loaded question: what video game would you like to see adapted for film or TV?
Whom would you cast in major roles, and whom would you like to see direct it or act as showrunner?
I’m guesting on movie podcast SpyHards again
I join special agents Scott and Cam to talk about the 2017 Doug Liman film American Made.
loaded question: what’s the worst movie you saw in 2022?
I’m thinking specifically about 2022’s new releases — streaming only or actually in cinemas — but if there’s a mega-stinker from earlier years that you saw for the first time in 2022, I’ll take that, too.
Turn Every Page: The Adventures of Robert Caro and Robert Gottlieb documentary review: slow journalism
The crisp, congenial charms of this intimate exploration of a decades-long working partnership overlay an unsentimental elegy for an era in journalism and publishing that has all but disappeared.
loaded question: what 2023 films are you most looking forward to?
New year, tons of new movies coming our way! Here’s a list of some of the big 2023 titles we know about so far to get you started salivating…
Violent Night movie review: ho ho holy shit
Many movies have attempted to replicate the festive insouciant brutality of Die Hard. No movie has come closer to this lofty goal than this dementedly delicious nightmare before Christmas.
Avatar: The Way of Water movie review: blueface on a blue planet
The filmmaking craft may be (mostly) astonishing. But the craft must always — always — be in aid of a compelling story populated by compelling characters… and that’s not so much the case here.
Harry & Meghan: Vol I television review: royal rumble counterpunch
There is little here we did not already know, but this is nevertheless a fascinating counterpoint to royal propaganda. Kudos to Harry’s audacity at being unwilling to perpetuate a noxious paradigm.
I’ve temporarily paused all Substack, Patreon, and Paypal subscriptions
I’ve done no writing in the past month, and I will be spending the next few weeks on a rethink of my work here. So I don’t think it’s right to keep charging readers when everything has been on hiatus.
weekend watchlist: is it good to be the queen?
Plus a teenage con artist, a skewering of late-night comedy, and more… (First published September 18th, 2022, on Substack and Patreon.)
