# criterion (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 6 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover criterion. Page: Feed: --- ## [Inspection : Looking for the tiniest speck :: Induction : Looking for the tiniest duck](https://aistobascistod.tumblr.com/post/825418904609456128) _2026-08-19 · Bad Analogies_ Inspection : Looking for the tiniest speck :: Induction : Looking for the tiniest duck ## [Truth to Power](https://trailersfromhell.com/truth-to-power/) _2026-08-19 · Randy Fuller · Trailers From Hell_ Pairing‌‌‌ ‌‌‌wine‌‌‌ ‌‌‌with‌‌‌ ‌‌‌movies!‌‌‌ ‌‌‌See‌‌‌ ‌‌‌the‌‌‌ ‌‌‌trailers‌‌‌ ‌‌‌and‌‌‌ ‌‌‌hear‌‌‌ ‌‌‌the‌‌‌ ‌‌‌fascinating‌‌‌ ‌‌‌commentary‌‌‌ ‌‌‌for‌‌‌ ‌‌‌these‌‌‌ movies‌,‌‌ ‌‌‌and‌‌‌ ‌‌‌many‌‌‌ ‌‌‌more‌,‌‌ ‌‌‌at‌‌‌ ‌‌‌Trailers‌‌‌ ‌‌‌From‌‌‌ ‌‌‌Hell.‌‌‌ ‌This week, we dip into the rich pool of satire for three films that tell it like it was. We’ll have wine pairings for each. The Great… ## [To Be Or Not To Be](https://trailersfromhell.com/to-be-or-not-to-be/) _2026-08-19 · TFH Team · Trailers From Hell_ Jack Benny’s greatest movie role, and no wonder–it was written especially for him by Ernst Lubitsch! Carole Lombard’s swan song earned her some of her finest reviews posthumously, but the film itself, daringly dark for the time, was generally regarded as an insensitive and even troubling satire of wartime issues. The title refers not only... The post To Be Or Not To Be appeared first on Trailers… ## [Mars Attacks!   — 4K UHD](https://trailersfromhell.com/mars-attacks-4k-uhd/) _2026-08-18 · Glenn Erickson · Trailers From Hell_ One of Tim Burton’s most creative pictures abandons his morbid-lite focus to find big fun in comic Sci-fi spectacle, a ‘Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad’ adaptation of a set of bubble gum cards. It may not have been the movie-going flavor of the year in 1996, yet we’ll choose its affectionate satire over funereal gloom any... The post Mars Attacks! \ — 4K UHD\ appeared first on Trailers From Hell . ## [Body Snatchers   — 4K UHD](https://trailersfromhell.com/body-snatchers-4k-uhd/) _2026-08-18 · Glenn Erickson · Trailers From Hell_ The film adaptations of Jack Finney’s book The Body Snatchers score rather well — almost all of them are very good. For his foray into studio politics, filmmaker Abel Ferrara chose this highly commercial Sci-fi horror tale, and came up with an interesting variation on the main theme, with a low-key cast and effective, organic-looking... The post Body Snatchers \ — 4K UHD\ appeared… ## [Random Harvest](https://trailersfromhell.com/random-harvest/) _2026-08-18 · Glenn Erickson · Trailers From Hell_ James Hilton’s mystery romance takes audiences by surprise: IT’S GOOD. It might begin as a stack of cliché elements, but the development is engaging and the trick plot delivers an emotional kick, even on a third viewing. Greer Garson and Ronald Colman make a wholly entrancing screen couple, fighting a problem that will get anybody’s... The post Random Harvest appeared first on Trailers From Hell . ## [National anthem : Chrysanthemum :: National park : Chrysparkum](https://aistobascistod.tumblr.com/post/825294829930086400) _2026-08-18 · Bad Analogies_ National anthem : Chrysanthemum :: National park : Chrysparkum ## [Casper Kelly Returns](https://trailersfromhell.com/podcast/casper-kelly-returns/) _2026-08-18 · Alex Kirschenbaum · Trailers From Hell_ The post Casper Kelly Returns appeared first on Trailers From Hell . ## [Advancing The Front](https://www.dvdexotica.com/2018/01/welcoming-indicator-to-fold-with-front.html) _2026-08-17 · John W McKelvey · DVD Exotica_ Here's another label I've been meaning to get onto this site for a while: