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Michael Heimbaugh

Michael Heimbaugh

Michael Heimbaugh likes to watch movies and occasionally write about the movies he watches. His favorite movie is either 'Mulholland Dr.' or 'Muppet Treasure Island,' depending on when you ask. He lives in Pennsylvania.

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    ‘Army of the Dead’: A (Mostly) Earned Victory Shamble for Zack Snyder

    by Michael Heimbaugh May 30, 2021
    by Michael Heimbaugh May 30, 2021

    It’s safe to say that no American filmmaker working today is quite as polarizing as Zack Snyder. Detractors renounce the Watchmen, 300, Man of Steel et al. director as the hack creator of one dour,…

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    F*** You Everybody, Good Night: 25 Years of ‘From Dusk Till Dawn’

    by Michael Heimbaugh January 27, 2021
    by Michael Heimbaugh January 27, 2021

    (CW: rape/abuse) Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez were on a white-hot streak in 1995. Each had two critically acclaimed, wildly successful features under his belt (for Tarantino, Reservoir Dogs and Pulp Fiction; for Rodriguez, El…

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    ‘Spenser Confidential’ is Yet Another Forgettable Berg/Wahlberg Action Romp

    by Michael Heimbaugh March 15, 2020
    by Michael Heimbaugh March 15, 2020

    Mark Wahlberg and director Peter Berg have been inseparable since first teaming up for 2013’s Lone Survivor. In the years since, they’ve become Hollywood’s leading providers of robust, forgettable action thrillers with weirdly conservative politics. They’re…

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    A Great Becoming: ‘In the Mouth of Madness‘ and the Perils of Toxic Fandom

    by Michael Heimbaugh March 1, 2020
    by Michael Heimbaugh March 1, 2020

    Much like Cameron Crowe, Francis Ford Coppola, and M. Night Shyamalan, John Carpenter all too frequently falls into the category of the “wayward auteur.” The public sees the horror maestro, in other words, as a…

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    ‘Between Two Ferns: The Movie’ is a Star-Studded Ode to Friendship, Silliness, and Pursuing Your Dreams

    by Michael Heimbaugh October 6, 2019
    by Michael Heimbaugh October 6, 2019

    In hindsight, Netflix’s Between Two Ferns: The Movie was probably inevitable. Writer-director Scott Aukerman has basically cornered the market on the Fake Talk Show (apologies to Eric Andre). He co-created the hit Zach Galifianakis-hosted web…

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    Frank Simon’s ‘The Queen’: The Restoration of an Icon

    by Michael Heimbaugh August 21, 2019
    by Michael Heimbaugh August 21, 2019

    From its roots in the “pantomime dame” craze of the late 19th century to the modern-day antics of RuPaul’s Drag Race, drag has served as a way of subverting audiences’ expectations about gender. By performing…

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    Can’t Stand the Heat: Love and Hate on a Hot Summer’s Day in ‘Do the Right Thing’

    by Michael Heimbaugh July 21, 2019
    by Michael Heimbaugh July 21, 2019

    On January 29th, 1956, CBS aired an episode of Alfred Hitchcock Presents titled “Shopping for Death,” based on a story by Ray Bradbury. In the episode, a pair of retired insurance salesmen trail a longshoreman’s…

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    10 Years of ‘Drag Me to Hell’: A Cult Director Pays Homage To…Himself?

    by Michael Heimbaugh June 4, 2019
    by Michael Heimbaugh June 4, 2019

    Sam Raimi should stick to franchise work. It pains me to say that about a filmmaker as imaginative and influential as Raimi. But the truth is that the director’s best work — indeed, his most…

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    Film Review – Her Smell (2019)

    by Michael Heimbaugh May 15, 2019
    by Michael Heimbaugh May 15, 2019

    The past few months have seen the release of two high-profile biopics about the rock groups Queen and Mötley Crüe. While both Bohemian Rhapsody and The Dirt have experienced massive success, viewers have pointed out…

