Newsletter
'Hogwarts Legacy' and the Missing Magic
To come alive, the Wizarding World needs worthwhile characters and stories to populate it.
Matt Goldberg
Newsletter
Midweek Update: The Delightful Subversions of Goldstein & Daley
The 'Dungeons & Dragons' writer-directors know how to play with genre.
Newsletter
No Penalty for Bad Punditry
There needs to be some accountability for laundering harmful positions.
Newsletter
Midweek Update: Movies Are Dying, Long Live Movies
Reports on the death of cinema may be somewhat exaggerated.
Newsletter
Punches and Pixels
Despite the vast sums being spent on CGI, it's failing to match old-school stunt work.
Newsletter
Midweek Update: A Steady Oscars in a Tumultuous Hollywood
Sunday's ceremony was a nice counterbalance to an industry in transition.
Newsletter
2023 Oscar Predictions
Annual predictions from a guy who only guesses correctly about 75% of the time.
Newsletter
Midweek Update: What the Oscars Do
They don't tell us about the best movies; they tell us about Hollywood.
Newsletter
Brittle Comedians
Veteran comedians are in a defensive crouch about their profession.
Newsletter
Midweek Update: The Refreshing Realism of 'Cocaine Bear'
The bear is fake. The joy is real.
Newsletter
Midweek Update: Social Extortion
"Nice social media account you got there. Would be a shame if anything happened to it..."
Newsletter
Notes on 'Ragnarök'
The video game about the muscular man who clobbers mythical creatures made me tear up.