I was reluctant to watch Marriage Story, and were it not for the movie’s Best Picture nomination, I probably wouldn’t have. It wouldn’t have been due to any prejudice or animosity against anyone who made it. I like both Scarlett Johansson when she’s in the right roles, and Adam Driver Read more
Back in 2016, I saw Warcraft in theaters. That would have been about the time I started going to the movies every week. And, well, it wasn’t very good. I remember a lot commentary about how disappointing it was considering the director was Duncan Jones, son of David Bowie, and Read more
Well, I mostly liked the first two parts of the annual Arrowverse crossover, as I said in my review of said episodes from back in December. But now, roughly a month later, the CW finally got around to airing the last two parts. Arrowverse crossovers, but their nature, are often Read more
I used to be a very heavy reader, but of late, I’ve slowed down a bit. True, much of it comes from reading trade paperbacks more than novels, but then there’s my job, the podcast (which I really need to schedule again soon), and then this blog. That all takes Read more
The Oscar nominations came out yesterday. And, quite frankly, I don’t much care who wins. The Academy Awards are, like many entertainment awards, little more than the industry patting itself on the back. It’s generally good for winning a trivia contest and that’s about it. But I do write a Read more
I noticed that trailers for both Just Mercy and Dark Waters came out around the same time. That makes sense since both are obviously aimed for awards season as prestige releases. Both are also legal dramas based on true stories of crusading lawyers working to right wrongs through legal actions Read more
Trailers are, by definition, designed to get your butt into a theater to see a movie. They’re commercials. That’s all they are. I know this, but I am hardly immune to a good one, especially if it’s something that is more or less in my wheelhouse anyway. My point is, Read more
Some days, it’s rather cool to have Turner Classic Movies as part of my Hulu subscription because then I can check out older movies like, say, 1934’s The Thin Man. The Thin Man, based off a mystery novel by Dashiell Hammett, gave the world Nick and Nora Charles, an urbane Read more
British TV producers Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss gave the world a revamped Doctor Who and the modern version of Sherlock. Given their pedigree, what could they take on next? How about Bram Stoker’s Transylvanian count? Well, that’s what we got with a modernized mini-series Dracula, now available on Netflix Read more
This is a bad time of year to hit the local multiplex at least once a week. January means all the stuff the studios didn’t think was remotely good comes out as it’s all they have left after releasing the good stuff for possible awards consideration. True, a number of Read more