Matthew Ehrlich, Author at Book and Film Globe

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We Do Not Prefer ‘Blonde’

September 29, 2022September 29, 2022 Matthew Ehrlich 1 Comment Ana de Armas, Andrew Dominik, Blonde, Joyce Carol Oates

Spoiler alert: Marilyn Monroe wasn’t happy, and men were mean to her.

Uncoupled

Uncoupled is SO Gay

August 17, 2022August 19, 2022 Matthew Ehrlich 3 Comments Darren Star, Emily in Paris, Marcia Gay Harden, Neil Patrick Harris, Patti LuPone, Sex And The City, Tisha Campbell, Uncoupled

No queer subtext in the first gay-centered Darren Star show, just gay all day

Emmy

The Science of Emmy Snubs

July 15, 2022July 26, 2022 Matthew Ehrlich 0 Comments Anne Hathaway, Barry, Emmy, Physical, Renée Zellweger, Rose Byrne, Sarah Goldberg, The Thing About Pam, WeCrashed

Plus four egregious ones that really grind our gears

The Flight Attendant

She’ll Fly Away

April 29, 2022 Matthew Ehrlich 0 Comments Kaley Cuoco, Rosie Perez, The Flight Attendant, Zosia Mamet

The retro-glam charms of ‘The Flight Attendant’

Marry Me

More Like ‘Kill Me’

February 21, 2022February 25, 2022 Matthew Ehrlich 0 Comments Jennifer Lopez, Maluma, Marry Me, Owen Wilson, Sarah Silverman

J-Lo and Owen Wilson try to do away with the rom-com in ‘Marry Me’

Ozark

‘Ozark’ Keeps Upping the Stakes

February 14, 2022 Matthew Ehrlich 0 Comments Jason Bateman, Julia Garner, Laura Linney, Ozark

In the first half of Season 4, the Netflix show lurches toward its inevitably tragic conclusion

The Gilded Age

It’s Only a Turd. It’s ‘The Gilded Age’

January 31, 2022April 3, 2022 Matthew Ehrlich 2 Comments Cynthia Nixon, Edith Wharton, Henry James, Julian Fellowes, The Gilded Age

Julian Fellowes drastically misreads American history

Sex and the City

The Worst TV of 2021

December 31, 2021 Matthew Ehrlich 0 Comments And Just Like That, Ewan McGregor, Hacks, Halston, Hannah Embinder, Jean Smart

Not everything was good

The Year’s Best TV

December 29, 2021December 31, 2021 Matthew Ehrlich 0 Comments Alia Shawkat, Brian Cox, Drew Carver, Elle Fanning, Gillian Anderson, Heléne Yorke, Jeremy Strong, Kieran Culkin, Mandy Patinkin, Molly Shannon, Nicolas Hoult, Physical, Rose Byrne, Sarah Snook, Search Party, Succession, Ted Lasso, The Good Fight, The Great, The Other Two, Tony McNamara, Wanda Sykes, Yorgos Lanthimos

Our critic watched as much as he could

Succession

Nothing Succeeds like ‘Succession’

November 29, 2021 Matthew Ehrlich 0 Comments Armando Iannucci, Brian Cox, Jesse Armstrong, Michael Douglas, Succession, Veep, Wall Street

The best show on TV has no likable characters, and yet we’re still watching

The Morning Show

She Looks Amazing

November 15, 2021November 17, 2021 Matthew Ehrlich 0 Comments Jennifer Aniston, Juliana Margulies, Reese Witherspoon, Steve Carell, The Morning Show

‘The Morning Show’ is an extended meditation on the miracle that is Jennifer Aniston’s face