“Able to Do Anything Post-MCU, Robert Downey Jr. Chooses ‘Dolittle'”

What’s a man do to when he has all the money in the world plus a rehabilitated image as Marvel’s greatest hero? He does little. Very, very little. Continue reading →

Review: Tragedy Girls, 2017, dir. Tyler MacIntyre

I hated, hated, hated, hated, hated, hated, hated, hated, hated, hated, hated, hated, hated, hated, hated, hated, hated, hated, hated, hated, hated, hated, hated, hated, hated Tragedy Girls. If it had any balls, I would kick them for a whole day, except that if it had any balls it’d be a much better movie, and so … Continue reading →

TV Review: Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Episodes 4.10/4.11, “The Fugitive Part 1/Part 2”

How weird. I’m slowly becoming disenchanted with Brooklyn Nine-Nine, one of my go-to favorites for unwinding during the week. Not that the New Year two-parter is bad (though I am disturbed at how often I find myself repeating this sentiment), but as with the New Girl crossover, it feels unnecessary. If the show wanted to do a … Continue reading →

Interview: Craig Robinson, “Morris from America”

So, this is pretty cool: I got to talk to Craig Robinson, one of my favorite comic actors, about his new movie, Chad Hartigan’s Morris from America, which makes great use of his funnyman qualities while giving him tons of room to maneuver on soulful planes. He isn’t even the star of the film. That would … Continue reading →

TV Review: Brooklyn Nine-Nine, 3.13 ,”The Cruise”

  “Talking about “The Cruise” without talking about Brooklyn Nine-Nine’s fondness for referential and self-contained franchisement is impossible. First, we had “Halloween III,” where Santiago brought the series-long All Hallow’s Eve prank war fought by Holt and Jake to a decisive end; then we had “Yippie Kayak,” where Boyle became subsumed into Jake’s Die Hard … Continue reading →

TV Review: Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Episode 2.10, “The Pontiac Bandit Returns”

“If you’ve been following the sequel pattern in Brooklyn Nine-Nine’s second season, then you probably walked into “The Pontiac Bandit Returns” with the lowest of low expectations. Neither “Halloween II” nor “Lockdown” even came close to touching the excellence of their progenitors; in point of fact, they’re two of the worst episodes in the show’s … Continue reading →