Never expected so many similarities to Watchmen, but with Brad Bird's history I guess I should have seen it coming that it would take the exact opposite political stance. Superheroes are illegal, but instead of exploring their self-destructive nature, the problem is purely one of public perception. I mean, there's a creepy bad guy out there! (And maybe the banky-est villain in a superhero film to date?) The powerless masses need exceptional people to protect them! The villain wouldn't exist…

Ever since I joined Letterboxd, nothing has scared me more than the idea of trying to write about 2001: A Space Odyssey. The fact that everything has "already been said" about this masterpiece has itself already been said so many times that there's not even an original means of expressing my lack of originality left at my disposal. So with the knowledge that I will probably never be able to fully encapsulate what makes this my favorite movie of all…

"Hey pretty girl, time to wake up."

There was a time not too long ago when if you asked me what my favorite movie was I might have told you Mulholland Drive. There's a lot going on in the film and I certainly won't claim to understand all of it (something I might have done when it was my "favorite movie"), but I do have a reading of it that seems to answer a lot of the questions it poses,…