The Month in Theaters January 2023
For January, I managed to see 11 movies in theaters, with one repeat, along with 43 movies otherwise, with three repeats, for a total of 50 reviews.
Author: Russell Michaels
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The Month in Theaters December 2022
I saw nine movies in theaters, with one repeat, and twenty-five movies otherwise, with three repeats, for a total of thirty reviews
Year in Review: Movies, Music, and More!
This has been a pretty good year, all things considered, when it comes to the broader pop culture.
A Spoiler-Filled Review of Avatar: The Way of Water
I think James Cameron’s Avatar is the worst movie I’ve ever sat through. The issues with Avatar: The Way of Water? Legion.
The Month in Theaters: November 2022 Movie Reviews
Nine movies in theaters, twenty-four outside of theaters, with two repeats, for a grand total of thirty-one reviews.
The $120 Billion Empire: Why Pokémon Succeeds
But why does Pokémon succeed so easily against franchises that existed long before it? Merchandizing.
GET BENT, TRUMP!! A Midterm Election Postmortem
Let’s chest kick Donald Trump off the nearest cliff in such a way that his cult fan base doesn’t egg him on to do a stupid third party bid or something equally infantile and destructive.
The Month in Theaters: 20 Reviews From October 2022
11 movies in theaters, as well as an additional 10 with one repeat, for a total of 20 reviews. The standout is clear, but I had fun this Halloween season.
The Revival and Crash of G4
Once online video and high-speed Internet became commonplace, G4’s reason for being largely evaporated. The internet killed G4.
The Month in Theaters September 2022
In September, I saw seven movies in theaters, as well as six other movies via other means. That’s a total of thirteen reviews.
The Month in Theaters August 2022
I managed to get to the theaters seven times in August. On top of that, I watched ten movies elsewhere, for a total of seventeen reviews.
The Month in Theaters June and July 2022
I said it would be difficult, but movie of the month ends up going to the first movie I saw in theaters this month.
The Month in Theaters May 2022
Beyond theaters, I watched an additional sixteen movies, with one repeat showing from the theater six, for a total of twenty-one reviews.
The Month in Theaters: Twenty Movie Reviews for April 2022
I watched 13 movies in theaters, a certain movie for a second and third time, with 9 movies watched otherwise, for 20 total reviews.
Student Loan Forgiveness: A Bad Idea Disguised
Student loan forgiveness is not a good idea…Not without other reforms. It is a Band-Aid on a sucking chest wound
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness Review
The Sam Raimi directed Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness is an incredibly fun movie with a bevy of awesome cameos
The Month in Theaters March 2022
March and September are the two worst movie months of the year due to raw number of releases. But some good films are out.
Everything Everywhere All at Once Has Everything
Everything Everywhere All at Once has everything: Solid action, imaginative and creative script, a plot that kept me guessing
The Mary Sue Problem And Giving The People What They Want
The Mary Sue Problem is not that a character is powerful but that strength and success are unearned in the eyes of the audience.
Freedom of Speech and the Heckler’s Veto
Those with political, cultural, and/or economic power like to pretend the Heckler’s Veto doesn’t exist as long as the hecklers are on their side.
