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Saturday, February 29, 2020

The State of the DC Extended Universe

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With Birds of Prey out and Wonder Woman 1984 on the horizon, it seemed like a good time to check in on the so-called DCEU. These films ...

'The Invisible Man' and the Era of "Believe Women" Horror

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For MEL , I wrote about The Invisible Man and the recent trend of horror movies that build their terrors out of women's fear of being...

'Devs' Review

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All winter, the ads for Devs had me excited for the latest work from Alex Garland. Alas, the man behind Ex Machina and Annihilation fu...
Friday, February 28, 2020

Wings - "Arrow Through Me"

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I have to resist the urge to just throw a random Erykah Badu song on here every Friday. So instead, I'll do a Wings song that she sample...
Tuesday, February 25, 2020

'The Invisible Man' Review

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Elisabeth Moss is the best part of The Invisible Man . Is that enough? My review is up at Screen International .
Monday, February 24, 2020

'Hunters' Taught Me About Wernher von Braun

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Recognize the name? Well, he was a German scientist who worked with the Nazis during World War II. Oh, and he helped America put a man on...

The Grierson & Leitch Podcast: 'Call of the Wild' and 'Emma,' 'The Act of Killing' and 'The Hospital'

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The new movies aren't what's most interesting about this week's episode. That would be our two Reboots: Joshua Oppenheimer...
Saturday, February 22, 2020

Universal Remakes

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With The Invisible Man about to come out, we decided to look back at Universal's history of (mostly good) remakes. Here are some of ...
Friday, February 21, 2020

Berlin 2020: 'Onward' Review

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Onward isn't the worst Pixar film, but I think it's their least interesting and least distinctive. It's a movie that, say, D...

Soccer Mommy - "Lucy"

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"Lucifer, yes. It is about the devil. A lot of people thought it was about Lucy Dacus . She actually posted on her [Instagram] story to...
Tuesday, February 18, 2020

Let's Talk About 'Blister in the Sun'

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I've never liked the Violent Femmes hit, but I had, of course, heard the urban legend that the song is about ... well, you know. So, s...
Monday, February 17, 2020

What's Jim Carrey's Best Movie?

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With Sonic the Hedgehog now out, we decided to spend some time going back through Jim Carrey's oeuvre. It's a fascinating career...

The Grierson & Leitch Podcast: 'Downhill,' 'The Photograph' and 'Sonic the Hedgehog'

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This week on the podcast, we review a so-so relationship comedy, a darn good relationship drama and a movie about a hedgehog. (I also tal...

'Hunters' Review

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The Amazon series Hunters has the soul of a graphic novel as it tells the story of a group of Nazi-hunters in 1977. Five episodes in, I...

When Animated Characters Invade Live-Action Movies

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Roger Rabbit. Jessica Rabbit. Bugs Bunny. For this week's Debate Club, we looked at the best instances of animated characters in live...
Sunday, February 16, 2020

Jim Carrey and 'The Dead Pool'

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It was 1988. Jim Carrey was trying to make his name as an actor. And then he was cast as a rock star with a drug problem. For MEL , I wro...
Saturday, February 15, 2020

James Marsden Is So Fun in 'Sonic the Hedgehog'

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For MEL , I decided to sing the praises of Liz Lemon's boyfriend. Hope you enjoy .

'The Photograph' Review

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The Photograph is a romantic drama with its share of flaws. But I actively tried to forget about them because I enjoyed Issa Rae and LaK...

'Fantasy Island' Review

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Folks, this movie stinks .
Friday, February 14, 2020

Dusty Springfield - "I Don't Want to Hear It Anymore"

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Fond as I am of "Son of a Preacher Man," it's so overplayed that I find myself reaching for other tracks off Dusty in Memphis ...
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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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