Indicator/ Powerhouse. They're a UK outfit that started up in the tail end of 2016, releasing some impressive special editions, often of titles Twilight Time had released as limited editions in the US. And that certainly holds true with today's film, The Front , which Indicator put out via their own limited edition Blu-ray/… ## [The Great Dictator](https://trailersfromhell.com/the-great-dictator/) _2026-08-17 · Charlie Largent · Trailers From Hell_ Who knew The Little Tramp was the original Antifa? In Charlie Chaplin’s first “official” sound film, the comedian has a lot to say, most of it about the fascist peril then overwhelming Europe. Though the film is occasionally preachy, it’s propaganda of the most righteous form and hilarious to boot. Chaplin plays both the tramp... The post The Great Dictator appeared first on Trailers From Hell . ## [AI News Summaries & Audio (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/hdOuUt9edhLy) _2026-08-17 · **Sponsored**_ Tap an article for an AI summary and an audio briefing. ## [Walking across formica : Formidable :: Walking across North Africa : North Afridable](https://aistobascistod.tumblr.com/post/825128293949915136) _2026-08-16 · Bad Analogies_ Walking across formica : Formidable :: Walking across North Africa : North Afridable ## [Hormone : Makes you horny :: Funmone : Makes you funny](https://aistobascistod.tumblr.com/post/825036998422183936) _2026-08-15 · Bad Analogies_ Hormone : Makes you horny :: Funmone : Makes you funny ## [World Noir Volume 5](https://trailersfromhell.com/world-noir-volume-5/) _2026-08-15 · Glenn Erickson · Trailers From Hell_ So you think life is tough where you are? … these three Italian crime tales teach a lesson beyond noir, that hope and hunger drive men to crime. Or does criminality just becomes part of life on its own? Alberto Lattuada, Flavio Calzavara and Pietro Germi offer thrillers al’italiana … expect unsavory surroundings and immoral... The post World Noir \Volume\ 5 appeared first on Trailers… ## [Captain Horatio Hornblower](https://trailersfromhell.com/captain-horatio-hornblower/) _2026-08-15 · Glenn Erickson · Trailers From Hell_ Raoul Walsh’s four-masted seagoing epic is an ambitious Technicolor production, a Hollywood film made in Europe. Gregory Peck and Virginia Mayo bring C.S. Forester’s heroic characters to life, with able support from favorites like James Robertson Justice, Stanley Baker and Christopher Lee. The un-credited Ken Adam constructed full-sized sailing craft in the South of France.... The post Captain… ## [Asia : Alice in Chains :: Sia : Lice in Chains](https://aistobascistod.tumblr.com/post/824936793223938048) _2026-08-14 · Bad Analogies_ Asia : Alice in Chains :: Sia : Lice in Chains ## [One Two Three](https://trailersfromhell.com/one-two-three-2/) _2026-08-14 · Charlie Largent · Trailers From Hell_ James Cagney plays a Coca Cola executive in this wild Cold War comedy satirizing sex, politics and soft drinks. The movie began filming in Berlin but Wilder was forced to move to Munich when the Wall began construction. Famous for being so fast-paced it leaves an audience either elated or confused, the movie split critics... The post One Two Three appeared first on Trailers From Hell . ## [(untitled)](https://aistobascistod.tumblr.com/post/824847052938854400) _2026-08-13 · Bad Analogies_ ALT ALT ALT ALT ## [aistobascistod: Cowpox : Smallpox :: Don’t Have a Cow Man : Don’t Have a Small Man](https://aistobascistod.tumblr.com/post/824792411068841984) _2026-08-13 · Bad Analogies_ aistobascistod : Cowpox : Smallpox :: Don’t Have a Cow Man : Don’t Have a Small Man ## [Bumping into James Lovelock in a crowd : Low-velocity impact :: Bumping