I was always immune to this guy’s charms. I do remember in the 2010's when people would talk about his schtick like it was the second coming of Christ. To me all that “brutal honesty” struck me as a new (and not particularly novel) version trope of the schlubby but horny northeastern heterosexual white male comic who…

Today, The Shining is probably Kubrick’s most analyzed, obsessed over, admired work, but that’s only a phenomenon of the last 20 or so years. When it came out it was financially successful, but critical assessments were pretty tepid. As far as criticism of Duvall’s performance went, most of it was that she played…

So once upon a time during a period almost nobody alive today remembers, you’d buy tickets to the theater and they showed a whole “bill” - A main or “feature attraction,” a shorter second “B” feature, live and animated short subjects, and news reels. You’d just buy your ticket and walk in, watch the whole program till…

I really think Ordinary People deserves a reappraisal. For so many years the assessment of the film has been, “Well Mary Tyler Moore was impressive, but Raging Bull should have won.” First of all, I think Raging Bull is easily Scorsese’s most overrated film. If you want to argue Goodfellas should have won over Dances…

There are so many great Donald Sutherland performances it’s impossible to definitively cover all of them. Two of them come immediately to mind for some reason:

Michael Paré is also the titular Eddie in Eddie and the Cruisers. So, in the 1980's, if you wanted to make an old-time Rock ‘n Roll themed movie that was going to be largely ignored by audiences in theaters but later gain a respectable cult following on cable TV and home video, Paré was your guy.

The Black Keys made the classic mistake of taking a “hiatus” right as they were peaking. Maybe they were already slightly off, but regardless these bands always think they have the luxury of “pursuing side projects” or “spending more time with the family” after they’ve hit a streak. Then they come back from the side…

A couple of things used to really drive summer box office: Kids home from school and air conditioning. These days kids have their own plethora of screens to keep themselves occupied. I’m also sure there are still people who live in houses without air conditioning (I’ve done it), but there are probably less of them…

I actually rate his performance (along with Alan Arkin’s and Lemon’s) ahead of Baldwin’s in Glengarry/Glenross. He was good in LA Confidential, but honestly Guy Pearce, Russell Crowe, Kim Bassinger, and James Cromwell were all stronger. Oh, and the Usual Suspects and Swimming With the Sharks were decent.

I used to chastise the boomers until I realized:

Why do people still listen to symphonies written 200 years ago or read books written before they were born? Yes, older stuff isn’t automatically better, but neither is all new all the time. There were probably thousands of albums that came out in the 1960's and 1970's, most of which are forgotten. There’s a reason why…

I’ve seen it and while, as a Beatles fan, it was fascinating to see that much of them on an intimate level, the novelty wore off after a while. That’s what editing is for: to get to the essence of things.

“Old stuff... GRRR!”

Well, the media (and us, by extension) keep falling for it, don’t they? “Ooh, they’ve really got him now! He’s gonna have to face the music this time!” It’s what they were all saying after Muller, after the first impeachment, the second one, the insurrection hearings, each of the four insurrections, and now this…

I don’t think that’s the issue. Remakes and reboots and sequels have been with us for a long time. Just look at how many old Universal horror movies start with “Son of...”

I went to see this film in the spirit the headline suggests. Yeah, it was a pretty innofensive, family friendly sitcom. Like one of those old “Herbie” or “Apple Dumpling Gang” films Disney used to make.

TLDR: Unnecessary remake headed directly to streaming.

I’d hate to see what Alex Garland would have said in the 1950s when the Civil Rights movement was labeled radical

If he didn’t have anything to say about America, and he’s seeing “the same stuff happening” in Britain, then I don’t understand why he set it in America.

Yes it’s so courageous to say that “orange man bad” like everybody including literally everybody in Hollywood. He really is a coward for not doing it.