John Hodgman always says that nostalgia is a toxic impulse. That feels true but also I’m a nerd and part of that means liking the same thing for decades and then it gets tricky to delineate what’s nostalgia and what’s identity. And is that even a necessary delineation? That’s beyond […]
Movies
Catching Up With Marvel Studios
David Harbour is nine years older than Scarlett Johannson. I have to start here because that’s maybe the most important takeaway. And not just because he plays her ersatz father in Black Widow. In general, that’s an astonishing thing to be true about those two people. Harbour is a couple of months older than me and […]
Back to the Movies
The last time I went to a movie theater was early March. 2020. I saw Bloodshot, the Vin Diesel superhero movie that was supposed to launch an interconnected universe but was so bad that it shut down movie theaters for a year. I used to see two movies a week. […]
The Waterfront Film Festival – A Preview
If you live anywhere near West Michigan, you’ve probably heard about the Waterfront Film Festival in Saugatuck. The thirteenth annual festival kicks off with an Opening Night Celebration on Thursday, and then a full weekend of movies. The Waterfront has, in past years, hosted the Midwest premieres of movies like […]
Movie Review: Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
“Scott, if your life had a face, I would punch it. I would punch your life in the face.” – Kim Pine Let’s get this out of the way right now – Scott Pilgrim vs. The World is awesome. More than that, it’s practically made of awesome. The original graphic […]
I Cover the Waterfront (Film Festival): Part 3
Welcome back to Part Three of our coverage of the 12th Annual Waterfront Film Festival. We’ve got another three movies to review today, so let’s just get right to the action. The Extra Man – This comedy-drama comes to us from directors Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini, who co-directed […]