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Latest Review

Chances are, if the title doesn’t make you laugh or at least smirk, none of the rest of it is going to either. Unless you're a theater person.... read the review here

Radio Free Id

A meditation on the use of scores in horror movies led me into a deeper examination of systemic problems with many horror movies. As usual, I have no answers, only questions.... read the story here

Radio Free Id

Radio Free Id 08.18.08: The Trouble with Expectations - 08/18/2008

Are slasher and jump-scare-based horror movies simply doomed to fail? read more

Radio Free Id 05.19.08: Serious Business - 05/19/2008

Does Speed Racer deserve all the hard knocks it’s gotten? read more

Radio Free Id 04.14.08: John Carpenter Appreciation Week - 04/14/2008

An unabashed love letter to the latter work of director John Carpenter. read more

Radio Free Id 04.07.08: The Death of the Local Critic - 04/07/2008

The death of the local film critic is but another sign of the decline of print media. read more

Reviews

Hamlet 2 - 08/22/2008

No great stroke of genius, but not bad, either. read more

Star Wars: The Clone Wars - 08/15/2008

Merely OK as a movie, The Clone Wars points to larger problems in the Star Wars prequel universe. read more

Hell Ride - 08/08/2008

In a word: Pointless. read more

The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor - 08/01/2008

Flat and uninteresting, Tomb of the Dragon Emperor fails on almost every front. read more

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