Netflix gives us yet another hit with Tony Rettenmaier and Juel Taylor’s debut film They Cloned Tyrone, a Blaxploitation Sci-fi comedy. Released to the streaming platform on July 21, the film m...
https://www.basementmedicine.org/arts-entertainment/2024/02/20/a-blaxploitation-scooby-doo/
Do you love Halloween classics like ParaNorman and Corpse Bride? Are you looking for a new animated film to enjoy? Released in 2022, Netflix’s Wendell and Wild is a horror comedy that wrenches ...
https://www.basementmedicine.org/features/2023/11/08/my-demons-have-names/
Director Guillermo Del Toro is well known for his fantastical storytelling, making the auteur’s stop-motion macabre reimagining of the 1883 novel “The Adventures of Pinocchio” an artistic s...
https://www.basementmedicine.org/arts-entertainment/2023/03/14/farts-poop-and-mussolini-too/
In his directorial debut, Tom Holland’s “Fright Night” was released on Aug. 2, 1985. The film has gained a cult following that has lasted into the 21st century. The story is simple: a teena...
“Don’t Look Up” is a Netflix original film that crosses the line of fiction and entangles it with the nasty truths of modern society. Director, producer, and writer Adam McKay collected a s...
https://www.basementmedicine.org/arts-entertainment/2022/02/21/dont-look-up-impresses/
The new Ridley Scott film based on named for the fashion empire Gucci, starring Lady Gaga and Adam Driver, gives just enough intrigue and drama to make me want to watch the movie again. Scott has...
https://www.basementmedicine.org/arts-entertainment/2021/12/09/a-gucci-movie/
If you’re a sci-fi nerd, then I’m sure you’re already aware of the long-awaited film adaptation of Frank Herbert’s beloved and iconic 1965 novel “Dune,” starring Timothee Chalamet as ...
https://www.basementmedicine.org/arts-entertainment/2021/11/18/dune-disappoints-but-not-fully/
For my last semester of Reel Bad, I want to focus mainly on movies that mean something to me. To kick off, I figure I may as well start with “Grass,” a movie about two girls smoking a backpac...
Everyone can enjoy a sweet romance story every once in a while, even those who think they are rather cheesy. However, what happens when the sweet story turns sickening in the blink of an eye? I r...
https://www.basementmedicine.org/arts-entertainment/2021/05/03/in-secret-secretly-amazing/
Sometimes when you’re down and out, it’s just nice to watch a nice family movie about pissing on rugs, German kidnappers, and a case of mistaken identity. Of course, you won’t find a new fa...
https://www.basementmedicine.org/arts-entertainment/2021/05/03/the-dude-abides/
There’s no arguing that 1997’s “Batman and Robin” was cinema’s greatest failure to present the caped crusaders on screen. That said, there’s a special place in my heart for Batman’s...
https://www.basementmedicine.org/arts-entertainment/2021/05/03/reel-bad-no-i-said-reel-bat/
Everyone loves a good ghost story, especially one that takes place in a beautifully enticing and spooky location. The idea of dancing in a mansion where snow is falling through the roof to light ...
https://www.basementmedicine.org/arts-entertainment/2021/04/12/del-toro-has-a-bit-of-gothic-fun/
I went into “The Faculty” about as blind as I could— I knew it had something to do with teachers and aliens, but that was about it. As a result, there was a moment which should not have com...
https://www.basementmedicine.org/arts-entertainment/2021/03/18/when-in-doubt-assume-its-aliens/
A lot happened in the ‘60s. Among the rubble from that trip of a decade, we find a film named “They Saved Hitler’s Brain,” the kind of title which prompts only one reaction–”I wonder ...
https://www.basementmedicine.org/arts-entertainment/2021/03/03/a-herr-razing-tale/
From the ghostly whistling intro, the song “Wind of Change” by the Scorpions is weirdly riveting. It was released in 1990, and as Patrick Radden Keefe says in his recent podcast, also called ...
https://www.basementmedicine.org/arts-entertainment/2020/11/28/investigating-the-cia-wind-of-change/