Apparently it’s 1971 or something, because Vice UK has a whole subsection of Astrological blather. It’s tongue-in-cheek, but also not: A Bunch of Vague Blather With the Latest in Cool-Kid Lingo for “Virgo Season” Same, But For Libras Oh, Hi Scorpios Yeah, We’re Just Gonna Keep On With This, Sagittarius But that’s not what brought… Read More Why Vice is Writing About Astrology
Let. It. Go. For over two decades there was talk of a third Ghostbusters movie, but that particular phantasm never materialized. Instead we got 2016’s Ghostbusters, a reboot of the property with an all-new cast that suffered all kinds of controversy and ultimately failed to be a hit at the box office. That seemingly killed another Ghostbusters in that continuity, but perhaps it opened the door… Read More Someone Hold Dan Akroyd Down and Make Him Stop Babbling About Ghostbusters 3
What the wags have called Braveheart 2 came out this week on Netflix, and being a medievalist nerd, I was all about it. It is a more accurate film that Braveheart in several respects. For one, it gives us the real struggle Robert the Bruce had in claiming the throne of Scotland. None of this… Read More Quick Review: The Outlaw King
I’m tired of being right all the time.
Every now and again I catch myself with a free evening to catch a movie. Usually the little ones are off somewhere, or I’m off somewhere, and I have some hours to spare. Inevitably I have the same conversation with myself or others: “What’s playing?” “Anything I want to see?” “Anything possibly entertaining?” “Hell with… Read More Why I Don’t Go To the Movies Anymore
Yep. That’s a thing that happened. You know, I didn’t walk out of the theater disliking The Last Jedi. Quite the contrary. I enjoyed it. My whole family – all SW fans in general, none quite as obsessive as me – liked it, too. When the Vice Admiral Hole-Card jumped to light speed right into the… Read More Rian Johnson Blames Critical Reception of The Last Jedi on Russian Trolls
No, really. This is a real article. In this week’s edition of the Variety Movie Commercial Tracker, powered by the TV advertising attention analytics company iSpot.tv, Universal Pictures claims the top spot in spending with “First Man.” Is there some kind of contest for this? An award? Is there a reason I should devote a single brain cell… Read More “First Man” has a Lot of Advertising, and Variety Thinks That’s Worth Knowing
Cue all the “At least this series is finished” snark. Set in an epic world where magic exists but only women can use it, “The Wheel of Time” follows Moiraine, a member of the shadowy and influential all-female organization called the “Aes Sedai,” as she embarks on a dangerous journey with five young men and… Read More The Wheel of Time comes to Amazon
He hates it soo much… …that he devotes a series of posts at his block to smashing it into tiny bits, and then jumping on those bits. Not gonna lie, it’s pretty amusing. But in one of these bromides, he does kind of gloss over some stuff that I think would merit a more thorough discussion:… Read More John C. Wright Hates the Last Jedi
William Burroughs used to write, back in the jet-age 60’s, about starting a riot with a tape recorder. You ask some people their opinion of a different group, and record their responses, then take them to members of that group, and ask what they think of it, and record their responses, then take them back… Read More A Short List of Things I Do Not Care About
