There is something that feels…ghoulish in watching the last handful of DC movies because they are, for lack of a better term, dead films walking. They are holdovers for a previous regime and, good, bad, or mediocre, the odds are slight that they’ll have any impact on what is to come save for souring moviegoers… Continue reading THE FLASH – film review (ahhAHHH!)
Author: Chris Ringler
Author, blogger, podcaster, filmmaker, artist, and all around odd fellow.
Ladders to Heaven
Sometimes I wonder if we’re trying to heave ladders toward heaven with how anxious we are to pore over the art of the past to find its flaws. We are desperate to show how wise and cultured and enlightened we are and just as anxious to post about it so everyone can know about it… Continue reading Ladders to Heaven
Awakened and Asleep
It seems like it’d get tiresome being outraged all the time. It seems like with all the things going on in the world the small hills the hard right conservatives want to die on, crosses held high above their heads wouldn’t be worth it. GREAT! You have forced people who don’t identify as their birth… Continue reading Awakened and Asleep
The Rhythm and the Beat
It’s funny that for me, talking about music feels almost shameful. For ANYONE to talk about music should never be shameful, let’s just say that. Sure, I don’t know the internal organs of music, the ‘musicology’ of it all how music looks beneath the skin or the lineage that brought it from birth to now.… Continue reading The Rhythm and the Beat
V/H/S/ 99 – found footage review
I have been a fan of the VHS found footage series since it first hit the scene. The concept is amazing - found video cassette tapes with footage of horrific events on them - even if the films didn't really fully take advantage of the conceit. Each of the films has been a mixed bag… Continue reading V/H/S/ 99 – found footage review
John Carpenter’s GHOSTS OF MARS – review
Latter day Carpenter is hard to get your head around. He's one of many modern day filmmaking geniuses that lost favor in Hollywood and after a point his films show that. He and Romero had similar careers in that neithe stopped being good directors, they just lost the funding and support of a system that… Continue reading John Carpenter’s GHOSTS OF MARS – review
Tear Down
If we’re honest, the American education system is a dumpster set ablaze. It has become politicized and weaponized and children are suffering for it. It has fully become a situation of haves and have-nots. The haves can go wherever they want to school with the option of private school, charter school, or even homeschooling on… Continue reading Tear Down
The Fire That We Started
We’re at that stage of things where we have to sorta stop and say, oh, yeah, that’s on us. Our bad. There is something sick in our culture and it’s undeniable. We have become a culture standing around our house as it burns, roasting marshmallows. Florida thinks it’s a great idea to ‘show the other… Continue reading The Fire That We Started
THE MIRROR – found footage review
You know me by now. I love found footage. It’s a fascinating subgenre that embraces everything from big budget studio fare to movies made by friends on a weekend. It’s a type of movie that allows you to make the scariest movies seen if you have the right idea and the passion. That’s pretty cool. … Continue reading THE MIRROR – found footage review
If It’s Broke
It’s inevitable that anything popular is going to become a target of derision. Especially when it comes to a film series that is over ten years old and boasts over twenty films. The ambition of the Marvel Cinematic Universe is only second to its hubris and the feeling that they could do no wrong. Of… Continue reading If It’s Broke
DEPRIVATION – found footage review
It’s fascinating to note trends in something like found footage, which tend to be so connected to the moment that they give a view of what the culture is like at that moment. Sure, it’s not 1:1 but it’s a good representation of where the culture is at. Most modern found footage is centered on… Continue reading DEPRIVATION – found footage review
Found a Case – poem
I found a case upon my step, It came from who knows where. I found a case upon my step, To open I do not dare. A line of red ran down its side. A pool formed underneath. Covered in crimson, this light blue case, Home to more than suits this space. I found a… Continue reading Found a Case – poem
An Inheritance of Dirt
There is a strange feeling of being at a great height and near the edge as I think about the world today’s children are inheriting. A feeling that we have climbed too high to easily climb down. It feels as if the only way to reach solid earth again is to fall, something that benefits… Continue reading An Inheritance of Dirt
The Spooky World of Chris Ringler 