into James Cook in a crowd :…](https://aistobascistod.tumblr.com/post/824792393117220865) _2026-08-13 · Bad Analogies_ aistobascistod : Bumping into James Lovelock in a crowd : Low-velocity impact :: Bumping into James Cook in a crowd : Cow-oity impact ## [Horse/cow hybrid : Equinox :: Cow/horse hybrid : Bovinclydesdale](https://aistobascistod.tumblr.com/post/824792370378948608) _2026-08-13 · Bad Analogies_ aistobascistod : Horse/cow hybrid : Equinox :: Cow/horse hybrid : Bovinclydesdale ## [Refer a Friend, Earn Rewards (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/rMXgCZMxoXYm) _2026-08-13 · **Sponsored**_ Earn rewards when friends get the Graphite Business Card through your referral. ## [Bullocks : Cows with Bollocks :: Hubbies : Cows with Hobbies](https://aistobascistod.tumblr.com/post/824792349541629952) _2026-08-13 · Bad Analogies_ aistobascistod : Bullocks : Cows with Bollocks :: Hubbies : Cows with Hobbies ## [Cow : Coworker :: Sheep : Sheeporker](https://aistobascistod.tumblr.com/post/824760808837906432) _2026-08-12 · Bad Analogies_ Cow : Coworker :: Sheep : Sheeporker ## [Bowfinger Again, Why Not?](https://www.dvdexotica.com/2017/09/bowfinger-why-not-dvd-blu-ray-comparison.html) _2026-08-12 · John W McKelvey · DVD Exotica_ At the end of this summer, Paramount has upgraded a handful of back catalog titles to blu, including Problem Child , BASEketball , EDtv , For Love of the Game and my favorite of the bunch: Bowfinger . At the moment, they're Best Buy exclusives. It's just for a very limited time, though; they'll be available everywhere else later in October. But for now, you can only get them from Best Buy. And you… ## [Server farm : Cow farm :: Please remember to tip your server : Please remember to tip your cow](https://aistobascistod.tumblr.com/post/824720054649323520) _2026-08-12 · Bad Analogies_ aistobascistod : Server farm : Cow farm :: Please remember to tip your server : Please remember to tip your cow ## [Collection of choristers : Chorus :: Collection of sisters : Sus](https://aistobascistod.tumblr.com/post/824656365801881600) _2026-08-11 · Bad Analogies_ Collection of choristers : Chorus :: Collection of sisters : Sus ## [X-Men : Mutated by X-Genes :: Diomen : Mutated by Diogenes](https://aistobascistod.tumblr.com/post/824623289474465792) _2026-08-11 · Bad Analogies_ aistobascistod : X-Men : Mutated by X-Genes :: Diomen : Mutated by Diogenes ## [Sony and Their Many Monty Python and the Holy Grails](https://www.dvdexotica.com/2018/07/sony-and-their-many-monty-python-and.html) _2026-08-10 · John W McKelvey · DVD Exotica_ Quick! What's the difference between the Collector's Edition, Special Edition, 40th Anniversary Edition and Extraordinarily Deluxe Edition of Monty Python and the Holy Grail ? It's a comedy classic and, apparently, money in the bank for Sony, who seemingly re-release this film on home video every year in a new edition. And I bet even the people who worked on them couldn't keep them all straight.… ## [Larks’ Tongues in Aspic : Kelly Clarkson :: Riteri’ Tongues in Aspic : Kelly Criterion](https://aistobascistod.tumblr.com/post/824547758581088257) _2026-08-10 · Bad Analogies_ Larks’ Tongues in Aspic : Kelly Clarkson :: Riteri’ Tongues in Aspic : Kelly Criterion ## [The quick brown fox : Jumps over the lazy dog :: The slow pink zebra : Jumfx over th quocy dog](https://aistobascistod.tumblr.com/post/824484827852161024) _2026-08-09 · Bad Analogies_ The quick brown fox : Jumps over the lazy dog :: The slow pink zebra : Jumfx over th quocy dog ## [Nap : under a napkin :: Sleep : under a sleepkin](https://aistobascistod.tumblr.com/post/824406770243010560) _2026-08-08 · Bad Analogies_ Nap : under a napkin :: Sleep : under a sleepkin ## [Real SIMs for AI Agents (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/SBUGOaYemqsA) _2026-08-08 · **Sponsored**_ Pass 2FA and verifications with real carrier numbers via our API. ## [Measuring sentience : Encephelogram :: Measuring sentimentality : Mentalityphelogram](https://aistobascistod.tumblr.com/post/824298589665771520) _2026-08-07 · Bad Analogies_ Measuring sentience : Encephelogram :: Measuring sentimentality : Mentalityphelogram ## [The Larry Fessenden Collections](https://www.dvdexotica.com/2026/08/the-larry-fessenden-collections.html) _2026-08-07 · John W McKelvey · DVD Exotica_ A couple of Larry Fessenden 's better known horror films have been available on DVD for a while. But not until 2014, when Scream Factory rounded them up during their partnership with IFC's horror division, did we get them all, and in HD to boot. First we got Beneath , a TV movie he made for the Chiller channel, and then in 2015 we got everything else in an impressive, four disc Larry Fessenden… ## [Triad : Trial marriage :: Dyad : Dyal marriage](https://aistobascistod.tumblr.com/post/824225364552318976) _2026-08-06 · Bad Analogies_ Triad : Trial marriage :: Dyad : Dyal marriage ## [aistobascistod: Business : Operates from a Bus :: Villainess : Operates from a Villa](https://aistobascistod.tumblr.com/post/824162880355237888) _2026-08-06 · Bad Analogies_ aistobascistod : Business : Operates from a Bus :: Villainess : Operates from a Villa ## [Waikiki Beach : Kiki :: Waibouba Beach : Bouba](https://aistobascistod.tumblr.com/post/824124943371550720) _2026-08-05 · Bad Analogies_ Waikiki Beach : Kiki :: Waibouba Beach : Bouba ## [Ray : Bradbury :: Loop : Bloodburp](https://aistobascistod.tumblr.com/post/824051947249254400) _2026-08-04 · Bad Analogies_ Ray : Bradbury :: Loop : Bloodburp ## [My reward for all these bad analogies : Dopamine :: Your reward for all these bad analogies :…](https://aistobascistod.tumblr.com/post/824027745782824960) _2026-08-04 · Bad Analogies_ My reward for all these bad analogies : Dopamine :: Your reward for all these bad analogies : Dopayours ## [Pressure](https://jamesbowman.net/2026/07/pressure/) _2026-07-26 · James Bowman · James Bowman_ Hollywood values intelligence and emotional authenticity more than goodness or courage in those it asks us to admire ## [Grappling With Day Of the Dead](https://www.dvdexotica.com/2018/02/compiling-ultimate-day-of-dead-dvd-blu.html) _2026-07-26 · John W McKelvey · DVD Exotica_ For many years, Day Of the Dead was the under-appreciated, unloved entry in George Romero 's epic "Dead Trilogy." It was the dumb, trashy 80s film that followed two horror masterpieces that each had dramatically revolutionized the genre. And okay, Day didn't have the formative impact its predecessors had; but over the decades, its reputation has grown and solidified as, if nothing else, one of the… ## [The Blind Dead Cannot Be Stopped](https://www.dvdexotica.com/2023/12/spend-your-holidays-with-whole-blind.html) _2026-07-17 · John W McKelvey · DVD Exotica_ H a p p y h o l i d a y s , everyone! It's that time of year again, to gather 'round the hearth and spend this magical evening with your chosen family, whether that be your relatives, closest friends, or Amando de Ossorio 's iconic Blind Dead . Yes, before Dan Brown turned his creative sites on the Knights Templar, before John Krasinski started claiming credit for inventing monsters that hunt by… ## [The Loved One Is So Good, You Guys!](https://www.dvdexotica.com/2026/07/the-loved-one-is-so-good-you-guys.html) _2026-07-12 · John W McKelvey · DVD Exotica_ I've gotten stuck in pretty deep reviewing a couple of multi-film