The Grierson & Leitch Podcast: Our Oscar Nomination Predictions

Dang, I'm late in posting this, but this past weekend, we made our predictions for Tuesday's Oscar nominations. We did ... OK in our guesses? We also reviewed Moonfall and Jackass Forever. Hear the whole thing down below.

'Jackass' Is Men's Love Language

By that headline, I don't mean to suggest that women don't like the Jackass movies. (Believe me, I know plenty that do.) But for MEL, I examined the male bonding rituals that go on in these films, specifically how they deal with the giving and receiving of physical pain. My piece is here.

'Jackass Forever' Review

Is Jackass Forever the best of the franchise? I don't think so. But I laughed a bunch. My review is up at Screen International.

A Brief History of Good (and Bad) Movie Makeup

I didn't have a chance to post this over the weekend -- it was a busy time, folks -- but for MEL, I selected some examples of memorable old-age makeup in movies. What distinguishes the good from the bad? Read on.

Movies Based on TV Shows

Over at SyFy, we're saluting the best films adapted from TV shows. (How many people are unaware that The Fugitive used to be on television?) Check out the results here.

The Grierson & Leitch Podcast: Dinosaurs, 'A Serious Man' and 'The Ringer'

On this week's episode, we talk about Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom. Then, in our Reboot segment, we come to praise A Serious Man and bury The Ringer. You can hear the whole podcast down below.

On 'Dumb,' Big Brother Magazine and 'Jackass'

Hulu has a new documentary out called Dumb. It's a celebration of Big Brother, a rude-and-crude skateboard magazine that lived to annoy conservatives and parents in the 1990s. Big Brother's greatest claim to fame, though, was the franchise it helped inspire, the brilliant (and also rude-and-crude) Jackass. I wrote about the film for MEL.

Hooray for Johnny Knoxville

I haven't seen Bad Grandpa, unfortunately, but I've come to really appreciate the strange genius of the Jackass franchise. For Playboy, I make the case for Jackass co-creator and star Johnny Knoxville as a modern-day performance artist: an assertion I don't think is that farfetched, frankly. Here's my article.