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Tuesday, December 31, 2019

Best of 2019: The Top 10 Movies of the Year

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How did I spend the 2010s? The question bounced around inside my head this fall after someone on Twitter asked, "there’s only ONE MO...
Monday, December 30, 2019

What Movies Should Your Kids Watch on Disney+?

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There are lots of obvious answers to that question. But we looked at 10 under-the-radar offerings. Basically, I enjoyed the chance to wri...
Sunday, December 29, 2019

2019's Worst Genre Films

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Lots of movies are good. Some are terrible. For this week's Debate Club, Will and I wrote about the latter , looking back at some of ...
Friday, December 27, 2019

Beck - "Uneventful Days"

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One of these days, I really need to write a long essay on Beck's career. I feel like we still haven't entirely come to terms with wh...

2019's Best Genre Films

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For SyFy, I ranked this year's best genre movies -- which means fantasy, horror, sci-fi films, etc. I covered a wide gamut, everythin...
Tuesday, December 24, 2019

Some Thoughts on '1917'

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How is 1917 like a video game? Who is almost definitely going to win an Oscar for this movie? And what World War I film should you s...
Monday, December 23, 2019

The Grierson & Leitch Podcast: The Best Films of 2019

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And now we come to the end. Will and I wrap up another fun year on the podcast by revealing to each other our Top 10 movies of 2019. Sit ...

Some Thoughts on 'Little Women'

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I love Little Women . I get into why over at MEL .
Saturday, December 21, 2019

Rolling Stone's 50 Best Movies of the Decade

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Very fun to contribute to this list .

The Grierson & Leitch Podcast: Let's Talk About 'Rise of Skywalker'

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We feel you, Richard. Will and I spent an hour dissecting the latest Star Wars . Be warned: There are spoilers.

Some Thoughts on 'The Rise of Skywalker'

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What it's like to be in your mid-40s and realize that Star Wars isn't the cultural behemoth that it once was? How much do we a...
Friday, December 20, 2019

The History of the Millennium Falcon

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This was very fun: For Popular Mechanics , I spoke to the men who built (and rebuilt) the Millennium Falcon for the original trilogy, the...

Shelby Lynne - "Dreamsome"

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"Dreamsome" is one of those songs I assumed I had featured on Friday Video at some point. But, nope, I never have. So it goes up t...
Thursday, December 19, 2019

My Interview With Willem Dafoe

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One of the things that's fun about talking to Willem Dafoe is that he takes acting seriously -- but can dissect his process in ways t...
Wednesday, December 18, 2019

'Spies in Disguise' Review

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Will Smith is in a movie coming out over Christmas. It's called Spies in Disguise , and he plays a secret agent who gets turned into ...

Looking Back at 'The Last Jedi'

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Remember when The Last Jedi came out two years ago and everyone lost their mind? For SyFy, we recap the polarizing film's five great...

My Interview With Ben Hardy

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The Face asked me if I'd be interested in spending time with Ben Hardy, who played Roger Taylor in Bohemian Rhapsody . He's now ...

'Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker' Review

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I've got a bad feeling about this. (I reviewed Episode IX for Screen International .)
Monday, December 16, 2019

The Grierson & Leitch Podcast: 'Little Women,' 'Just Mercy' and Our Lightning Round of December Releases

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This week, we celebrate our 200th episode. Thanks to all who have listened and enjoyed what they heard. We go through five films in quick...
Sunday, December 15, 2019

Some Thoughts on 'Bombshell'

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Is calling a movie "timely" actually a compliment? Just how important is it to play a real person if you're gunning for a...
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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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