2024: The Year in Bedlam
Let’s face it: the movies of 2024 by and large sucked
THE BOY WHO KICKED PIGS
A self-proclaimed “grotesque masterpiece” about just what the title promises
NIGHT OF THE COMET
“Valley girls at the end of the world” was the pitch by writer-director Thom Eberhardt for this low budgeter from 1984
THE COFFEE TABLE
2024’s major shock-fest, containing all the things that make Spanish horror great
HAPPINESS
A 1998 film that in its pitiless depictions of loneliness, jealousy and boredom is more relevant to the iPhone age than the time in which it was made
MOVING VIOLATIONS
The “institutional comedy” model, established in 1984 by POLICE ACADEMY, was given a fair-to-middling workout in this science fiction-tinged comedy
DEFENDING YOUR LIFE
One of the best afterlife comedies on the market
BEETLEJUICE GOES HAWAIIAN
The never-made BEETLEJUICE sequel, which exists only as an undated 126-page screenplay
BEETLEJUICE vs. BEETLEJUICE BEETLEJUICE
All about BEETLEJUICE BEETLEJUICE and why it exists
THE ‘BURBS
I know many of you love this film. I don’t!