Book and Film Globe

Monday, July 22, 2019

What to Expect When You’re Expecting to Die

July 22, 2019July 20, 2019 Neal Pollack 0 Comments A Beginner's Guide To The End, BJ Miller, Shoshana Berger

An Invaluable End-of-Life Manual for Gen-Xers Staring Into the Abyss

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Glasgow City Limits

July 22, 2019July 22, 2019 Jake Harris 0 Comments A Star Is Born, Jessie Buckley, Julie Walters, Tom Harper, Wild Rose

In ‘Wild Rose’, a Scottish Star is Born

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Cat-astrophe

July 20, 2019 Lani Gonzalez 2 Comments Andrew Lloyd Webber, Cats, Cats Trailer, Idris Elba, Jennifer Hudson, Taylor Swift, Tom Hooper

A Horrifying Invitation to the Jellicle Ball

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Your Lion Eyes

July 18, 2019July 22, 2019 Stephen Garrett 0 Comments Beyoncé, Billy Eichner, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Donald Glover, James Earl Jones, Jon Favreau, Seth Rogen, The Lion King

In the CGI ‘Lion King’ Remake, Simba Takes a Cynical Journey Into the Uncanny Valley

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Netflix TELEVISION

Heart Of Glass

July 18, 2019 Vince Ambrosone 7 Comments Blown Away, glassblowing

On Netflix’s ‘Blown Away’, the Ancient Art of Glassblowing Gets Its Due

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The Return of ‘The Goon’

July 17, 2019July 17, 2019 Rachel Llewellyn 0 Comments David Fincher, Eric Powell, The Goon

Get Bent, Ya Weiner-Eatin’ Hoboes!

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‘The Change’ Can Do You Good

July 17, 2019 Mia McCullough 2 Comments All In The Family, Better Things, Dead To Me, Linda Cardellini, Pamela Adlon, That 70s Show, The Golden Girls

Why Does TV Keep Misrepresenting Menopause?

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Netflix TELEVISION

A Crime In Time

July 16, 2019July 17, 2019 Jeff Martin 0 Comments Babylon Berlin, Dark, Werner Herzog

‘Dark’, Where Nothing is What (or When) it Seems

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Flygirls

July 16, 2019July 16, 2019 Michael Giltz 0 Comments Naomi Novik, Temeraire, The Philosopher's Flight, The Philosopher's War, Tom Miller

In this Fantasy Spin on WWI, Women Can Fly…Literally

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Like a Bad Neighbor

July 15, 2019July 17, 2019 Sharyn Vane 0 Comments Lock Every Door, Riley Sager, Rosemary's Baby

‘Lock Every Door’: the NYC Gig Economy Turns Deadly

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Who Deserves to be a Millionaire?

July 15, 2019July 15, 2019 Neal Pollack 0 Comments Awake, Card Sharks, Chris Hardwick, Dax Shepard, Elizabeth Banks, Holey Moley, Jeopardy!, Joel McHale, Justin Timberlake, LeBron James, Press Your Luck, Rob Riggle, Spin The Wheel, Stephan Curry, The Wall

The Casual, Condescending Cruelty of the New Game Shows

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Gatorfication

July 13, 2019 Stephen Garrett 0 Comments Alexandre Aja, Barry Pepper, Crawl, Kaya Scodelario

‘Crawl’: a Tight Little Creature Feature About Climate Change, the Real-Estate Bubble, and Nasty Alligators

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Kung Fool

July 12, 2019July 13, 2019 Pablo Gallaga 0 Comments Alessandro Nivola, Imogen Poots, Jesse Eisenberg, Riley Stearns, The Art Of Self-Defense

‘The Art Of Self-Defense’ Takes a Chop at Toxic Masculinity

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This Novel is in Trouble

July 11, 2019July 10, 2019 Katharine Coldiron 0 Comments Fleishman Is In Trouble, Taffy Brodesser-Akner

‘Fleishman’: Shallow, Spineless, and Overrated

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Marisol’s Baby

July 11, 2019July 10, 2019 Elijah Pollack 0 Comments Culture Shock, Get Out, Into The Dark, Martha Higareda

‘Into the Dark: Culture Shock,’ or ‘The Stepford Migrants’

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