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    Film Review – Under the Silver Lake (2019)

    by Michael Heimbaugh May 10, 2019
    by Michael Heimbaugh May 10, 2019

    From the Illuminati to backmasked satanic messages on Led Zep albums, the world has always loved a good conspiracy theory. And (no) thanks to the success of pundits like Rush Limbaugh and Alex Jones, we’re…

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    We All Have Our Bad Days: 25 Years of ‘Serial Mom’

    by Michael Heimbaugh April 19, 2019
    by Michael Heimbaugh April 19, 2019

    John Waters’ films are all about transgression. Like his contemporary David Lynch, the underground cinema icon seeks to expose the rot at the heart of the idyllic world of post-World War II America. But where…

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    Long Live the Hud: 25 Years of ‘The Hudsucker Proxy’

    by Michael Heimbaugh March 19, 2019
    by Michael Heimbaugh March 19, 2019

    The film world rightly regards Joel and Ethan Coen as among the most innovative filmmakers of their generation. A large part of the brothers’ popularity is their uncanny ability to work within various genres while…

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    Film Review – Antiquities (2019)

    by Michael Heimbaugh February 28, 2019
    by Michael Heimbaugh February 28, 2019

    Movies about sad white dudes trying to find themselves are this planet’s most powerful renewable resource. They’re ubiquitous to the point where they occur in nature, and new ones keep springing up seemingly by the…

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    What Are We Going to Do Now?: 25 Years of ‘Reality Bites’

    by Michael Heimbaugh February 26, 2019
    by Michael Heimbaugh February 26, 2019

    Being in your mid-twenties is rough. You’re supposedly young enough to remain attached to the recklessness of youth, yet too old not to have your completely figured out. You subsist on canned and frozen food.…

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    Film Review – High Flying Bird (2019)

    by Michael Heimbaugh February 15, 2019
    by Michael Heimbaugh February 15, 2019

    Movies about pro sports can often be a mixed bag. Most of them either go the “glory of the game” route (which often leads to mawkish sentimentality) or take the “inner workings” approach (which, to…

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    40 Years of ‘The Warriors’: How Well Does the Cult Classic Hold Up?

    by Michael Heimbaugh February 11, 2019
    by Michael Heimbaugh February 11, 2019

    Last week, Walter Hill’s street-fighting gang adventure The Warriors celebrated its 40th anniversary. Hill’s film, while initially poorly received by critics, has in the decades since its release garnered a massive cult following. But the big…

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    Prinze of Dorkness: 20 Years of ‘She’s All That’

    by Michael Heimbaugh February 2, 2019
    by Michael Heimbaugh February 2, 2019

    The ‘90s were wild. Time was, you could assemble a gaggle of fresh-faced young actors, give them relatively little to do except be incredibly attractive, add in a rad soundtrack, maybe some celeb cameos — and…

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    Film Review – Ánimas (2019)

    by Michael Heimbaugh February 1, 2019
    by Michael Heimbaugh February 1, 2019

    Some of the most effective horror films ever made deal in the corruption, subversion and perversion of the happy family unit. The Shining, Poltergeist, Get Out — movies such as these take the sacred image of family,…

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    Film Review – Close (2019)

    by Michael Heimbaugh January 24, 2019
    by Michael Heimbaugh January 24, 2019

    Witnessing Netflix’s transformation from humble video-rental to gigantic streaming behemoth (bestreamoth?) has been disorienting at best. Whereas the release of a new Netflix original movie was once a momentous occasion, the platform nowadays churns out an…

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    All the World’s a Ring: 10 Years of ‘The Wrestler’

    by Michael Heimbaugh December 20, 2018
    by Michael Heimbaugh December 20, 2018

    Darren Aronofsky is one of the great trickster gods of the modern cinema world. His modus operandi as a filmmaker is to shock, to provoke thought, to search the human psyche, to obliterate his audience’s expectations…

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