Past Their Prime
There is a creative opportunity to come out of resurrecting a story or character, with a chance to be a part of and add to a cultural legacy. But that potential is narrow and the risks are high.
Review
Does the Dream Hold Up?
Watching baseball movies means opening up the door to nostalgia and sentimentality. It seems part and parcel with the ideal of baseball. And no film leans into that more than Field of Dreams, for better or worse.
Crowning Achievement
The Crown achieves the ability to lead the viewer in two directions at the same time, which leads to the sum total of exposing the layers of human complexity and the ability to hold two or more conflicting positions simultaneously.
Tenet, An Absurd (Bold) Rewatch
That is unlike anything I’ve seen
No Time to Die, But Plenty of Time to Have Fun
No Time to Die, the final chapter in the Daniel Craig James Bond era, finds the time to die and much, much more. It’s not the ending we were expecting, but the ending we deserved.
Reenter the Matrix
Rewatching The Matrix for the first time in many many years (maybe a decade), it stands as an even more remarkable and stunning piece of commercial art.
Bringing It Home
I’ve just completed the second season of For All Mankind (FAMK) on AppleTV+.
And Wow!
NOW, BEFORE I GET INTO THE WHY, HERE IS YOUR SPOILER WARNING. PLOT DETAILS WILL BE DISCUSSED AND REVEALED THAT COULD SPOIL YOUR VIEWING EXPERIENCE IF YOU HAVEN’T SEEN THE SHOW YET.
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