Few trailers have ever landed like that one. A seeming home movie of a party that turns into a horror show with the Statue of Liberty’s head… Read more “Retrospecticus: A Meditation on Cloverfield”

So here we are. 10 years (minus two days) out from One More Day. The story that erased the marriage of Peter Parker and Mary Jane Watson… Read more “Retrospecticus: One More Day 10 Years Later”

With the release of Bright on Netflix, it’s hard not to think back to the 2007 megahit I Am Legend, another Will Smith genre work. I Am… Read more “Retrospecticus: I Am Legend and the Paradox of Moviegoing”

The 1990s are not looked at warmly in comic fandom and with great reason. The comics of the 90s are by and large atrocious. Try reading early… Read more “Retrospecticus: Why Spawn Matters”

When I went to see No Country For Old Men, I all but dragged myself into the theater to do so. I wasn’t excited to see it.… Read more “Retrospecticus: The perfection of No Country For Old Men”

2007 will forever be the calm before the storm for Marvel Comics and DC Comics. The next year brought the birth of the Marvel Cinematic Universe and… Read more “Retrospecticus: Marvel and DC in 2007”

It would be so very easy for me to spend this entire piece obliterating this movie on the subject of mental health. This is a full length… Read more “Retrospecticus: The fairy tale beauty of Lars and the Real Girl”

I remember rather clearly the night that I saw Michael Clayton. It was a bitterly cold night, in fact the night before a snowstorm. (I watched the… Read more “Retrospecticus: Michael Clayton: The Perfect Adult Popcorn Movie”

Welcome to the first in a new weekly column, Retrospecticus, where I look back at a movie (and occasionally other media) celebrating its 10 year anniversary. I’m… Read more “Retrospecticus: How The Simpsons Movie nails the movie part”