May 4, 2022 Cultural Diet Snake Eyes: G.I. Joe Origins by Robert Schwentke (2021) I knew this would be a disaster even before I started watching it, and yet I still stayed up way to…
May 3, 2022 Daniel Radcliffe is “Weird Al” Yankovic in Weird: The Al Yankovic Story The sordid true story lurking behind the delightful song parodies and goofy Hawaiian shirts will finally be revealed.
Apr 26, 2022 Adam West Returns as Batman, With Some Help From Corridor Crew Corridor Crew gives the world’s greatest Batman his rightful due.
Apr 23, 2022 Cultural Diet Metal Lords by Peter Sollett (2022) It’s heart is in the right place, and I chuckled when I saw myself in the protagonists’ zeal for th…
Apr 22, 2022 Review Roundup: Robert Eggers’ The Northman Critics respond to Robert Eggers’ revenge-fueled Viking epic.
Apr 19, 2022 Cultural Diet The Batman by Matt Reeves (2022) This movie didn’t need to be three hours long. Normally I’m all for slow pacing and atmosphere, but…
Apr 16, 2022 The Live-Action Whisper of the Heart Arrives This October The film picks up ten years after the events of the original manga.
Apr 14, 2022 Cultural Diet War by Siddharth Anand (2019) Completely bonkers Bollywood action film that makes the Mission: Impossible movies look like made-f…
Apr 14, 2022 Martial Club Enters the Hollywood Action Spotlight Despite having little formal training, the YouTubers have made a splash with their brand of acrobatic and comedic martial arts.
Apr 14, 2022 Everything Everywhere All at Once by Daniels (Review) Michelle Yeoh shines in this trippy sci-fi epic about a woman struggling to pay her taxes, run her family’s laundromat, and save the multiverse.
Apr 12, 2022 Cultural Diet Everything Everywhere All at Once by Daniels (2022) Funny, trippy, wildly creative, and over-the-top in every way possible, but also surprisingly emoti…
Apr 11, 2022 Cultural Diet All the Old Knives by Janus Metz (2022) I enjoy the idea of this kind of spy thriller, which emphasizes mood and atmosphere over action. Bu…
Mar 31, 2022 Cultural Diet Satoshi Kon: The Illusionist by Pascal-Alex Vincent (2021) Not sure if this gave me a lot of new insight into Kon’s films, but it was neat to see how respecte…
Mar 26, 2022 Drive by Steve Wang (Review) Direct-to-video martial arts action comedies from the mid-to-late ’90s don’t get much better than this.
Mar 25, 2022 Cultural Diet Drive by Steve Wang (1997) Direct-to-video martial arts action comedies from the mid-to-late ’90s don’t get much better than t…
Mar 14, 2022 Cultural Diet Encanto by Jared Bush, Byron Howard, and Charise Castro Smith (2021) And yes, I’ve had “We Don’t Talk About Bruno” going through my head ever since.
Mar 12, 2022 Cultural Diet The Adam Project by Shawn Levy (2022) Is there such a thing as a too-sarcastic Ryan Reynolds? This might be it. I had high hopes going in…