'Press Play With Madeleine Brand': What 'Siskel & Ebert' Meant to Me

I was honored to be asked to join Press Play to talk about the legacy of Siskel & Ebert on the show's 50th anniversary. You can hear my segment at the 19:22 mark.

'Steve Jobs' Vs. Steve Jobs

For Biography, I examined Steve Jobs to see what its big takeaways are about Jobs himself. Screenwriter Aaron Sorkin took some creative license, of course -- all filmmakers do -- and so I thought it would be fun to dig into Jobs' life story to see how accurate certain moments from the film are. (To be clear, this is not one of those "What this biopic gets wrong" pieces: I just wanted to compare and contrast between the film and the man.) My piece is up now.

'Steve Jobs' Review

What did I think of Steve Jobs? I think it's fairly consistently entertaining. I also think it's faintly ridiculous. But, mostly, really entertaining. I reviewed this unconventional biopic for Deadspin.

'Jobs' Review

To answer your immediate question, no, I don't think Ashton Kutcher is terrible as Steve Jobs in the new biopic of the Apple co-founder. But I think Jobs is riddled with problems anyway. My review is up at Deadspin.