by K Hogaboom | Jul 20, 2018 | article
This week I’ve let you down a bit, as I watched a couple good films for a change! Never fear: I will be back on my bullshite in full force, next week! – K. The Disaster Artist (2017) Equal parts buddy movie, riotous making-of comedy, and Hollywood in-joke,...
by K Hogaboom | Mar 11, 2017 | blog
Produced, written, directed and starring Robert Townsend as mild-mannered-citizen-turned-superhero, this lost-in-the-90s comedy is an extremely well-intentioned effort that likely should have been more successful than it was. Townsend plays Jefferson Reed, a...
by K Hogaboom | Jan 3, 2017 | blog
“Worst. Heroes. Ever.” reads that tagline for DC “dark action epic” Suicide Squad. Except: really, the film is like any other “underdog hero” film – of which we’ve seen precisely eleven thousand – and there is...
by K Hogaboom | Jun 27, 2015 | featured
The Golden Bat (the bat) is a new species discovered in Bolivia last year. But The Golden Bat (the immortal caped being with an unconvincing skull-face) is a comic creation from 1930 known to be the first Japanese superhero – and widely regarded as the first...