Category: Movies
One of the Good Ones
Zootopia is surprisingly great, and a reminder of the value of family movies as parable
Would That It Were So Simple
A cursory and non-reductive look at Hail, Caesar! by Joel and Ethan Coen
It’s a Shame About Rey
Another note about The Force Awakens, merchandising, and spoiler culture. Contains huge spoilers, obviously.
It’s True. All of It.
Why I unabashedly love Star Wars: The Force Awakens, and how much I’ve missed being able to unabashedly love a movie
Lowest Common Denormative
What terrible reviews of Trainwreck tell us about the sorry state of pop-progressivism on the Internet
Inside Out
Inside Out reminds us that we can’t be happy all of the time, an idea that angered, disgusted and frightened me.
Avengers: Age of Um, Not So Much
Avengers: Age of Ultron does strain under the weight of years of TV shows and movies. Not Marvel’s, though.
The Curious Case of Tow Mater
Pixar sequels and another installment of “How I Learned To Stop Worrying and Love the Multinational Entertainment Conglomerate”
The Dude Abides
Or, “Blood Simple Gifts.” Towards a Grand Unified Theory of movies that mock the idea of a grand unified theory. (Spoilers for just about every Coen Brothers movie)
