Kyle Logan – Chicago Film Scene

Kyle Logan

Kyle studied philosophy and now constantly overthinks music and movies. He likes to share his thoughts with others and hopes they enjoy overthinking, too. He loves horror, action, western, and noir movies, noise and experimental metal music, Batman comics, and anything by Virginia Woolf, Cormac McCarthy, Kurt Vonnegut, Albert Camus, or Dostoevsky. You can follow him on twitter @anotherKyleL.

4 Minutes

Watercooler Reviews

Watercooler Reviews | The Mitchells vs. the Machines

Kyle Logan May 4, 2021 0 Comment

The Mitchells vs. the Machines is immediately something special. That really shouldn’t be any surprise given the movie’s pedigree, it’s the feature directorial debut of Gravity Falls alum Michael Rianda and the most recent...

4 Minutes

Watercooler Reviews

Watercooler Reviews | Things Heard & Seen

Kyle Logan May 3, 2021 0 Comment

Things Heard & Seen, the new Netflix released haunted house film from filmmaking team Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini (best known for multi-award winner American Splendor), may be the epitome of high class...

5 Minutes

Watercooler Reviews

Watercolor Reviews | Godzilla vs. Kong

Kyle Logan April 2, 2021 0 Comment

I haven’t seen any Godzilla movies besides the first (the 1954 first, not the 2014 first) and I haven’t seen any King Kong movies besides the first and the Peter Jackson remake. So I...

3 Minutes

Old Movies New Thoughts

A Look Back at Zack Snyder’s First “Feature” Michael Jordan’s Playground

Kyle Logan March 17, 2021 0 Comment

As a fan, I was very excited to use the release of Zack Snyder’s Justice League as an excuse to make my way through his filmography. It also didn’t hurt that I had committed...

9 Minutes

CFS Listicles

6 Live Action Shows Helping Me Through Quarantine

Kyle Logan March 11, 2021 0 Comment

I think it’s safe to say that we’ve all been watching a lot of TV over the past year. Even those of us, like me, who are generally more interested in movies than TV,...

8 Minutes

CFS Listicles

4 Movies Turning 40 in 2021 That Deserve More

Kyle Logan January 16, 2021 0 Comment

CW: rape-revenge film discussed, animal attack & medical gore descriptions A new year means a new opportunity to write about movies celebrating big anniversaries. I’ve already written about 10 movies turning 10 in 2021...

5 Minutes

CFS Listicles

The 5 Best Movies I Saw in 2020 To Watch Out For in 2021

Kyle Logan January 4, 2021 0 Comment

I wish I had been more on top of the virtual festivals that happened this year, but I did watch twelve movies over five days as part of Nightstream, a virtual genre film festival...

4 Minutes

Chicago Film Scene Reviews and Recs

“Rogue” Delivers Surprisingly Fun Action and Animal Horror

Kyle Logan December 22, 2020 0 Comment

Rogue (2020) is at least the third feature titled simply “Rogue,” to say nothing of the many movies with the word “rogue” in their titles, so it may be better to just think about...

7 Minutes

Chicago Film Scene Reviews and Recs

“Verotika” and the failure of Glenn Danzig

Kyle Logan December 10, 2020 0 Comment

While my fellow cinephiles discuss David Fincher’s new film (you can read Rob McNeil’s glowing review and Bishop’s less glowing but very informative review on Chicago Film Scene now), I thought I’d take this...

7 Minutes

Chicago Film Scene Reviews and Recs

Pretty Little Liars: A Show Made by and for Horror Film Lovers

Kyle Logan December 3, 2020 0 Comment

Disclaimer and spoiler alert: I have only seen most of the second and third seasons of the show. I do not at all claim to be an expert. The piece discusses plot points from...