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Thoughts on the Oscars — 2019 Edition

Thoughts on the Oscars — 2019 Edition

I haven’t seen Parasite yet and have no opinion on it’s merit of it’s award-worthiness, but it seems to be loved by anyone who sees it. So I will go with the consensus that it’s great. With that it seems really cool that it won Best
John McStravick Feb 17, 2020
Why I Still Love Movies in the Era of Peak TV

Why I Still Love Movies in the Era of Peak TV

As I’ve recently wrote about, we are in the Golden Era of TV. A place in time where we have more choices of quality television than ever before. Television as medium has matured and grown up, similar to how film grew and changed the modern movie landscape during the
John McStravick Sep 11, 2019
Keep it Tight

Keep it Tight

Sometimes it’s so simple you can’t break it down
John McStravick May 2, 2019
Earning It

Earning It

The sum is greater than its parts.
John McStravick Apr 25, 2019
Movies are the New TV

Movies are the New TV

Movie franchises are TV series on the big screen and that worries me.
John McStravick Apr 5, 2019

The Oscars are obviously an advertisement and that’s okay

The Academy Awards (and every other mainstream awards show) often draw the ire of those who like to go against what is seen as the norm or popular in our culture. They can’t believe that we have a zero some game of competition between subjective creative works. This is
John McStravick Mar 8, 2019
Modern Trailers

Modern Trailers

The Cliff Notes of Movies.
John McStravick Feb 21, 2018

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