The Lawsuit That Could Define The Future Of The Film Industry
Scarlet Johansson’s lawsuit might change the film industry for the talent involved, but could even change how we watch and pay for new movies
Category: Movies
The Year in Movies, As Of Right Now
I, being the Nerd of the People, want to talk about the year in movies; the nine best and the three worst movies this year so far
The 2022 Best Picture Race: Summer Projections
Here are the 25 films I seriously consider as potential contenders for the nomination of 2022 Best Picture as of today
Citizen Paddington: Why Some Consider The Lovable Bear’s Films Among The Greatest Ever
“Every house should have a marmalade day”, and, well, I believe every film collection should have the Paddington films in its library.
“It’s A Fat Camp!”: How The Box Office Bomb Heavyweights Became A 90s Kids’ Cult Classic
Heavyweights was seemingly a one and done bust kids movie that Disney could write off as a failed venture. And then a funny thing happened…
Werewolves Within: The Best Video Game Movie
Werewolves Within proves a cardinal rule of adaptations: Pick something no one likes and have a ball with it.
Paciencia Y Fe: In The Heights Is The Movie I’ve Been Waiting A Lifetime For
In the Heights isn’t just the movie of the year to me, or of the summer, but its perhaps the movie of my lifetime that I’ve been waiting for
Sunday Morning! Daughters of the Dust by Julie Dash
Julie Dash’s luminous Daughters of the Dust plays like a series of rituals guiding its Gullah characters from the old life to the new..
The 2022 Best Picture Race: Spring Projections
Before you look at me like I’m nuts for 2022 Best Picture projections, I’ll remind you there’s one model of the 2024 presidential race already.
Sunday Morning! Vertigo by Alfred Hitchcock
In Alfred Hitchcock’s masterpiece the sense of vertigo is inspired by the infinite space between Self and Other.
Saturday Spins: Soundtracks Vol 2 O Brother, Where Art Thou
If we are talkin’ Coen Brothers soundtracks, O Brother, Where Art Thou is second only to The Big Lebowski.
It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad Joker World
The 20-year-old Joker story that explains our times. A Jokerscape today might comprise endless memes and Reddit rabbit holes
If You Mite: Bat-Mite, Fandom, and the Struggle For Who Batman Is
As fans battle amongst themselves about what Batman really is, Bat-Mite can become a literal embodiment of this struggle
The Race For The 93rd Best Picture Oscar: The Contenders
The favorite to win Best Picture Oscar is a cursed place to be since the preferential ballot and the expansion of nomination slots became a reality.
Top 10 Films of 2020
While the “Oscar year” was extended through February 2021, I decided to limit my top 10 films of 2020 to the calendar year.
The Race For The 93rd Best Picture Oscar: The Nomination Stage
Of course to win the race for the Best Picture Oscar one must get nominated, so here are my top 25 contenders for the big award’s nomination
Movie Theaters are Mostly Dead
Movie theaters were already on their last legs before COVID. The pandemic just turned them into dead men walking.
To Thine Own Soul be Authentic
My family watched the new Pixar film, Soul, and let me tell you it is the gut punch that we all need right now.
Wonder Woman 1984: A Great Throwback in More Ways Than One
Wonder Woman 1984 benefits from this creative freedom to follow what worked (Wonder Woman) rather than what didn’t (the broader DCEU).
2020 In Film: The Virus Complicates Cinema
Now as 2020 starts to churn towards the end, it’s time for another report card for the film industry.
