Category: Movies

The Visitors jump ahead to the far-off future year of 1991. America is under fascistic rule. The Planet of the Apes series enters into a darker phase. This is a movie that channels the hatred and chaos of the early ...

Let’s not sugar coat it – last years’ Academy Awards were a mess. Between the misguided fan voted “awards,” the insulting pre-taped segments, and the now infamous Slap, the Oscars didn’t just feel outdated and out of touch. They felt ...

Michael and Louis are joined by Zachary Byrd of With a Gay Twist to discuss the upcoming Academy Awards, which will (hopefully) be a more normal affair this year.

The Visitors are back again, covering the third installment of the Planet of the Apes film series. This 1971 sequel takes things all the way into the future year of 1973! You read that right. Ape scientists Zira and Cornelius ...

Even though voting for The Academy Awards doesn’t begin until March 2nd, we’re still in the thick of awards season, and a lot has happened since nominations were announced in late January. To try and make sense of it all, ...

Mike and Louis take on Howard the Duck, the notorious, George Lucas-produced movie that ruined at least two people’s careers and stands out as one of the worst comic book adaptations of all time.

Welcome to the dazzling follow-up to my first published piece for The Postrider, “Magic Mike: The Appetizer” in which I laid out the foundations of the Magic Mike universe. Besides the general story, I highlight key areas where Magic Mike ...

This week, the Visitors return to the first Apes sequel, Beneath the Planet of the Apes. With a smaller budget and a smaller role for Charlton Heston, this film leaves a lot to be desired. We are introduced to Brent, ...

On the latest Fortress of Ineptitude, Michael and Louis discuss the 2004 The Punisher, perhaps the most famous movie set in Tampa.

Get your stinkin’ podcasts off me, you damn dirty listener. The Visitors are back for another exciting season of sci-fi goodness. This time, they’re rocketing off to cover the Planet of the Apes franchise, starting with the 1968 original. How ...

Michael and Louis deliver a two-for-one episode of Fortress of Ineptitude, taking a look at the now-retired Bruce Willis’ career by reviewing RED and RED 2.

On Tuesday, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced the nominees for the 95th Academy Awards, an American institution that’s been in a state of flux over the past-half decade or so. But after a COVID-delayed ceremony, plummeting ...

As some of you may know, the third film in the Magic Mike trilogy, Magic Mike’s Last Dance, is coming out next month on February 10th. This has prompted me to finally announce my love for this franchise, especially its ...

Earlier this year I went to my local theater to see See How They Run, a cutesy Agatha Christie homage that’s literally built around a murder that happens following a staging of The Mousetrap, her signature play. The movie was ...

The film industry is in a state of flux – streaming is more popular than ever but only fitfully profitable, while big budget blockbusters can still draw out crowds, but are more formulaic and derivative than ever before. Still, we ...

In the latest Fortress of Ineptitude, Michael and Louis discuss The Spirit, a baffling but entertaining adaptation of the classic Will Eisner series that gets nearly everything about the character wrong.

Michael and Louis take a look at Sight and Sound’s critics poll of the Greatest Films of All Time, and venerated and prestigious institution that attracted some controversy this year. Should the critics have chosen as many recent films? Did ...

Over the past 15 years or so, the term “Spielbergian” feels like it’s become a phrase of both praise and derision. If a movie features a plucky group of kids, a broken home, and a supernatural/extraterrestrial source of both fear ...

There’s a scene in Black Panther where Killmonger (Michael B. Jordan), after appearing to kill the title character, slowly approaches the throne of Wakanda to claim the kingdom that he believes is rightfully his. The shot begins upside down, slowly ...

Michael, Louis, and special guest Zachary Byrd discuss Black Adam, the DCEU’s latest superhero blockbuster and a backdoor attempt to launch the Justice Society to mainstream popularity. Did they think this worked in introducing more obscure characters to a wider ...

In the latest Fortress of Ineptitude, Michael and Louis discuss 1995’s Judge Dredd, a much maligned film that’s they find surprisingly watchable. Tune in to hear their thoughts of 2000 A.D., Rob Schneider, and the state of the modern comic ...

How do you kill a man without fear? You make a bad movie about him! After watching flawed comic book love letter Superman Returns, Louis and Michael take a look at 2003’s Daredevil, which eschews superheroic frivolity for a dark ...