My 2018 SAG Awards Ballot

‘Tis the season. I didn’t have as much time this year to watch all the screeners, but honestly there were a few I just wasn’t that interested in. Every other year I’ve done my due diligence because I take my role as a voter far more seriously than I should, but, you know, parenthood. I

Tommy and James, the Disaster Brothers

James Franco is getting attention and awards for his performance as Tommy Wiseau in The Disaster Artist, a film he directed about my favorite bad movie, The Room.  In his acceptance speech for his Golden Globe win for this role, as well as in his interview on the WTF podcast, he celebrates Tommy and what he sees as

Thoughts on The Last Jedi

The first paragraph will be spoiler-free general thoughts, and then there’ll be a big white space with nothing but spoilers to follow. There’s not much use in me saying whether I liked the film.  Of course I did–this is only the fourth film I’ve seen in a theatre since March 18th and one of my

Movies I’ve Never Seen: The Object of Beauty

The Object of Beauty In which I fully describe the plot of a movie I’ve never seen and know nothing about, based solely upon its Netflix picture. The Object of Beauty is a film from 1991, starring John Malkovich and Andie MacDowell. It began production as a romping romantic comedy against the backdrop of London,