I was out of town last week seeing some friends back at my old college, so I didn’t get a chance to write a “What I Watched, What You Watched.” So I guess that means a double issue this week. I’ve only reviewed one film, Manchester by the Sea...
Back in my day, Spider-Man was played by Tobey Maguire, was an aw-shucks style of goofiness, and had an air of comic book goofiness. Not like today, with all this philosophical bs-ing and what not. Also back in my day, Spider-Man was played by...
It must be an incredibly difficult task to center a film wholly on an emotion. I’m not referring to the feelings that a film inspires, or the way the characters emote. I mean to make an entire film that serves as an extended metaphor for one...
Well, the AFI always finds a way to mix things up. While many of their choices played out as expected (I got 8 out of 10 film selections and a less impressive 5 out of 10 television selections), they still found a way to throw a wrench into...
I’ve always found the AFI Awards to be my favorite of the precursor awards. While New York is too hipster-based and the National Board of Review is too star-focused, AFI has been focused on the best of the best since I was a child, and has a list...
I had a screening today for Manchester by the Sea, so I didn’t get a chance to do a big kickoff piece for A Sacred Wall Christmas (Subtitle: The Greatest Gift of All). However, I still wanted to do a fun/stupid piece to kick off the season before...
I was going to post my Grammy predictions for yesterday’s announcement, but then I remembered that there are like 50 categories. Ain’t nobody got time for that. At any rate, the 59th Grammy Awards announced their nominees yesterday, and as...
When I made my predictions for Oscar host several months ago, I left one name off of my list of Ten Potential Oscar Hosts-Jimmy Kimmel. I noted in my Emmys wrap up that he was a terrific host, and is a great ratings grabber, but ABC would never...
We are in the home stretch of the year, dear readers. And this means that it’s time for the Wednesday Listicles to take a swift detour. While the next couple of weeks will be dedicated to Christmas (what else), after that we will begin a...
The National Board of Review Awards, the first major critics award presented every year, is not one that decides the Oscar race. However, it does have a hefty bit of weight in influencing the race. In 2013, despite picking mostly underrated...
This won’t be a long What I Watched, What You Watched, both because I’m drained from work (I’ve got a fun week of Cyber Monday sales ahead of me) and because I didn’t get a chance to see a whole lot. However, I did manage to get in two movies in...
Gilmore Girls may in fact be the most important television show of the 21st century. Allow me to explain this controversial claim. Sure, there were somewhat better shows, like Arrested Development, 30 Rock, Mad Men, or Breaking Bad. But Gilmore...
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