For most Americans, it’s been over a year since we were last in a movie theater and reveling in the wonders of the silver screen. And as states buckle to the pressures of the people to reopen, whether safely or not, and the U.S. passes the 100...
If 2020 was a good year for anyone, it was television producers. With everyone stuck at home with nowhere to go, binge-watching levels reached an all-time high. And while that technically means the “best shows” of 2020 were The Office, Murder She...
I did not watch Godzilla vs. Kong for the plot. Who would? I watched it for three key reasons: one personal, one professional, and one animalistic. Personally, I am a huge Godzilla fan, from the intellectual predecessor Gojira to the fun sequels...
Well, it’s not pretty, but it’s home. Tonight, the Screen Actors Guild will present their picks as the best performances of 2020. With the pandemic still raging, the Guild has opted for a strange press conference-esque ceremony. All...
Tomorrow night, the 27th SAG Awards will officially christen the Oscar with its picks for the best performers of 2020. It’ll be an interesting ceremony: instead of the usual ballroom with bits and tributes and such, this year the ceremony will be...
Every once in a while, a film debut hits you like a bullet. In the wake of the pandemic, the frequency of this sensation has vastly increased, as studios desperate for any amount of money are throwing a few thousand dollars at hungry first-timers...
This time every year, the Girl Scouts of America begin their campaign to entice us with sweets and make us look in the mirror with loathing for the next two weeks. I kid, I kid. Girl Scout Cookie Season is an American Spring Pastime, like...
Well, for better or worse, Zack Snyder’s Justice League is here. It’s been a hell of a journey: after one average and one outright bad entry into the superhero canon in 2013 and 2016, Zack Snyder found himself in an uphill battle to produce a...
Throughout this month, Turner Classic Movies will be hosting a series every weekend called “Reframed.” Hosted by the usual suspects of Ben Mankiewicz, Dave Karger, Alicia Malone, and especially Jacqueline Stewart, the series looks to provide the...
One of my favorite movie lines of all time comes from the 2002 film Adaptation. After hearing his brother Charlie rip apart his clichéd, ridiculously predictable crime thriller screenplay about a detective hunting for a serial killer, the...
Hello readers! Yesterday, the Academy announced their nominees for the 93rd Academy Awards, naming 55 films in total to make up their nominees. Now, due to the unprecedented nature of the pandemic, this is the first time in history where the...
There’s a famous saying, reportedly from Josef Stalin, “The death of one man is a tragedy. The death of millions is a statistic.” In Kevin Macdonald’s The Mauritanian, this logic is used in an attempt to reverse-engineer sympathy, and to reignite...
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