Jakub Flasz

Art the Clown and the Death of the Slasher Icon Consider the most iconic slasher villains. This list will most likely see Michael Myers, Jason Voorhees, Freddy Krueger, Chucky, Leatherface and maybe Ghostface from the Scream series. If you were …

Here's an essay about the place of Art the Clown of the TERRIFIER series in the current cultural landscape and what it says about the future of slashers.

Full article here: flaszonfilm.com/2025/11/06/a...

#terrifier #arttheclown

Writing on the Precipice of Artificial Superintelligence When I first learned the rules of the game of Go, in 2003, the prevailing belief was that this ancient board game would be the last bastion of human ingenuity. In contrast to chess, which is a game…

Check out my recent article on the point of writing (and doing literally anything creative) when AI can do it better anyway.

Full article here: flaszonfilm.com/2025/11/07/w...

#AI #Superintelligence #writingcommunity #writing

The Lost Bus (2025) – Review Synopsis: A bus driver Kevin McKay must navigate a bus carrying 22 children and their teacher to safety during the devastating 2018 Camp Fire in California. As they face rapidly spreading flames an…

Check out my recent review of THE LOST BUS directed by Paul Greengrass here:

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#TheLostBus #PaulGreengrass #MatthewMcConaughey #AmericaFerrera

I am hereby petitioning Disney to incapacitate Dan Trash-tenberg and take away his toys.

FRANKENSTEIN (2025), Squandered Opportunities for Timely Reflection and Packaging Cheap Chocolates into Pretty Boxes Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, or the Modern Prometheus belongs to the elite club of all-time literary classics that have been adapted for the screen so many times that it is in fact impossible to ke…

Here's my take on Guillermo Del Toro's FRANKENSTEIN, a performatively Gothic fairy tale that squanders an opportunity to say something about anything and instead indulges in aesthetic pursuits alone.

Full article here: flaszonfilm.com/2025/11/12/f...

#Frankenstein2025 #netflix #GuillermoDelToro

Nothing - I repeat: nothing - can prepare you to see Russell Crowe doing pushups in a Nazi uniform. And for this reason alone, nothing else, NUREMBERG is worth watching.

I always imagined that I would like Terry Pratchett. Turns out I might not be able to. THE COLOUR OF MAGIC at 270 pages, seems impossible to finish.

I just came here to say that if you are currently looking for work and you feel like banging against the wall of rejection is becoming too much, I'm here with you. You've got this. We've got this. The job market is dire. But we're not giving up, are we?

One Battle After Another (2025) – Review Synopsis: Pat Calhoun (Leonardo DiCaprio) and Perfidia Beverly Hills (Teyana Taylor) are members of a militant group whose violent campaign leads to betrayal and separation after Perfidia’s capture…

Here's my take on ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER, an incredibly accomplished and eminently watchable masterpiece that could easily end up being the movie of the year.

Full review here: flaszonfilm.com/2025/10/21/o...

#PaulThomasAnderson #LeonardoDiCaprio #SeanPenn

BLACK PHONE 2, Accidental Fan-Fics and Letting Freddy Krueger Roam the Overlook Scratching at the surface of the 2021 The Black Phone is in my humble opinion a required exercise to fully comprehend what its sequel, Black Phone 2, is doing and whether it succeeds or not. The Sc…

Here's my take on BLACK PHONE 2, which boldly turns its original conceit into a movie about Freddy Krueger haunting the Overlook and then it falls off the cliff.

Full article here: flaszonfilm.com/2025/10/22/b...

#BlackPhone2 #ScottDerrickson #EthanHawke #joehill

Colonoscopy: On the Rampant and Unyielding Colonization of Movie Titles The concept of a sequel is as old as cinema itself, that’s without question. As early as the 1910s we saw plentiful examples of filmmakers recognizing the importance of brand familiarity …

Here's my recent essay about the rise of "colonified" titles in the mainstream blockbuster market.

#Full article here: flaszonfilm.com/2025/10/23/c...

