So this clip round-up includes my first piece at the New York Times: a primer on Heroes Reborn, which you read here.
Not much, but it's a start.
Anyway.
At Vulture, I recapped the first two episodes of Gotham's second season here, and here. And episodes four and five of Fear the Walking Deadhere, and here.
I also did a list of the ten most Cannon-y moments in the new Cannon DVD/Blu-ray box set, also at Vulture.
At RogerEbert.com, there's my positive review of The Green Inferno, Eli Roth's Cannibal Holocaust homage, right over here.
1) Four Vulture recaps of Fear the Walking Dead: one, and two, and three, and four.
2) My RogerEbert.com review of 80s-sploitation action-adventure Turbo Kid: http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/turbo-kid-2015
3) My Village Voice cap of Korean action-fantasy Memories of the Sword: http://www.villagevoice.com/film/memories-of-the-sword-is-most-thrilling-when-its-swordsmen-plunge-into-the-past-7533278
4) My RogerEbert.com review of body-horror sequel Contracted: Phase II: http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/contracted-phase-ii-2015
5) My Village Voice cap of found-footage horror film Creep: http://www.villagevoice.com/film/mark-duplass-elevates-found-footage-horror-flick-creep-7585795
6) My Vulture interview with Roger Corman: http://www.vulture.com/2015/08/roger-corman-sharktopus-easy-rider.html?_ga=1.11195444.1671774659.1442801866
7) My RogerEbert.com review of Johnnie To musical Office: http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/office-2015
8) My Village Voice cap of Neil Labute's dramedy Dirty Weekend: http://www.villagevoice.com/film/neil-labute-s-dirty-weekend-may-have-you-longing-for-monday-7600110
9) My RogerEbert.com review of Fatih Akin's Armenian genocide drama The Cut: http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/the-cut-2015
10) My Village Voice review action reboot The Transporter Refueled: http://www.villagevoice.com/film/here-are-all-the-reasons-why-nobody-went-to-see-the-transporter-refueled-7621056
11) My Vulture interview with Rick and Morty co-creators Justin Roiland and Dan Harmon: http://www.vulture.com/2015/09/rick-morty-influences-dan-harmon-justin-roiland.html?_ga=1.246550660.1671774659.1442801866
12) My RogerEbert.com review of Bruce McDonald's killer-kids/maternity-horror film Hellions: http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/hellions-2015
13) My Village Voice cap of horror-comedy Cooties: http://www.villagevoice.com/film/comic-horror-flick-cooties-cast-is-funnier-than-its-script-7634481
1) My RogerEbert.com review of The Vatican Tapes, a demonic possession horror film helmed by Crank co-director Mark Neveldine: http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/the-vatican-tapes-2015
2) My Village Voice review of Unexpected, a dismal what-to-expect-when-you're-expecting drama from co-writer/director Kris Swanberg, wife of Joe: http://www.villagevoice.com/movies/unexpected-6387791
3) My Village Voice review of Jack Strong, a good-enough spy thriller set in Cold War-era Poland: http://www.villagevoice.com/movies/jack-strong-7305812
4) My Village Voice review of Staten Island Summer, a so-so one-last-summer-party teen sex comedy starring a bunch of recent Saturday Night Live players: http://www.villagevoice.com/film/teen-sex-comedy-staten-island-summer-works-best-if-you-re-hard-up-7415904
5) My RogerEbert.com review of Wild City, the latest film written and directed by City on Fire director Ringo Lam: http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/wild-city-2015
6) My Village Voice review of Paulo Coelho's Best Story, an undistinguished biopic about the author of The Alchemist: http://www.villagevoice.com/film/the-alchemist-author-doesn-t-quite-come-to-life-in-paulo-coelho-s-best-story-7415908
7) My Village Voice review of A Lego Brickumentary, a disappointing documentary about Duplo, I MEAN LEGO: http://www.villagevoice.com/movies/a-lego-brickumentary-6386868
8) My RogerEbert.com review of The Young and Prodigious T.S. Spivet, a mostly fine new film from Alien: Resurrection director Jean-Pierre Jeunet: http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/the-young-and-prodigious-ts-spivet-2015
9) My Village Voice review of Call Me Lucky, Bobcat Golthwait's dock-portrait of Boston comedian Barry Crimmins: http://www.villagevoice.com/film/bobcat-goldthwait-s-call-me-lucky-is-a-smart-portrait-of-a-hothead-truth-teller-7440197
