Oct 22, 2023 Cultural Diet Beyond the Infinite Two Minutes by Junta Yamaguchi (2020) After a man discovers that his iMac and the TV in his café are caught in a time loop, and thus disp…
Oct 15, 2023 Cultural Diet Shaun of the Dead by Edgar Wright (2004) It’s probably been fifteen years since I last watched Edgar Wright and Simon Pegg’s hilarious ode t…
Oct 4, 2023 Christmas Comes Early With John Woo’s Silent Night The action cinema maestro returns with a new holiday-themed revenge film starring Joel Kinnaman.
Sep 28, 2023 Review Roundup: Gareth Edwards’ The Creator Critics respond to the original sci-fi film starring John David Washington, Gemma Chan, and Ken Watanabe.
Sep 27, 2023 Lincoln’s Ross Theater Announces First Annual “Fright Fest,” Featuring Get Out, Shaun of the Dead, Nosferatu, and More Just in time for Halloween, the festival will feature a world-spanning mix of classic horror titles and newer ones.
Sep 26, 2023 Cultural Diet Mad Max: Fury Road by George Miller (2015) My son calls Mad Max: Fury Road the craziest, weirdest movie he’s ever seen. Granted, he’s only 15,…
Sep 12, 2023 Cultural Diet Batman: The Doom That Came to Gotham by Christopher Berkeley and Sam Liu (2023) On paper, mixing Batman and H.P. Lovecraft seems like a total no-brainer. And if you set it in the …
Sep 11, 2023 Cultural Diet The Bourne Ultimatum by Paul Greengrass (2007) When I first saw it in theaters back in 2007, I thought The Bourne Ultimatum was easily the best of…
Sep 5, 2023 The Big G Returns, Badder Than Ever, in Godzilla Minus One’s First Trailer Now that Dune: Part Two’s been pushed to 2024, this is my most anticipated movie of 2023.
Aug 26, 2023 Cultural Diet Coraline by Henry Selick (2009) My daughter recently told me that she finally wanted to watch her first scary movie, and specifical…
Aug 25, 2023 Cultural Diet Inception by Christopher Nolan (2010) My son’s Christopher Nolan phase continues with this sci-fi/action/thriller from 2010 that gave us …
Aug 19, 2023 Cultural Diet The Bourne Supremacy by Paul Greengrass (2004) Paul Greengrass took over from Doug Liman for the second Bourne movie and famously implemented his …
Aug 18, 2023 Cultural Diet Puss in Boots: The Last Wish by Joel Crawford (2022) Puss in Boots: The Last Wish is worth watching for Antonio Banderas’ voice acting alone. The man de…
Aug 14, 2023 36 of the Best Titles Now Streaming on Kanopy And all you need to watch them is a library card.
Aug 10, 2023 Cultural Diet Tenet by Christopher Nolan (2020) My oldest is going through a Christopher Nolan phase, so naturally we watched Tenet, which might be…
Aug 9, 2023 Cultural Diet The Bourne Identity by Doug Liman (2002) It’s hard to believe that The Bourne Identity came out more than twenty years ago; that was before …
Aug 8, 2023 Cultural Diet Barbie by Greta Gerwig (2023) I know this is the Barbie movie, but at the risk of sounding patriarchal, can I talk about Ken for …
Aug 4, 2023 Cultural Diet Constantine: The House of Mystery by Matt Peters (2022) While DC’s live-action superhero titles have left me rather underwhelmed — sorry, Synder Cut fans —…
Aug 4, 2023 Cultural Diet 9 to 5 by Collin Higgins (1980) My wife recently listened to a podcast episode of Dolly Parton talking about 9 to 5 and its memorab…
Jul 25, 2023 Cultural Diet Oppenheimer by Christopher Nolan (2023) As I left the theater, I wasn’t sure I liked Oppenheimer at all. It’s technically impressive, but w…