Good Fortune (2025) – Review Synopsis: Gabriel (Keanu Reeves), a restless guardian angel who swaps the lives of a struggling gig worker, Arj (Aziz Ansari), and a wealthy tech investor, Jeff (Seth Rogen), to teach that happines…

Here's my review of GOOD FORTUNE, which is unfortunately... not good at all.

Full review here: flaszonfilm.com/2025/10/26/g...

#GoodFortune #KeanuReeves #azizansari #sethrogen

I Don’t Know How to Social Media, or Handing Out Flyers at Political Rallies I’ve always marveled at the ease with which other people seem to be able to engage with social media. I’ve had accounts on all major social media platforms, but I’ve&n…

Check out my recent column I wrote apropos of nothing again.

Full piece here: flaszonfilm.com/2025/10/25/i...

A HOUSE OF DYNAMITE, Thermonuclear Glocks and the Return of the Queen After Detroit, Kathryn Bigelow’s last directorial outing, the first woman to ever win The Academy Award for Film Direction looked as though she was going to take a break. Sure, having climb…

Here's my take on A HOUSE OF DYNAMITE, a chilling and enormously engrossing thriller from the Queen of Action movies, Kathryn Bigelow herself!

Full article here: flaszonfilm.com/2025/10/27/a...

#KathrynBigelow #AHouseOfDynamite #Netflix #RebeccaFerguson #IdrisElba

Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere (2025) – Review Synopsis: In the aftermath of superstardom, Bruce Springsteen (Jeremy Allen White) retreats to a quiet New Jersey farmhouse to wrestle with fame, family trauma, and his creative identity. There, he…

Here's my take on SPRINGSTEEN: DELIVER ME FROM NOWHERE which is equally a musical biopic and an emotionally resonant treaty on male mental health.

Full review here: flaszonfilm.com/2025/10/28/s...

#brucespringsteen #jeremyallenwhite #JeremyStrong #ScottCooper #Springsteen

Roofman (2025) – Review Synopsis: A divorced Army veteran (Channing Tatum) with a gift for observation turns to an audacious string of rooftop burglaries, robbing fast-food restaurants with a mix of precision and disarmin…

Here's my take on ROOFMAN, which also marks the return of Derek Cianfrance behind the camera! It's a standout!

Full review here: flaszonfilm.com/2025/10/29/r...

#Roofman #DerekCianfrance #channingtatum #kirstendunst #review #moviereview #filmreview

YouTube video by berlu2 Steven Seagal feat. Lady Saw - Strut

I was today years old when I learned that Steven Seagal recorded an album in 2004 where he sang with a terrible Jamaican accent.
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Attention: A HOUSE OF DYNAMITE is dynamite. The queen is back. I repeat: the queen is back. This is not a drill.

A HOUSE OF DYNAMITE is on Netflix. I will not be available until further notice.

The whole point of THE GORGE was to get Sigourney Weaver to say 'The gorge is exposed.'

Watching THE GORGE and seeing how you can put a crevasse filled with monsters between a man and a woman and they will still find a way to bang.

I'm not sure if it's weird or revealing that I think I might have more to say aboit BLACK PHONE 2 than ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER.

The number of people on Letterboxd addressing TRON: LEGACY with religious fervor as though it was a cult masterpiece is worrying.

GOOD FORTUNE unfortunately is not good. In fact, it's a clear-cut case of false advertising.

I don't know about brief. I think was perfectly average length. Impressive even. Is this a personal attack or something?

I gotta say I am glad Derek Cianfrance is back. ROOFMAN is banging!

BLACK PHONE 2 answers the question of what would happen if one were to make A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET in the world of THE SHINING with the aesthetic of SINISTER, which is a very specific question to ask and also a question that nobody ever thought needed answering.

Just realized how productive Oz Perkins has become. 3 movies in two years? Is he ok? I mean, what I have seen is banging so I am not complaining. I'm just concerned.

The real meaning of life is to find someone who would look at you the way Michael Madsen looked at people he was about to torture and kill.

I breezed through POSTCARDS FROM THE EDGE. Now I'm flying through WISHFUL DRINKING and I gotta say that Carrie Fisher was an extraordinary writer.