Review: Nerve, 2016, dir. Ariel Schulman & Henry Joost

I’ll say it plainly: Strip away the hacking subplot, the dark web subplot, the pining nice guy best friend subplot, and the mom subplot from Nerve, and you’d end up with a better than pretty good movie. Add in real, visceral consequences, and you’d have an even better movie than that. Nerve is just too free of … Continue reading →

Interview: Mike Birbiglia & Chris Gethard, “Don’t Think Twice”

In case it isn’t obvious, I really liked Don’t Think Twice, a movie that, much like anything Mike Birbiglia does, you will enjoy or not depending on how much mileage you get out of his style. There’s a shaggy, aw-shucks, relaxed vibe to what he does and to who he is that suits his approach to … Continue reading →