A tribute to writer/actress/bad-ass Carrie Fisher, who passed away today at the age of 60.
A tribute to writer/actress/bad-ass Carrie Fisher, who passed away today at the age of 60.
I’m so selfish, I sometimes use other people’s birthdays to measure certain spans of time in my own life. In terms of Drunk Monkeys, the last four years can disguise themselves as forty quite well. I’m amazed at the time, place, and state of my life in mid-2012, when the endlessly amazing Matthew Guerruckey asked me if I “had anything else I thought Drunk Monkeys would like.”
I gave them the first issue of this column. And that was it. I’ve written sixty-two editions of Captain Canada’s Movie Rodeo for DM.
Even if I think you’re hot, vile garbage, if you wrote about politics this year, I have to applaud your courage. That might not be the right word. Whatever it is, I don’t have it this time around. I’ve never been fully comfortable in writing about political matters. I’ve scratched together a few loose thoughts over the years. I always wind up wishing I hadn’t. Keeping depression and terminal cynicism out of my heart is hard enough these days. Researching and writing an article on the 2016 Presidential Election, or on just about anything else happening right now, feels like spiritual suicide.
Matthew Guerruckey reviews Sully, the latest from director Clint Eastwood, starring Tom Hanks as Captain "Sully" Sullenberger.
Donald McCarthy reviews the gripping crime thriller Hell or High Water.
A 100 Word Review of the Nick Cave movie One More Time with Feeling, by our Managing Editor, Dani Neiley!
Kolleen Carney with a 100 Word Film Review of The Little Prince, the animated adaptation of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry's classic novel.
Scott Waldyn reviews the surprising new thriller, Don't Breathe.
Our 100 Word Movie Review of Kubo and the Two String, from Laika Studios!
Captain Canada returns again, with a look at Ghostbusters, Star Trek Beyond, and many more in a double-sized edition of the Movie Rodeo!