The Beatles ‘Magical Mystery Tour’: Best Band, Worst Movie
The Beatles’ disaster of a pop musical, quirky, farce, road trip fantasy film that became Magical Mystery Tour begins with triumph.
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Mothra Is Luminous as an Icon of Soft Power and Femininity
Whether defending her eggs, the Earth, or the people and kaiju she values, Mothra has consistently demonstrated caregiving instincts that finally have a lucid source in her feminine creator, Ajigo.
Translating Mothra Is Trickier Than Capturing Godzilla
Jeffrey Angles discusses the perils and pleasures of translating Mothra’s tri-authored origin tale, The Luminous Fairies and Mothra, into English.
Batman Returns’ Delirious Psychosexual Tension
The stitches, the shadows, the skin and the other psychosexual tension and animalistic identities of Batman Returns.
Tim Burton’s ‘Batman Returns’ Is a Horror Film of a Different Sort
Criticized for its grotesque imagery, Tim Burton’s 1992 film Batman Returns is a commentary on the horror of social and political ills that still haunt us today.
‘I Ain’t Afraid of No Bros’: What’s Really Scary About the New Ghostbusters’
The new Ghostbusters have to fight twice as hard to be considered half as good as the old Ghostbusters. As a recipe for heroism, it’s perfect.
In ‘Vampire’s Kiss’ and ‘High Spirits’, Horror and Comedy Clash but Don’t Always Mix
Scream! Factory's horror/comedy "double feature" doesn't truly fit into either genre.