Tag: Enemy of the State

  • Year Of The Vampire: The Hunger Is A Deceptively Gorgeous Movie About Grooming

    Year Of The Vampire: The Hunger Is A Deceptively Gorgeous Movie About Grooming

    (Welcome to Year of the Vampire, a series examining the greatest, strangest, and sometimes overlooked vampire movies of all time in honor of “Nosferatu,” which turns 100 this year.)Trigger Warning: Be advised that this article deals with issues of assault and grooming. If you are a survivor there are resources available. The atmospheric horror thriller “The…

  • Larry King, Famed Broadcaster Who Appeared in ‘Ghostbusters’ and More, Has Died at 87

    Larry King, Famed Broadcaster Who Appeared in ‘Ghostbusters’ and More, Has Died at 87

    Larry King conducted over 50,000 interviews with celebrities, world leaders, athletes, and average citizens caught up in extraordinary situations with a career that spans a half-century. Because of his fame as a radio and television broadcaster, King often appeared as himself in movies like Ghostbusters, The Contender, Enemy of the State, Bulworth, Contact and more.…

  • I’ve never seen … Top Gun

    I’ve never seen … Top Gun

    Jock aversion stopped one writer from catching the Tom Cruise film that launched a thousand action sequences. But how is a film so influential so unimaginative?See the other classic missed films in this seriesThe best arts and entertainment during self-isolationIn 1986, I was 15 and gorging myself on movies of every stripe, so why did…

  • ‘Homeland’: The Premiere’s Excellent Twist Ending Sets Up Season 7 to be as Batshit Crazy as the Real-World

    ‘Homeland’: The Premiere’s Excellent Twist Ending Sets Up Season 7 to be as Batshit Crazy as the Real-World

    [Editor’s Note: The following review contains spoilers for “Homeland” Season 7, Episode 1, “Enemy of the State.”]Did the President of the United States just have an American general murdered?By the end of the “Homeland” Season 7 premiere, that certainly appears to be the case. But no matter how soapy such a twist may sound, it’s…