The Grierson & Leitch Podcast: Two Very Different Sports Movies and 'M3GAN 2.0'

On the podcast, we review F1 and M3GAN 2.0. (We disagree about one of them.) Then, in our Reboot segment, we look back at 1978's Heaven Can Wait. You can check out the episode down below. (And next episode, Will and I will reveal our best films from the first half of this year.)

Why Did the World Change Its Mind About 'Ishtar'?

When Ishtar came out, it was a flop. Critics despised it. Decades later, though, you mostly hear that it's a misunderstood masterpiece. What happened? And is the movie good or not? Here's my latest for Cracked.

The Greatest Movies of the 1980s

This has been a while in the making. Over at Rolling Stone, I worked with a group of talented writers and editors to put together a list of the 100 best films of the 1980s. I didn't have a say in the final rankings, but you can read me on Testament, Stop Making Sense, Reds, The Thing and plenty of others right here.

George Clooney and the Modern Actor-Turned-Director

In honor of The Midnight Sky, I ranked 12 movie stars who made the transition to filmmakers. Where does Clooney rank? The answer is over at MEL.

Warren Beatty: His Love Stories

For MEL, I wrote about Warren Beatty's filmography through the prism of his onscreen romances. (Spoiler Alert: Not many of them end up happy.) Hope you enjoy.

The Grierson & Leitch Podcast: 'Allied,' 'The Truman Show' and 'Hancock'

Welcome to Episode 45 of the Grierson & Leitch podcast. Today, we're talking about Allied and Rules Don't Apply. But we also take a look back at The Truman Show and Hancock. The whole thing is available right here.

AFI Fest 2016: 'Rules Don't Apply' Review

Rules Don't Apply, Warren Beatty's first directorial effort since Bulworth, didn't do a lot for me. Yes, it's a pleasurable bauble, I suppose, but holy moley is it slight. A tale of Howard Hughes and two young people who get sucked into his orbit, the movie is a romantic triangle in which none of the three legs captivated me that much. My review is up at Screen International.

The Grierson & Leitch Podcast: Elvis, Nixon, Warren Beatty and Lisbeth Salander

Many things to dig into in this week's edition of the Grierson & Leitch podcast. We review Elvis & Nixon. I speak briefly about The Huntsman: Winter's War and A Hologram for the King. And then we feature two films in our Reboot segment: The Parallax View and David Fincher's The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo. I was glad to see Tattoo again, by the way -- that movie really is exceptional. You can hear the whole podcast here.

My Interview With Alden Ehrenreich

Folks seeing Hail, Caesar! will recognize most of the A-list stars in the film. But then there's Alden Ehrenreich, a relative unknown who just about steals the movie with his subplot as a cowboy actor who has to appear in a witty romantic drama. (Spoiler: It doesn't go well.) For Rolling Stone, I spoke with Ehrenreich, who in his short life (he's 26) has already worked with the Coen Brothers, Woody Allen, Francis Ford Coppola and Warren Beatty. You can read it here.

The Greats: Warren Beatty

Warren Beatty has just about vanished from American movies in the last couple decades. And yet, his influence still looms large. My latest installment of "The Greats" for Paste pays homage to the actor/writer/director/producer.