Cat Person movie review: her too
The cringe of modern relationships stinks up this antiromance. Its bald truths, all but ignored in pop culture, about how women navigate romantic and sexual relationships with men, demand to be heard.
Empire Strikes Back
Solo: A Star Wars Story movie review: where has our scoundrel gone?
A Star Wars–flavored juice drink* of a movie (*contains 10% real juice) that tells us nothing of significance we didn’t already know about Han Solo, in an incarnation that lacks his essential charisma and precarious danger.
Star Wars: The Last Jedi movie review: a great disturbance in the Force
Upends expectations, demythologizes the mythos, and takes an iconic series in a bold new direction with a story full of humor, courage, and dazzling imagery.
rewatching Star Wars: the original trilogy (the tweetening)
Earlier this week, I live-tweeted a rewatch of Star Wars, The Empire Strikes Back, and Return of the Jedi. Here’s how it went down…
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part I movie review: image manipulation
One of the best SF series ever deepens its critique of the power of propaganda in ways complicated, intriguingly contradictory, and a little bit horrifying.
a lost Star Wars movie?! well, sort of…
I had never before heard of “Black Angel,” a short film that accompanied The Empire Strikes Back in some non-U.S. cinemas in 1980.
question of the day: What’s your favorite snow-related scene or sequence from a film?
I’m gonna go with all the Hoth stuff in The Empire Strikes Back. There’s a ton of humor and just plain human desperation connected to the cold setting — the weather and the environment isn’t just sci-fi dressing.
question of the day: What is the best screen kiss ever?
Or maybe just your favorite(s)? What makes a screen kiss great?
Kevin Smith is now cool with critics who don’t pay for movies (and other adventures in social networking)
What my followers on Facebook, Twitter, and Google+ saw today…
question of the day: What is the most underrated movie sequel of all-time?
I’m gonna go with Jurassic Park III. I don’t get the lack of love for this flick, which is a superb action adventure movie of a glorious old stripe…
