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in Op-edOn the December Radar…
Coming off of what was probably the single most awkward and regrettable Thanksgiving dinner of our lives, as well as a failed attempt to replicate a lightning-in-a-bottle cultural phenomenon, we have one more month of 2024 theatrical releases to go. These are coming out as the next awards campaign season heats up, but pretty much […] More
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On the Spring Radar…
Happy Spring, readers! Although it feels like Spring came around much sooner this time. I wonder why that cou-oh, right. Well, at least we have the Cannes Film Festival to look forward to next month. As well as the 76th Writers Guild Awards, Society of the Snow very likely sweeping the 11th Platino Awards, and […] More
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On the Early Year Radar…
Sorry about disappearing at the start of the New Year, folks. When you speak out against far-right extremism and treason against the United States, that sometimes attracts unwanted attention from creeps with too much free time on their hands. I want to thank Joey and the team for supporting me during a pretty stressful month, […] More
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On the Radar… (November Edition)
How was your Halloween night, folks? Based on the demographic numbers I’ve seen, I’m pretty sure most of our readers are too old for trick-or-treating (though I certainly wouldn’t judge this generation of young adults for holding onto that childhood tradition for as long as possible), so if you’re at the Halloween party age, I […] More
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On the Radar… (Fall Edition)
So… “Barbenheimer” sure was a thing, huh? Like, a genuine grassroots consumer phenomenon we haven’t seen in a long time. I don’t have a lot more to add to the aftermath commentary except: 1) Hahaha, our favorite special boy just cannot stop whining about Barbie, and 2) I’ve heard some actors and writers discouraging WGA […] More
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Two Right Ways to Do a Biopic, and One Wrong Way
I am very interested in how Oppenheimer will turn out this weekend, even before reading Joey rave about it after seeing it himself. It’s one of the most ambitious American films of the year in terms of scope (Killers of the Flower Moon and Dune: Part Two are the only upcoming releases that might put up a serious challenge […] More
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On the Radar… (Summer Edition)
Summertime! A season of record-breaking heat waves, a last-minute attempt to avoid a purely self-inflicted economic catastrophe, and big-budget spectacle movies! I’m actually pretty surprised, in a good way, that movie theaters still exist in the post-pandemic era, and I will show my gratitude for their endurance in the face of a truly existential threat […] More
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Make This Movie: A Brutally Honest Sequel to ‘The Social Network’
Most people who’ve read my work for a while know that I am getting tired of Hollywood’s addiction to sequels and the serialization of every successful film of the last fifty years. But that doesn’t mean I’m reflexively opposed to all sequels. More that I believe the vast majority of them don’t justify their own […] More
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Juneteenth: The Day Racism Ended Forever
Happy Juneteenth, everyone! Now it’s officially a federal holiday, which is good because, as our public education system is determined to teach the next generation, that was the day that there was no more racism ever in America. Unfortunately, outside agitators want to make us white people feel bad and have difficult conversations about such […] More
