“It's a truth, universally acknowledged, that teenagers are fucking idiots.” Jane Austin said that, and it still rings true today. It's every human being’s God-given right to be a moody asshole, but that doesn't make you smart. Brooding all the time doesn't give you...
Centuries ago when I was still in College, I would spend the summers earning a little extra dough by working at an A&W fast food restaurant. One day, one of my co-workers (for the sake of this article we’ll call him Duke Bimblebottom Scrimbleswitch the Third - not...
by Ian Butt Recently I discovered something about myself that I'd been previously unaware of. I love Young Adult Sci-Fi movies. Sure, in the past I'd curiously sampled the adventures of Katniss Everdeen as her Games got progressively Hungrier, but I only recently...
By: Ian Butt Have you seen the trailer for the new movie Satanic? If not, watch it right now. Then after you're done I'll tell you everything that happens in the movie without the advantage of actually seeing it. Then you won't have to see it either. But if you do go...
A Criticism of Film Criticism By: Ian Butt I have a bit of a love-hate relationship with movie reviews. If I'm being totally honest, I read a ton of them. In fact there’s a good chance I'll read a few of them while taking breaks between drafts of this essay. The...
By: Ian Butt In my last film essay I promised that, in my follow up, I would write about black people’s role in the horror genre. Obviously this is a sensitive topic, and requires serious, sober thought, and thorough research on my part. So I immediately set to...
By: Ian Butt Recently I caught a double-bill of Jackie Kong features presented by The Muff Society, a group which screens movies championing women in film. The second film, Blood Diner, featured a scene early on that involved a cheerleading squad performing topless...
