About Matt Cale

Matt Cale is the site’s Longest Serving Critic and chief misanthrope, though output has stagnated in recent years due to laziness and a bitter loathing for those who once funded festivals and trips. Now reduced to an old, fat shell, he contributes in fits and spurts and hopes like hell he can return to the days when he received oodles of hate mail. And money.

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THE ABCs OF MIDGETS

by Matt Cale March 27, 2013

Inside the Lollipop Guild.

The Incredible Hulk, Volume I

by Matt Cale February 26, 2013

There once was a drifter named Banner
Who had the most interesting manner
Seems the fucker turned green
When people turned mean
Or lunged at his head with a hammer.

THE HIDDEN PRESIDENCY

by Matt Cale February 18, 2013

Silent Cal, as he was known to fans and detractors alike, presided over a prosperous, regulation-free America, but while Governor of Massachusetts, between strike-breaking and tax-cutting, he performed back alley abortions in the basement of the executive mansion.

KISS – Monster (Music Review)

by Matt Cale February 14, 2013

Ever since I can remember, I’ve wanted to be buried in a KISS coffin. Depending on mood or the state of my ever-deepening virginity, said burial need not have occurred post-mortem, and more often than not, I simply wanted the damned thing around as a reminder of where I could be if the fates remained hardened and unkind.

The Cinema of Joe Namath, Vol. I – C.C. & COMPANY

by Matt Cale February 12, 2013

At the peak of his powers, and but one year removed from the greatest upset in the history of professional football, Joe Willie Namath – born and bred in coal country, yet destined for the bright lights of Broadway – decided that come hell or high water, he just had to do a biker movie.

THE WICKER MAN (1973)

by Matt Cale November 28, 2012

Sergeant Howie (Edward Woodward) is a good chap. A good cop, if you must know, and one of the realm’s most dedicated men of principle. He’s the sort who will cite chapter and verse of the legal code, but only after bringing a congregation to its feet in what amounts to the isle’s most piously [...]

Bernie (2011 film)

by Matt Cale May 21, 2012

Suddenly, he appears from the mist; a mustached, well-tailored specter of near divine inspiration. His past is a mystery, both to us and his adopted town of Carthage, Texas, as if too much fact might derail the legend from its tracks. His canvas – blank yet inviting, undeniably odd while tinged with an unquestionable warmth [...]