Screening Room: Game On!
This week’s Screening Room Podcast looks at Spielberg’s latest, Ready Player One, plus Tyler Perry’s Acrimony, Flower and what to look for in this week’s new home entertainment releases. Check…read more →
Archive For March, 2018
Fright Club: Death + Sex
A few weeks ago we covered Sex and Death. That is, the act of sex leads directly to death. Sex kills you. This week, as a kind of wrong-headed sibling,…read more →
She Said She Said
Tyler Perry’s Acrimony by George Wolf Acrimony begins with an on-screen definition of the word “acrimony.” That’s how much credit writer/director/producer Tyler Perry gives his audience. He doesn’t treat his…read more →
Bury Your Gold
The China Hustle by Cat McAlpine Are you still upset about the 2008 housing crash? Of course you are. We all are. Ten years ago banks put the American dream…read more →
Great Outdoors
Leaning Into the Wind: Andy Goldsworthy by Rachel Willis Patience. It’s the first word that comes to mind while watching Thomas Riedelsheimer’s documentary about artist Andy Goldsworthy. But that’s not…read more →
Shall We Play a Game?
Ready Player One by Hope Madden Ready Player One may be the most Spielbergian of all Spielberg movies. It’s Spielberg on Spielberg. Meta-Spielberg. You get the idea. It’s 2045 in…read more →
Digging in the Dirt
Flower by Alex Edeburn Max Winkler’s coming-of-age film, Flower, is one which is filled with a number of confusing and problematic plot turns. Erica, played by Zoey Deutch, is a…read more →
Columbus GLOWs
Lady Wrestler: The Amazing, Unknown Story of African-American Women in the Ring by Christie Robb Writer/director Chris Bournea shines a well-deserved spotlight on a forgotten corner of American history, the…read more →
I Don’t Want to Go Out—Week of March 26
You know a fun way to pass the time during a boring holiday weekend? With Star Wars movies. Lucky for us, the latest drops for home entertainment this week. Piss…read more →
Trivial Pursuits
by Hope Madden It has been ten years since George and I packed our bags for a trip to Orlando to try out for VH1’s “World Series of Pop Culture”—a…read more →