Oct 11, 2025 Cultural Diet Cobra Against Ninja by Joseph Lai (1987) When you watch a “classic” IFD ninja film from the ’80s, you know to go in with low expectations, b…
Oct 9, 2025 Cultural Diet The Naked Gun by Akiva Schaffer (2025) Sure I chuckled a few times, like when Frank Drebin (Liam Neeson) takes a bite out of bad guy’s pis…
Oct 9, 2025 Cultural Diet Future Kick by Damian Klaus (1991) I’ve written about a lot of martial arts films over the years, but it recently occurred to me that …
Oct 9, 2025 Review Roundup: Joachim Rønning’s Tron: Ares Critics respond to the latest installment in the cyber-centric sci-fi franchise.
Oct 3, 2025 My Cultural Diet (September 2025): KPop Demon Hunters, Foundation, Sergio Leone, Donnie Darko, Sinners A quick rundown of last month’s cultural experiences.
Sep 30, 2025 Cultural Diet The Good, the Bad and the Ugly by Sergio Leone (1966) Much like Once Upon a Time in the West, which was released two years after this film, The Good, the…
Sep 30, 2025 The Ross Theater’s 2025 “Fright Fest” Features Evil Dead 2, The Lost Boys, The Excorcist, and More Lincoln’s arthouse theater sponsors another horror film festival packed with genre classics.
Sep 29, 2025 Cultural Diet Relay by David Mackenzie (2024) Riz Ahmed shines in this slow-burning thriller about a fixer who might be getting a bit too close t…
Sep 29, 2025 22 of the Best Titles Now Streaming on Plex Plex’s ad-supported streaming service contains a host of older, more obscure titles.
Sep 27, 2025 Cultural Diet KPop Demon Hunters by Chris Appelhans and Maggie Kang (2025) Rumi, Mira, and Zoey aren’t just Huntr/x, the world’s greatest K-pop group. They’re also the latest…
Sep 22, 2025 Cultural Diet Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy by Tomas Alfredson (2011) Don’t worry, I still love watching the debonair 007 gallivant around the world to foil dastardly co…
Sep 22, 2025 Cultural Diet For a Few Dollars More by Sergio Leone (1965) Although Clint Eastwood is officially the star of Sergio Leone’s “Dollars” trilogy, Lee Van Cleef s…
Sep 18, 2025 The Synth-Pop Icons Rock Mexico City in Depeche Mode: M’s Trailer In addition to capturing Depeche Mode’s sold out concerts, the film explores Mexico’s traditions concerning death and mortality.
Sep 16, 2025 Cultural Diet The Thursday Murder Club by Chris Columbus (2025) The Coopers Chase retirement village has all sorts of activities for its aging residents, from pain…
Sep 15, 2025 TIFF 2025 Review Roundup: A Useful Ghost, Dust Bunny, Frankenstein, The Furious, No Other Choice, Rental Family Critics respond to some of the most anticipated films at the 2025 Toronto International Film Festival.
Sep 15, 2025 Cultural Diet Red Sparrow by Francis Lawrence (2018) After finishing Jason Matthews’ Red Sparrow, I was curious to see if and how the movie adaptation d…
Sep 13, 2025 Amazon’s War of the Worlds Uses Real Disaster Footage For Its Alien Invasion A gross trivialization of very real pain and suffering.
Sep 8, 2025 Cultural Diet Nobody 2 by Timo Tjahjanto (2025) I would never call 2021’s Nobody a modern action classic, but it was still an enjoyable flick due i…
Sep 6, 2025 Cultural Diet Blind Fury by Phillip Noyce (1989) 20 years after villagers rescued and trained him to be a deadly swordsman, Nick Parker returns to t…
Sep 5, 2025 Cultural Diet Donnie Darko by Richard Kelly (2001) There’s a scene in Tenet where the protagonist, upon learning the truth about entropically reversed…