Max Landis Archives

American Alien #4 Does Batman vs. Superman Right

Landis offers his own take on this monumentous moment in Superman: American Alien #4, contextualizing the confrontation as the capstone to Clark’s arrival in the Big Apricot and his fateful first encounters with a number of its most prominent denizens

Sam Rockwell is All Sorts of Wrong in First Trailer for ‘Mr. Right’

If you found out that the guy you just started …

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‘Victor Frankenstein’ barely gets off the slab

There’s no denying that the latest iteration of Mary Shelley’s classic is pretty terrible.

‘Superman: American Alien’ #1 Argues that Thrill is Greater Than Alienation

While American Alien will explore Clark’s vulnerabilities and alienation through his formative years, it’s heartening to see Landis understand that the character’s fundamental humanity is what keeps him from truly being an alien

Winning ‘American Ultra’ let’s its freak flag fly

As entertaining as it is flawed, ‘American Ultra’ is sure to divide audiences with its haphazard mix of ultra-violence and heartfelt romance. A gleefully-belligerent experiment in style that thumbs its nose at your expectations.

James McAvoy takes on the titular role in first trailers for ‘Victor Frankenstein’

James McAvoy is poised to make the jump from comic …

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Ten filmmakers whose skills would be well-suited to television

The migration of filmmakers from the big screen to the …

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SIFF 2015: Anticipated films from the 41st Seattle International Film Festival

Here is a brief preview of some hotly anticipated films, as well as some obscure titles that might otherwise go unnoticed from the 41st Seattle International Film Festival.