by Nick Taylor. First thing’s first: HAPPY (belated) BIRTHDAY PAUL NEWMAN!!!! Everyone say “Happy Birthday Paul!!” in the comments. As I said when giving backstory on my first Newman …

Sep 27, 2024 · Dame Maggie Smith has no equal. She is truly one of a kind that will never be seen ever again. I think I first saw her in Hook (terrible film BTW but she's great in it) . Then I …

Jan 22, 2025 · by Nick Taylor. As a fan of Julio Torres's work on SNL for years who's had only intermittent contact with his other ventures, I am so goddamn delighted by Problemista.Every …

Jan 16, 2025 · by Cláudio Alves. David Lynch as John Ford in his last big-screen appearance, in THE FABELMANS (2022). Somewhere in LA, in the middle of a concrete nowhere, an open …

Jan 19, 2025 · by Nick Taylor. A very good movie, frustratingly close to being a great one if not for one problem at its absolute center. John David Washington drags down this new adaptation of …

Jan 14, 2025 · By Ben Miller. Director Portia A. Buckley is in the middle of a whirlwind experience. Not only has her short film Clodagh been listed on the BAFTA longlist for Best Short Film, it …

Jan 20, 2025 · by Nick Taylor. I was pleasantly surprised by Janet Planet after hearing months of ecstatic reviews following its festival premiere before it got wide distribution. So often, when …

Sep 8, 2024 · By Abe Friedtanzer. The legend of William (or Wilhelm, in German) Tell describes a man who helped to liberate Switzerland from Austrian occupation in the early 1300s.

Mar 17, 2024 · The anecdote about the pink paint shortage *would* land with audiences who don’t understand the scale of the global economy—or the fact that the Barbie movie probably …

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