My younger sister and I did not step foot into the world of musical theater physically until well into our adulthood. But we knew, without ever having seen a live performance, that the 2019 film adaptation of Cats was, in so many ways, not correct. How? Because we had a well-worn, well-loved VHS copy of … Read more
It is an almost regular occurrence now that a new Star Wars film is announced and then subsequently cancelled three years later after no new information. First under Kathleen Kennedy, and now under Jon Favreau and Dave Filoni, Disney and Lucasfilm have openly struggled to produce any sort of follow-up to 2019’s much-maligned Rise of Skywalker. The Mandalorian … Read more
Whenever Christopher Nolan is asked why he wanted his next movie to be The Odyssey, he will point out that there has been a gap in the culture; nobody had told this story on the big screen before. And surprisingly, he’s right that there has never been a major Hollywood adaptation of the epic poem … Read more
A Brand New Day is upon is, full of both spiders and men in equal amounts. But perhaps that will change in the new movie? Regardless, we actually don’t know a lot about Spider-Man’s newest adventure, despite the copious marketing for it, which has me both nervous and excited as a lifelong fan of the … Read more
The first full trailer for Marvel’s Avengers: Doomsday is here, and if you’re a regular ole Marvel fan, you’ve likely fallen off the wagon since Avengers: Endgame in 2019. That’s okay! It’s nearly impossible to keep up with all the movies and TV shows in the MCU nowadays, so you’d be forgiven for not having seen … Read more
This last Saturday, at San Diego Comic-Con, Marvel Studios had their presentation. With it came a lot of the expected news. Anthony Mackie and Harrison Ford trying to sell us on Captain America: New World Order (2025)—because the trailer didn’t do a great job of doing that—and Florence Pugh and David Harbour attempting to convince … Read more
Happy New Year, everyone! We’ve left 2023 behind and moved right into 2024, and with that, we have made all kinds of promises to ourselves and others about how things will improve this time around. Naturally, the most important one of them all is the promise that the DCU will finally become great under the … Read more
The Academy Awards and I have had a turbulent relationship over the decades. From their voters trying to convince me that Damien Chazelle deserved the Best Director win for La La Land over Barry Jenkins’ Moonlight, giving him the same amount of golden statuettes as Martin Scorsese; to them giving Emma Stone the Best Actress … Read more
In light of the ongoing turmoil in Gaza wherein Israel’s President, Benjamin Netanyahu, and his IDF soldiers continue to conduct what can only be described as a genocide of the Palestinian people, I decided to take this week to share some thoughts on a short film that stuck with me. Inspired by the late Palestinian … Read more
When I saw revered and somewhat controversial comedian Katt Williams show up on a thumbnail for an episode of Club Shay Shay, the podcast of former NFL tight end-turned-sports commentator Shannon Sharpe, it was a surprise. Mainly because I hadn’t heard about the comedian in nearly a decade, and when I last did it, it … Read more
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