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…
Jul 24, 2023 Cultural Diet Shin Kamen Rider by Hideaki Anno (2023) First, there was 2016’s Shin Godzilla, followed by 2022’s Shin Ultraman. And now with Shin Kamen Ri…
Jul 23, 2023 Cultural Diet They Cloned Tyrone by Juel Taylor (2023) John Boyega, Teyonah Parris, and Jamie Foxx play a drug dealer, a prostitute, and a pimp who stumbl…
Jul 23, 2023 Cultural Diet The Beastmaster by Don Coscarelli (1982) When I was in 6th and 7th grade, the recently launched KPTM TV station made up for its dearth of or…
Jul 22, 2023 Cultural Diet Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One by Christopher McQuarrie (2023) First, the bad. I can’t remember the last time I saw a movie this over-edited. Editing is essential…
Jul 20, 2023 Review Roundup: Greta Gerwig’s Barbie Critics respond to the live-action version of the world’s most famous fashion doll, starring Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling.
Jul 20, 2023 Review Roundup: Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer Critics respond to Christopher Nolan’s biopic about the “father of the atomic bomb,” starring Cillian Murphy and Emily Blunt.
Jul 18, 2023 Gareth Edwards’ The Creator Continues to Look Very Promising The original sci-fi movie features an AI-centric plot and some impressive-looking visuals.
Jul 17, 2023 Review Roundup: Hayao Miyazaki’s How Do You Live? Critics respond to the final(?) film from the world’s greatest animated filmmaker.
Jul 16, 2023 Cultural Diet Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 by James Gunn (2023) I was pretty excited when Marvel announced the first Guardians of the Galaxy movie. Not only was th…