JUDGEMENT!: Catfish

Catfish functioned off of the same marketing brilliance that The Blair Witch Project and Paranormal Activity utilized, promising audiences a massive payoff of spectacle at the end of an (allegedly) true documentary. While Blair Witch and Paranormal both are admittedly fictional, however, Catfish rode the majority of its press junkets insisting that all the materials held within were, in fact, 100% factual. And regardless of the content, any event that promises, overtly, that all of its contents are COMPLETELY true is obviously broadcasting the notion that what you are about to view is simply TOO incredible to be true. In the case of Catfish, however, nothing could, in fact, be further from the truth.

JUDGEMENT!: Splice

With every fiber of my being I, Alex Hluch, wanted to write this review objectively. I wanted to use the most academic cinematic language possible and write candidly, but without bias or humor, on the film at hand. Unfortunately, I find now that I simply cannot do that. Splice is a movie that attempts to do so much in such a short amount of time. And while certain aspects of the film actually shine through rather nicely and create a seamless image at times on screen, nothing can truly buoy the absurdly fluctuating tone of the film and the insane character development and plot progression.

JUDGEMENT!: The Social Network

Hey gang!  And by gang I mean the two people who accidentally stumble across our page a day!  It's your friendly-neighborhood Alex here with a new component that I hope to bring to The DNA Show.  Along with our podcasts in which Dante and I cover multitudes of pop culture all in a handy-dandy audio format, I'm also going to be posting in-depth written critiques of current entertainment endeavors.  First off, I'd like to start off our adventures on this site with David Fincher's The Social Network.  These posts will also be uploaded on my personal website, Shwayblog, so feel free to drop by either or and gives me the traffics! <3