collections, which has taken longer than expected. As a consequence, I've started to go pretty long without an update. So that's still coming. But in the meantime, here's a quick, DVD/ BD comparison of a single catalog title I can get up a little faster. It's a film that was bound to wind up on this site sooner or late anyway; I… ## [Never mind](https://jamesbowman.net/2026/06/never-mind/) _2026-06-30 · James Bowman · James Bowman_ Why do you suppose so many people nowadays seem to have lost the art of changing their minds — about anything? I think I know. From The New Criterion of June, 2026 ## [Disclosure Day](https://jamesbowman.net/2026/06/disclosure-day/) _2026-06-28 · James Bowman · James Bowman_ What a coincidence! The good people in Steven Spielberg’s latest rhapsody on a UFO theme are the same as the news media’s good people (or aliens) and the bad people ditto. ## [FREE DVDS!!!](https://www.dvdexotica.com/2026/06/free-dvds.html) _2026-06-20 · John W McKelvey · DVD Exotica_ Folks, you might find this hard to believe, but the state of physical media in this world was once so much more plentiful, that studios would just give you some for free! Major motion pictures, Oscar Award winners, hit TV shows, junk, you name it. You could just pick them up at a store, find them mailed to your house unsolicited, or get with a box of cereal. No kidding. I lived through it and I… ## [Obsession](https://jamesbowman.net/2026/06/obsession/) _2026-06-18 · James Bowman · James Bowman_ The movies are now where we go to be told what to be afraid of — namely, reality. From American Greatness ## [The Frighteners, Or How I Learned To Stop Waiting for Arrow and Love the Turbine](https://www.dvdexotica.com/2026/06/the-frighteners-or-how-i-learned-to.html) _2026-06-15 · John W McKelvey · DVD Exotica_ Y'know, I think 1996's The Frighteners may well be my favorite Peter Jackson film. He's certainly made more ambitious films, and more charmingly scrappy indie flicks. Heavenly Creatures may be more moving, The Lord Of the Rings trilogy more epic, and Braindead more gleefully gruesome. But this one just situates in the perfect middle: Baby Bear's Just Right porridge (and featuring Jeffrey Combs '… ## [The Re-Animator Is the Dominator](https://www.dvdexotica.com/2015/07/the-integral-re-animator-from-capelight.html) _2026-06-07 · John W McKelvey · DVD Exotica_ Stuart Gordon 's Re-Animator is in the weirdly unique position where its unrated version is actually shorter than its censored, R-rated version. By several minutes, too; not just a few seconds. I remember holding both VHS tapes in my hands back in the day and thinking they had to have been mislabeled; but no, it's true. Why? Because the R-rated version, though missing the most extreme,… ## [The Devil Wears Prada 2](https://jamesbowman.net/2026/06/the-devil-wears-prada-2/) _2026-06-01 · James Bowman · James Bowman_ “Beauty, artistry, and the very best in human innovation” — where are they to be found if not in a fashion magazine? — From American Greatness ## [Ideological follies](https://jamesbowman.net/2026/05/ideological-follies/) _2026-05-21 · James Bowman · James Bowman_ The habit of ideological thinking is now so engrained in the media and the political culture it has formed that every opinion can now be treated as an ideology and so be held with ideological certainty — From The New Criterion of May, 2026 ## [Project Hail-Mary](https://jamesbowman.net/2026/05/project-hail-mary/) _2026-05-14 · James Bowman · James Bowman_ As usual, I’m afraid, science-fiction struggles vainly to escape from from its comic-book origins. Of course, most people won’t care about that. — From American Greatness of May 14, 2026