Action blockbusters are making a comeback in a big way, thanks mostly to their embrace of the inherent campiness of the genre as well as meta-writing that keeps the films fun but self-aware. But at Loser City, we’ve decided to look back at the end of the action era and how the films from that […]
Second Chances: Nicolas Cage Proves He’s Still Got It with Joe
It’s fitting that Nicolas Cage’s reputable acting career is getting yet another second chance through a film all about second chances. David Gordon Green’s Joe, the eclectic director’s first collaboration with the even more eclectic Cage, is a slow burning exploration of masculinity and poverty in the South based off a novel by Larry Brown that details […]
The Life Pursuit: Fate and the Creative Process in God Help the Girl and Grand Budapest Hotel
Stuart Murdoch and Wes Anderson may as well be twins. The two auteurs likely have near identical record collections and they share a visual aesthetic wrapped up in stark, flat palettes. But more importantly, they both have fanatical cult followings who treat them as semi-religious figures, their every work a spiritual tome ready for revelation […]
71st Annual Golden Globes Predictions
From the Desk of Loser City Founder/Jacuzzi Sales Representative Nona Lippi 71st Annual Golden Globes Predictions Tonight all of America will put down their Rubik’s Cubes and cattle prods to stop and partake in the annual broadcast of the Golden Globe Awards. The Oscars of televised award ceremonies, the Golden Globes tell us which films and […]
Is This the End? Burning Out with The World’s End
Inspired perhaps by the ending that didn’t come last year despite whatever promise we read into Mayan calendar habits, 2013 has been a year for finality, from the apocalyptic narratives dominating pop culture to the tense, imminent conclusions of series like Breaking Bad. But few works this year merge metaphorical endings with literal ones quite […]
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