The Cardinal Review: Your Guide to Film

STAFF BIOS

Christopher R. Collier

A native of Philadelphia, Chris is one of the Managers/Projectionists for the renovated 1928 Ambler Theater and uses his time there to catch as many new art-house and classic films as he can. While not opposed to blockbusters, Chris acts as the stodgy one on the Staff constantly forcing silent, foreign, and forgotten films down the throats of the other writers. Chris has a Master's from Oxford University in Musicology, where he besmirched the honor of the noble institution by not only writing about comics (dissertation title: The Sound of Batman: Musical Characterization in Comic Book Movies), but eroticism in the music of David Lynch films. Chris is the founder and pricipal designer for Helden Design and the webmaster for The Cardinal Review.

Kevin Feather

Kevin is an avid movie viewer and renter, and he very much enjoys the occasional novel. He can frequently be found in the local setting sampling various fares with boyhood cohort and brew mentor Chris Collier.

Abandoned at birth, young Stephen was left in the woods of rural Pennsylvania where he was found and raised by a family of feral badgers. Thinking himself a badger until the age of 14, Stephen grew wild and vicious until, on a fateful September morning, he was captured by Oleg Smargwood, a pig farmer, and forced back into society. Solely educated on the finer points of civilization through Smargwood's tutelage and a combination of 80s television, Blacksplotiation films and repeat viewings of Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure, Stephen was welcomed back into the modern world. Shunning his birth name, Stephen re-christened himself DJ Fughat. With wit, (some) intelligence, and feral charm, DJ Fughat was irresistible to women and upon moving to Tampa, Florida he ensconced himself with female companions. It is a little known fact that Justin Timberlake's act of bringing sexy back was in direct retaliation to DJ Fughat for keeping it to himself for all these years. Outraged by JT's brazen Promethean efforts, DJ Fughat has sworn vengeance on the rock star and spends his days hunting him...like a badger.

Stephen Goetz

Steve has been enjoying movies since he remembers going to see The Goonies at age 5, even though the old lady scared the crap out of him at the time. His early memories also include watching Hook from the front row, being introduced to a crazy film called UHF by this kid named Chris, and sharing a tent with some other kid named Kevin. As he grew older and continued his education in Michigan and North Carolina, his love of film developed into a diverse taste which includes mentally challenging films, strangely stupid but amusing films, and surprisingly sweet and touching films. He now resides in Chicago where he works on environmental stuff, and does his best to expand his strange and varied film collection. If you've ever wondered how one person can enjoy Adaptation, Red Dawn, and What Dreams May Come all at the same time, please check out his reviews.

GUEST WRITERS

Andrew Collier

Andrew is a graduate of Cornell University and currently lives in Washington, DC where he works as the Climate Change Intern for Oceana. His favorite films include Braveheart, Old School, and Frankenhooker.

Justin Winslett

Justin is a PhD student living Oxford, UK. When he is not mulling over his thesis in the fast-paced and highly relevant field of Classical Chinese Literature, he enjoys nothing more than to stop off at the local cinema or rifle through his film collection, which contains everything from contemporary comic-book and action flicks, classics from the '40s and '50s and obscure French animation.