Well, a LOT of us saw “Suicide Squad” this weekend. And a LOT of us didn’t like it all that much. Alex Kirschenbaum, Armani Barron and TJ Morrison break down why. Alex: My rating: ** ...
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“Suicide” Blitz: Did David Ayer Save DC Movies?
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“Apocalypse” Now: Has The “X-Men” Series Reached A Point Of No Return?
“X-Men: Apocalypse,” the ninth “X-Men” movie, opened in theaters last weekend with something between a bang and a thud: its domestic three-day weekend haul of $65.7 million, a steep drop from the $90 million three-day ...
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Filmcore’s Coast-to-Coast Thoughts on “Knight of Cups,” a.k.a. “Christian Bale Goes To The Beach”
Last week, Filmcore’s Alex Kirschenbaum and Chris McKee saw the latest Terry Malick tone poem so you don’t have to. And both Filmcore scribes agree, “Knight of Cups” was a meandering mess of a movie ...
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The James Bond Movie Power Rankings, Part III
Now we’re getting to the really good stuff. Here at last is the thrilling conclusion to Alex and Greg’s epic James Bond Movie Power Rankings back-and-forth, counting down the Elite Eight films in the James ...
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The James Bond Movie Power Rankings, Part II
Alex and Greg’s Bond Movie Power Rankings return. Again, the rankings are Alex’s, and the rebuttals are Greg’s. Get ready for some of the best Moore and Brosnan Bonds, including a series entry that most ...
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Filmcore Video – Ep. 2, “Black Mass” Critical Exchangecore
In which critics Alex Kirschenbaum and Charles Perry agree to disagree on this fall’s prestige gangster movie. Key quote: “This is a movie about, evidently, a vampire gangster who’s not an actual vampire but looks ...
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The “Steve Jobs” Conversation Continues
Alex Kirschenbaum and Greg Brecher couldn’t come to terms on how split they were over Danny Boyle’s “Steve Jobs.” The conversation needed a written forum to continue beyond their initial bare-knuckled 90-minute podcast brawl (10/26/15), ...
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Filmcore Video – Ep. 1, “The Wolf of Wall Street” Critical Exchangecore
In which critics Alex Kirschenbaum and Mike Weldon agree to disagree on one of the decade’s most decadent Hollywood movies, an excessive reflection of the movers and shakers of the past (and a rumination on ...