Ass. It had gotten mixed reviews, by which I mean the few critics I take seriously despised it, but a lot of my friends couldn’t stop gushing over it. (And by “friends,” I mean people I know online. …
Aaron R. Davis I’ve been hearing some noise lately that remake factory Platinum Dunes is next going to be tainting The Monster Squad. I am … puzzled. I’m not going to say I’m against the idea of a remake because (a) I’m philosophically opposed to remakes (I’m not) …
Aaron R. Davis I woke up one morning four weeks ago to discover that my external hard drive was no longer being recognized by my computer. I’ve never had one before, but I’m pretty sure the feeling that started burning into my neck, slid into the pit of …
Aaron R. Davis I simply said on Tumblr yesterday: “Kesha > Lady Gaga.” I also said that it was just the way things worked for me personally. But still, saying something like that — really, having an opinion on the Internet at all — is like kicking over …
Aaron R. Davis One of the more lamely amusing aspects of modern Hollywood is that so many of its movies try too hard to be homages to certain genres. Directors like Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez — and, let’s face it, even before them Steven Spielberg — have …