10) My Village Voice review of Assassination, a bloated but fun South Korean spy/war thriller:http://www.villagevoice.com/movies/assassination-amsal-7406798
11) My Village Voice review of Kahlil Gibran's The Prophet, an underwhelming cartoon adaptation of, uh, see title: http://www.villagevoice.com/movies/kahlil-gibrans-the-prophet-6387304
12) My Village Voice review of Shaun the Sheep Movie, a fun new film by Aardman Animations: http://www.villagevoice.com/movies/shaun-the-sheep-6387652
13) My RogerEbert.com review of We Come As Friends, a tedious documentary about the "alien," neo-colonialist nature of Western (and Chinese) philanthropists in contemporary South Sudan: http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/we-come-as-friends-2015
14) My RogerEbert.com review of One and Two, an unmoving coming-of-age fantasy starring Sally Draper: http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/one-and-two-2015
15) My Village Voice review of Some Kind of Beautiful, an awful romantic-comedy, but a decent contender for worst film of 2015: http://www.villagevoice.com/movies/some-kind-of-beautiful-how-to-make-love-like-an-englishman-7299358
16) My Village Voice review of The Curse of Downers Grove, a cheap, but satisfying "teen angst" picture that also happens to be co-adapted by Bret Easton Ellis: http://www.villagevoice.com/movies/the-curse-of-downers-grove-7332912
17) My RogerEbert.com review of Sinister 2, an inadequate, but superior sequel: http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/sinister-2-2015
I don't really like that title any more. I see a lot of other critics using it, and that's rather discouraging. Suggestions are welcome. Now here's what published this past week.
1) For Village Voice: a review of Jellyfish Eyes, pop artist Takashi Murakami's underwhelming kiddy flick. xowAvwEPGz
2) For Village Voice: a review of Ardor, a lousy man-vs-nature picture starring Gael Garcia Bernal and Alice Braga. c1RFCh2jh8
3) For RogerEbert.com: a review of Alléluia, an insufferably arty horror film about the Lonely Hearts killers. alléluia-2015
4) For RogerEbert.com: my entry in the "Who's Who in Reviews" series. I waited all week for this, and am quite happy with the results. whos-who-in-reviews-simon-abrams
I've had some personal setbacks lately. But here, in the meantime, are my writings for the past month or so:
1) For Village Voice, a review of The Face of An Angel, a rather dull thriller by the often superb Michael Winterbottom: YbzoLrrlu1
2) For Village Voice, a feature on Critical Paranoia 2: Dark Night Rising, a frustrating, but intriguing experiment in conspiracy theory bullshit: LHFbgZppwy
3) For Vulture, my last two recaps of Sense8, the Wachowski siblings' uneven and aggravating science-fiction series: 5lnxamq2EL and 1NqIQTu
6) For RogerEbert.com, a review of Into the Grizzly Maze, a lousy, woman-hating animal-attack picture: http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/into-the-grizzly-maze-2015
7) For RogerEbert.com, a review of Stung, another lousy, woman-hating animal-attack picture: http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/stung-2015
8) For The Dissolve, an interview with Penelope Spheeris, the lovely, and ferociously-talented director of the Decline of Western Civilization trilogy: 0ok2frhFvs
9) For Village Voice, a review of The Suicide Theory, a wishy-washy Australian thriller/dark-comedy: http://www.villagevoice.com/movies/the-suicide-theory-6387710
10) For Village Voice, a feature on "Japan Cuts," the Japan Society's annual program of Japanese pop cinema: 8zbZI5wYcf
Here are links to articles that published in the past week:
1) Chilean martial arts movie Redeemer is a great vehicle for star Marko Zaror. More in my Village Voice review: UvtGxzgw4j
2) American animator Don Hertzfeldt's World of Tomorrow blows the competition away in 2015 Sundance Film Festival Award-Winning Short Films. More in my Village Voice review: IWyop6uz3z
3) Hong Kong martial-arts comedy Dreadnaught (1981)--a Yuen Biao vehicle directed by Woo-Ping Yuen--is an energizing delight. More in my Village Voice review: nCREfFUQ0v
4) J. Michael Straczynski and the Wachowskis' uneven science-fiction serial Sense8 gets appreciably freaky in episodes 4-6. More in my second of four Vulture recaps: 1QrCSHx
5) And bleak American/Chilewood indie horror film The Stranger is a pantload. More in my RogerEbert.com review: the-stranger-2015
6) My Vulture recap of the Wachowskis' new-age-y scifi series Sense8's first three episodes: http://www.vulture.com/2015/06/sense8-recap-season-1-episode-1-2-3.html
