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Friday, July 29, 2016

Review: Stephen Colbert at the Conventions

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For the last two weeks, The Late Show With Stephen Colbert has been doing live episodes in connection with the Republican and Democratic...

Beastie Boys - "3 the Hard Way"

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For whatever reason, Beastie Boys' To the 5 Boroughs was calling to me the other day, so I popped it into the car CD player. You may rem...
Thursday, July 28, 2016

Come Play With Me

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Over at MEL , I decided to share the fact that I used to be a terrible person to play games with. I didn't have a temper, I didn'...

The Grierson & Leitch Podcast: We Like 'Star Trek Beyond' and 'Don't Think Twice'

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On the latest episode of the Grierson & Leitch podcast, we review Star Trek Beyond and Don't Think Twice . We also spend a littl...

'Bad Moms' Review

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They're moms! And, boy, are they bad! Actually, the title characters in Bad Moms are (for the most part) good moms who are tired of ...
Wednesday, July 27, 2016

'Pete's Dragon' Review

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For Screen International , I reviewed Pete's Dragon , a remake of the 1977 Disney movie that isn't exactly a beloved classic. Thi...

'Under the Sun' Review

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For Paste , I caught up with one of the more acclaimed documentaries of the year. It's Under the Sun , and it's got a great hook....
Tuesday, July 26, 2016

'Jason Bourne' Review

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Paul Greengrass and Matt Damon swore they'd never make another Jason Bourne movie. Guess what? They did. Jason Bourne is perfectly s...
Monday, July 25, 2016

The Grierson & Leitch Podcast: Woody Allen and the Lady Ghostbusters

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For the latest episode of the Grierson & Leitch podcast, Will and I review Ghostbusters and Cafe Society . (On one of those two movi...
Friday, July 22, 2016

'Press Play With Madeleine Brand': Sci-Fi Franchises and 'Don't Think Twice'

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I pulled off the rare feat off being on Press Play two times in the same week. Wednesday, I talked about Garry Marshall's passing . T...

'Star Trek Beyond' Review

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Where does Star Trek Beyond rank among the series' best? It's better than Star Trek Into Darkness , probably on par with Star Tr...

Misleading Men: Leslie Nielsen

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The latest installment of my "Misleading Men" series for MEL focuses on Leslie Nielsen. For years, he had built up a perfectly...

Moby - "I'm Not Worried at All"

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Have a peaceful Friday, everyone. We need something a little soothing right about now, wouldn't you say?
Thursday, July 21, 2016

'What the Flick?!': Talking 'Star Trek Beyond' and 'The Night Of'

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I returned to What the Flick?! this week to hang out with my dear friends Alonso Duralde and Christy Lemire to review Star Trek Beyond . Plu...
Wednesday, July 20, 2016

'Press Play With Madeleine Brand': Garry Marshall, RIP

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Usually, I'm on Madeleine Brand's show on Fridays to talk about that weekend's film releases. But the recent passing of TV an...
Monday, July 18, 2016

Exploring Aerosmith's Best Non-Hits

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My latest rundown for MEL of an iconic artist's forgotten back catalogue brings me to Aerosmith. Sci-fi tunes, childhood lullabies, ...
Friday, July 15, 2016

'What the Flick?!': Debating 'Ghostbusters,' 'Cafe Society' and 'The Night Of'

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It's entirely a coincidence, but I returned to What the Flick?! on the same week that Woody Allen has a new movie. (One of the last tim...

Ruin Your Childhood

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Over at MEL , I tackled this whole dumb phenomenon where adults complain about Hollywood "ruining their childhood" by remaking ...

Sam Cooke - "A Change Is Gonna Come"

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For months, without me really becoming cognizant of it, I've been drawn to Ali . Michael Mann's 2001 biopic of the legendary boxer h...
Thursday, July 14, 2016

'Ghostbusters' and the Don't-Screw-It-Up Franchise Culture

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For The New Republic , I looked at the new Ghostbusters through the perspective of a Hollywood mentality that takes as few risks as poss...
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Tim Grierson
Senior U.S. critic for Screen International. My writing appears at the Los Angeles Times, Rolling Stone, Vulture and the A.V. Club. My latest book is This Is How You Make a Movie. I'm also the author of Martin Scorsese in Ten Scenes and Public Enemy: Inside the Terrordome. Other books: FilmCraft: Screenwriting, Wilco: Sunken Treasure, and Blinking Lights and Other Revelations: The Story of Eels. (I'm also co-author of FilmCraft: Cinematography.) Email me at grierson@hotmail.com.
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