BLAWG! I wrote about recent horrible events in Minneapolis through the lens of a pretty great movie that's all about what you saw and what you think you saw. bartcave.wordpress.com/2026/01/15/s...

BLAWG! I wrote about the history of the word "punk" and contrasted its usage in NIGHT OF THE JUGGLER (1980) with this year's SUPERMAN. bartcave.wordpress.com/2025/12/08/t...

Enthusiasms

Blawg! I've always thought Halloween 4 had a particular Christian vibe about it that made it stand out from the rest of the series. So I wrote about it! bartcave.wordpress.com/2025/10/20/t...

Blawg! Lady and the Tramp mentions chop suey once. So I wrote thousands of words about its historical and cultural context! bartcave.wordpress.com/2025/09/22/l...

Blawg! I wrote about PROSPECT (2018), a movie I really enjoyed but I think some film critics misinterpreted. bartcave.wordpress.com/2025/09/03/d...

Have you ever wanted a Jungian analysis of the 1989 Punisher movie? Boy have I got a blog for you. I wrote about how it gets a little weird about moms and the Japanese. bartcave.wordpress.com/2025/08/15/t...

Don't overthink it: what comic book panels/pages live in your head rent-free? Drop four and tag #comicsdna

Blawg! Feeling a little overwhelmed by the state of the world? Look to the sci-fi movies of Stuart Gordon (namely Robot Jox, Fortress and Space Truckers) for messages about never compromising your personal identity. bartcave.wordpress.com/2025/07/28/p...

"Name a show that only ran for one season" Okay but let's play hard mode and name a show that never made it past the pilot.

Let's blawg about sex! I wrote way too many words on why Tarantino always seems to have sex on the brain but claims to not include sex scenes in his movies. bartcave.wordpress.com/2025/05/30/q...

Live from the conclave

It's May Day, and time to keep our appointment with the Wicker Man! I wrote a blawg about how director Danny Boyle has referenced THE WICKER MAN in multiple projects, including next month's 28 YEARS LATER! bartcave.wordpress.com/2025/05/01/d...

You best believe it's Emma Corrin, they of THE CROWN (Diana in the fourth season) and DEADPOOL & WOLVERINE (Cassandra Nova).

I don't know where you new followers came from but I hope you enjoy arbitrary connections in your film analysis. Read my exploration of Polynesian myths and the Arthurian wasteland and Grail legends in THE NAVIGATOR: A MEDIEVAL ODYSSEY (1988) and MOANA (2016). bartcave.wordpress.com/2025/03/25/t...

Post a warning youtu.be/eebfMFzJHNs?...

Best Star Trek crew. Wrong answers only.

Post your favourite Doctor Who. Wrong answers only:

Ok, hear me out. A Lord of the Rings remake, but with these two taking the One Ring to Mordor:

Hawkeye #11: Pizza Is My Business, Matt Fraction (writer), David Aja and Matt Hollingsworth. Entirely from Pizza Dog's POV!

5 bullet points of what I accomplished last week: •Came in with the milk •Opened the bag with my right hand •Held the bag out to you at a 45-degree angle so you could reach in without touching the paper •Varied from the instructions to a small degree •Repeated the entire process from the beginning

First blawg of 2025! I wrote about anti-aging "guru" Bryan Johnson and the philosophical concept of Open Individualism, as filtered through horror-comedy FRANKENHOOKER! bartcave.wordpress.com/2025/01/13/t...

Like most sensible people, the election was a bit of a blow to my, well, entire worldview. So like a completely normal, not-depressed person, I wrote about it through the lens of LIVE FREE OR DIE HARD! bartcave.wordpress.com/2024/11/22/i...

It's spooky season, and Friday is the 50th anniversary of the original, so I wrote about LEATHERFACE: TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE III (1990)! I contemplate the movie's relationship with technology and how it seems to betray the message of the first two... bartcave.wordpress.com/2024/10/09/t...

Rewatched TIMECOP (1994) recently and noticed it has a lot of Nazis in it. So I wrote about it! bartcave.wordpress.com/2024/09/11/t...

BLAAAAAWWWWWGGGGGG The influence of video games on ALIEN: ROMULUS reminded me of the philosopher Baudrillard's concept of "hyperreality." Don't know what that is? Click the link below to find out! bartcave.wordpress.com/2024/08/22/v...

What do Werner Herzog, the movie Hook, and Deadpool all have in common? You'll have to read my ranting blawg to find out! bartcave.wordpress.com/2024/08/14/t...

Almost exactly a year until James Gunn's SUPERMAN, I decided to take a look back at his directorial debut. One line in SLITHER has always stood out to me — so I wrote about it! bartcave.wordpress.com/2024/07/08/j...

My kids watched Strange Magic on Disney+ and it got me to thinking about how George Lucas included love potions in an earlier story — Willow! So I wrote about it. bartcave.wordpress.com/2024/06/12/w...

Buhman! I’ve been playing the ARKHAM KNIGHT TRILOGY on Switch and got to thinking about what first-person and third-person perspective says about the character(s). So I wrote about it! bartcave.wordpress.com/2024/05/20/b...

Fashion peaked here

I saw Monkey Man, so I wrote about it! I talk about how the references in the movie to The Jungle Book are Dev Patel rewriting the story as an Indian one free of British influence. bartcave.wordpress.com/2024/04/22/r...

It's me, hi I'm weak and weary At tea time, deep into that darkness peering

I thought way too much about TEEN TITANS GO! At the very least click through my blog to listen to some sweet, sweet songs bartcave.wordpress.com/2024/03/19/d...

BARBIE BLAWG. I wrote about how the movie reminded me of Neil Gaiman’s Sandman, and what both have to say about the inner conflict of quitting a job. bartcave.wordpress.com/2024/02/27/q...

Good write-up!

BLAWG!!! With Furiosa coming up I’ve been thinking about some recurring themes in George Miller’s movies. So I wrote about them! bartcave.wordpress.com/2024/02/06/a...

I wrote about James Bond and water! I wrote way, way too much. But I couldn’t have done it without some great insight from @cavesofaltamira.bsky.social. bartcave.wordpress.com/2024/01/11/w...

What’s this, another blawg so soon?! I haven’t been able to get GODZILLA MINUS ONE out of my head, so I wrote about it. I noticed some similar explorations of identity as PERFECT BLUE, so I wrote about that too. bartcave.wordpress.com/2023/12/12/a...

🎵 DID YOU HEAR MY COVERT NARCISSISM I DISGUISE AS ALTRUISM LIKE SOME KIND OF CONGRESSMAN?🎵

I wrote something! I recently watched Albert Brooks' Defending Your Life and Disney's Wish, and got to pondering what both have to say about fulfilling your potential. bartcave.wordpress.com/2023/12/01/d...

Mom, can you come pick me up? I'm in a room where the women come and go talking of Michelangelo.

Love, Actually was released in the U.S. on November 14, 2003. It's, uh, somewhat problematic.

If I was Aronofsky doing his Musk biopic, I would open the movie with this as a quote and base the whole story around this interaction.

Hey I just met you This house is not sane Maybe it’s haunted Is Theo a lesbian?

I'm not a very frequent poster, but I do love writing — especially about horror! With Halloween tomorrow, here's a thread of some of my favorite blog posts I've written on the genre, starting with some musings on the man himself, Sam Raimi! bartcave.wordpress.com/2022/05/25/s...

This is a Farmer Gene Green in Killer Klowns from Outer Space stan account.