I’m happy John Lasseter is leaving Disney
I’ve always had very conflicting feelings about Disney’s former Chief Creative Officer John Lasseter. This was even before the frequent sexual harassment claims, which led ...
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MPAA celebrates 50 years of screwing up movie ratings
The Motion Picture Association of America, or MPAA, introduced a ratings system and censorship board in 1968 as a means for the industry ...
The DC Extended Universe needs to die
I remember back in 2013 when Man of Steel came out. It was meant to be the big return of the Blue Boyscout to theatres ...
The best damn movies of summer 2018
Ah, the summer. After the early year doldrums, moviegoers can finally sink their teeth into a feast that includes numerous sequels, reboots, adaptations, ...
Comedies today are a tragedy
Last month, The Happytime Murders opened to a pretty tepid response, both critically and financially. Having a budget of $40 million, not including advertising, so ...
Schlock Chuggers: The FP
[Schlock Chuggers is an ode celebrating the wacky, strange, obscene, and vulgar in which members of Flixist and Destructoid drink heavily, watch trashy ...
Sharknado isn’t so bad it’s good; it’s just bad
When I pitched to Flixist’s Supreme Overlord Matt a Sharknado Retrospective, I had a pretty clear-cut goal in mind. I wanted to look at all ...
Let’s fight to the death over the best lamps in film!
The writers at Flixist have come together for a competition. Back in July, we all began a heated debate about something near and ...
Features
The Flame Con Adventures of Flixist Chris
During my weekend at Flame Con, everyone around me was creative and intelligent—not to mention, queer. Organized by Geeks OUT, the “largest queer ...
Warner Bros just accepted this Batman screenplay I wrote when I was 14
About twelve years ago, I wrote a screenplay. I was overloaded with creative energy, because my dad got drunk and passed out on ...
Letting Shakespeare write The Last Jedi makes it a better story
I don’t think I’m rustling any feathers when I say that The Last Jedi was a film that divided the Star Wars fanbase. Whether you love it ...
Video game adaptations have screwed Danny DeVito over, and Halo might be his last chance
When Legendary Entertainment and Nintendo announced a Detective Pikachu movie, the internet was given the chance to wonder what the iconic yellow chubster ...