Movie Reviews
'She Rides Shotgun' Review: A Fantastic Western-Tinged Noir That Demands To Be Seen
Is this one of my favorite movies of the year? You're damn right it is.
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'The Naked Gun' (2025) Review: Liam Neeson Commits to the Bit in Reboot That's Better Than It Need to Be
Someone make Neeson and Pamela Anderson the new screen team, please!
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'Together' Review: Dave Franco and Alison Brie Impeccably Hold Together This Frightfully Fraught Romantic Horror Film
I never thought I'd need an answer to "What if Society was more romantic?"
Popcorn Disability
Popcorn Disabilities: 'Me Before You' and What Hollywood Sees as Disabled Romance
Jojo Moyes still owes me for my time reading AND watching this movie
The Trade
Hollywood Falling Back on Questionable Men Feels like a Basic Instinct
With Joe Eszterhas bringing back Catherine Trammell and Victorian morality tales being adapted by Johnny Depp what power is Hollywood rebelling against?
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'The Fantastic Four: First Steps' Review: A Frothy Adventure Light on Story But Full of Family
Vanessa Kirby dominates this return of the comic world's first family
Interview
'Trafficked' Host Mariana van Zeller On If Journalism Is As Bad as I Think It Is
The investigative journalist also discusses the joys of celebrating five years of her critically acclaimed (and fantastic) NatGeo series.
Popcorn Disability
Popcorn Disabilities: Marlee Matlin and 'Children of a Lesser God'
Matlin's latest documentary reminds you why she's the highlight of the movie, and why William Hurt sucks
Journalism Is F*cked...
The New York Times Lays Off Critics and Shows the New Criteria for Criticism
And on the same week the government decides to defund NPR and PBS.
Podcast
Ticklish Business #207: Beach Blanket Bingo (1965 with John Malahy)
The "Summer Movies" author joins us on the beach to talk Frankie and Annette.
Guest Author
Dance, Monkey, Dance: The TikTokification of An Arts Career
Is this the new working for exposure?
Popcorn Disability
Popcorn Disabilities: 'Coming Home' Showed Us Disabled Life During Wartime
Remember when Jon Voight was actually a great actor?