“‘Black Widow’s David Harbour Is Marvel’s First Dad Bod Superhero”

Hell yeah, big boys. Continue reading →

“2020 Oscar Preview: Who Will Win and Who Should Win”

Oscar talk! Oscar talk here! Come get today’s fresh Oscar talk, sirs and ladies! Continue reading →

“Florence Pugh’s Year of Performing Perfectly”

Three movies, three Florence Pugh roles, three stellar Pugh-formances, one piece to recap all of them for you and also find the ways that they intersect. Continue reading →

“Here’s The True Story of Paige, The WWE Star In ‘Fighting With My Family'”

Paige, WWE Diva champion, made some history about eight years back in her main roster debut on WWE RAW. Now, Stephen Merchant has a film out about her. How does her story transition from ring to screen? Short version: Pretty well! Continue reading →

Review: The Commuter, 2017, dir. Jaume Collet-Serra

I never realized how incomplete my life was without a Liam Neeson actioner where he beats up a man with a guitar, that is until I saw The Commuter. The Commuter is the latest in Neeson’s mini-filmography of big, dumb action movies where he plays either regular dudes or super badass dudes (some of whom live their … Continue reading →

In 2017’s Movies, Poisonous Mushrooms Were an Unlikely Symbol of Female Liberation

Well, I did it: I got an article up on Vulture. Maybe it’ll be the only one I do, though I really fucking hope not. If so, hey, I have that byline, and that’s another checkmark on my list of goals for 2017 (and just in the nick of time, which is generally how I … Continue reading →

Paste Magazine’s 20 Best Movie Performances of 2017

I’m a Daniel Day-Lewis partisan, I guess, because I can’t accept the idea that any actor in any movie in 2017 performs better than he does in Phantom Thread, but I can’t complain about Saoirse Ronan taking the top spot for her work in Lady Bird.  …oh, right, sorry, forgot to start this off by saying that … Continue reading →