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This Week In Movie Posters, August 22
John Cena's weird-shaped head, Gabriel Garcia Bernal as a drag queen wrestler, and lesbian werewolves who play hockey.
Vince Mancini
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'Blue Beetle' and the one easy way to tell whether your superhero movie sucks.
Does your superhero movie pass "The Mancini Test?" 'Blue Beetle' did not.
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Who has Michael Oher's money?
'The Blind Side' subject says his 'adoptive family' owes him, the family hires an expensive attack dog lawyer, and the author of the book says Hollywood has it.
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Gal Gadot's Netflix Movie is Definitely Real (This Week In Movie Posters)
Gal Gadot stars in a movie that's definitely real, Adam Sandler goes full Will Smith, and sparks are still poster shorthand for "lots of action!"
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Now Streaming: 'Asteroid City' Makes a Weirdly Good Double Feature with 'Oppenheimer'
Wes Anderson's latest explores glibness and gadgetry in the Atomic Age, along with a wildly unnecessary framing device.
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Awards Pundit Caught Cajoling For Special Access
When your job is access, you're eventually going to find yourself shouting "don't you know who I am??"
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This Week In Movie Posters, August 9th.
Checking in with this week's movie posters, featuring giant sharks, creepy little kids, and Uma Thurman.
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Influencers Didn't Hijack Film Criticism, Marketing Did
Are "influencers" devaluing criticism? Of course they are, but the problem isn't new and it goes much deeper than that.
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I Miss Casual TV the Way I Miss Casual Friendships
The fatigue of keeping up with "Appointment TV" is starting to feel like the fatigue of keeping up with everything else.
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This Week In Movie Posters, July 31st
Napoleon! Wonka! Jason Statham crashing a shark into an octopus! It's the week's best and worst posters.
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The Righteous Gemstones: A Season 3 Post-Mortem And Season 4 Wish List
More Shea Whigham, you bastards! And why is Eli Gemstones such a kindly old grandpa?
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Hollywood Has, Unsurprisingly, Taken All The Wrong Lessons From 'Barbie'
"Do you like good stuff? Because we've also got some absolute crap."