I got my best score in ages guessing 19 out of 24 right of the Academy Awards last night. Was a fun broadcast – Conan killed, and I loved the loose vibe of the whole affair, but damn, why didn’t I got with my gut that the Best Picture was
One Battle After Another Is Political But It Isn’t About Politics
This post contains spoilers for One Battle After Another. Like anyone who wins a major Oscar, Paul Thomas Anderson was given a platform. And he used that platform to urge people to treat one another better, providing few specifics in any speech he gave after One Battle After Another earned
The Wire: Remembering Michael B. Jordan’s First Great Role
Last night, Michael B. Jordan won the Oscar for Best Actor, beating out estimable competition including long-established greats Leonardo DiCaprio and Ethan Hawke, as well as up-and-comers Timothée Chalamet and Wagner Moura. Certainly, Jordan deserved the victory for his work in the juggernaut Sinners, which pulled in a record-breaking 16
Vince Gilligan Recalls Brutal Reaction to His Breaking Bad Pitch
Breaking Bad is now considered by many to be one of the greatest TV shows of all time, but when creator Vince Gilligan first started pitching it, not everyone warmed to the idea of seeing a chemistry teacher decide to start cooking meth after getting a stage-three lung cancer diagnosis.
New Firefly Series in the Works, But No Guarantees Yet
Ever since Fox canceled Firefly in 2002 after airing just eleven of its episodes, fans of the space Western series have longed for the show’s return. They would get a conclusion to the story just a few years later in the form of Serenity, a movie that marked Firefly creator