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John Jakes
CREATORS FICTION Remembrance Writers 

Memories of Reading John Jakes

March 20, 2023 Neal Pollack 0 Comments James Michener, John Jakes, North and South, The Bastard, Tom Bosley

The works of the pop-history writer, who died last week at age 90, were my first foray into “grownup” fiction

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Fury of the Gods
FILM 

Furry of the Gods

March 17, 2023March 17, 2023 Neal Pollack 0 Comments Asher Angel, Djimon Hounsou, Helen Mirren, Lucy Liu, Shazam! Fury of the Gods, Zachary Levi

‘Shazam! Fury of the Gods’ is a dumb, cute superhero movie for the kids, and also there’s Helen Mirren

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History of the World Part 2
FILM TELEVISION 

‘History of the World Part 2’ Hits the High Notes

March 9, 2023March 22, 2023 Neal Pollack 0 Comments History of the World Part 2, Ike Barinholtz, J.B. Smoove, Johnny Knoxville, Mel Brooks, Nick Kroll, Richard Kind, Wanda Sykes

At long last, Jews in Space

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Marche
CREATORS Writers 

Fail, Fail Again

March 7, 2023March 9, 2023 Neal Pollack 3 Comments Dave Eggers, George Orwell, Jane Austen, John Keats, Kurt Vonnegut, On Writing and Failure, Ovid, Steven Marche

‘On Writing and Failure’ by Steven Marche feels pretty true

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Creed 3
FILM 

‘Creed 3’ Has the Wrong Protagonist

March 3, 2023March 17, 2023 Neal Pollack 6 Comments Creed 3, Jonathan Majors, Michael B. Jordan, Phylicia Rashad, Sylvester Stallone, Tessa Thompson

Jonathan Majors’s villain is way more complicated and interesting than this boxing movie’s vainglorious hero

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Emily
FILM 

Emily Brontë Simps For A Man

February 28, 2023March 2, 2023 Neal Pollack 0 Comments Charlotte Brontë, Emily, Emily Brontë, Jane Eyre, Wuthering Heights

‘Emily’, a dumb-smart movie about how only love denied can create great art

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Cunk
TELEVISION 

The Cunking of America

February 8, 2023February 17, 2023 Neal Pollack 1 Comment Charlie Brooker, Cunk on Earth, Diane Morgan, Philomena Cunk

‘Cunk On Earth’ has arrived to enlighten us all

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Apocalypse
FILM 

The NPR Apocalypse

February 7, 2023February 9, 2023 Neal Pollack 0 Comments Emily St. John Mandel, Knock At The Cabin, Mimi Rogers, Rupert Grint, Sea of Tranquility, Station Eleven, Stephen Markey, The Deluge, The Last of Us, The Rapture

‘Knock at the Cabin’ and Progressive Armageddon

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That 90s show
TELEVISION 

Old Sitcoms Never Die

January 23, 2023January 26, 2023 Neal Pollack 2 Comments Ashton Kutcher, Debra Jo Rupp, John Laroquette, Kurtwood Smith, Melissa Rauch, Mila Kunis, Night Court, That 70s Show, That 90s Show, Topher Grace

The odd returns of ‘Night Court’ and ‘That 70s Show’

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A Man Called Otto
FILM 

‘Otto,’ Not Very Erotic

January 16, 2023January 23, 2023 Neal Pollack 2 Comments A Man Called Otto, A Man Called Ove, Tom Hanks

Tom Hanks stars in a genial weeper about the ties that bind

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Emily the Criminal
FILM 

Aubrey Plaza: Queen of Noir

January 9, 2023January 16, 2023 Neal Pollack 0 Comments Al Pacino, Aubrey Plaza, Breaking Bad, Emily The Criminal, Gene Hackman, The White Lotus

In ‘Emily The Criminal,’ she’s found her genre

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TV
TELEVISION 

The Best And Worst TV of 2022–Part 4

December 28, 2022January 2, 2023 Neal Pollack 1 Comment Andor, Cobra Kai, Ewan McGregor, House of the Dragon, Is It Cake?, Mexican Week, Mike White, Mikey Day, Nathan Fielder, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Reboot, Severance, The Bear, The Boys, The Great British Baking Show, The Kids in The Hall, The Rehearsal, The Rings of Power, The White Lotus, What We Do In The Shadows, William Zabka

Our editor makes his picks

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Jeanne Dielman
CLASSICS FILM 

Remembrance of ‘Jeanne Dielman’ Past

December 7, 2022December 9, 2022 Neal Pollack 0 Comments Brussels, Chantal Akerman, Citizen Kane, Jeanne Dielman, Vertigo

A nostalgic visit with the ‘Greatest Movie Of All Time’

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The Menu
FILM 

If You’ve Seen the Trailer, You’ve Seen ‘The Menu’

November 18, 2022February 5, 2023 Neal Pollack 4 Comments Anya Taylor-Joy, John Leguizamo, Nicholas Hoult, Ralph Fiennes, The Bear, The Menu, The White Lotus, Triangle of Sadness

Pretentious, exploitative food-industry satire offers few surprises

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Namor
Book and Film Globe Podcasts 

BFG Podcast #080

November 14, 2022November 14, 2022 Neal Pollack 0 Comments Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, Jennifer Coolidge, Namor, The White Lotus, Weird, Weird Al Yankovic

‘Wakanda Forever,’ ‘The White Lotus,’ and ‘Weird’

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One Hundred Years of Solitude
CREATORS Featured Stories FICTION TELEVISION Writers 

Macondon’t

March 22, 2023March 23, 2023 Dr. Carlos Flores 0

Ready or not, here comes the “magical” Netflix adaption of ‘One Hundred Years of Solitude’

Shazam!
Featured Stories FILM 

The Shazam! Family is All Foster Families

March 22, 2023March 22, 2023 Kristin Finan 0
The Mandalorian
Featured Stories TELEVISION 

‘The Mandalorian’ Gets Biblical in Season 3

March 22, 2023March 22, 2023 Scott Gold 0
The Glory
Featured Stories TELEVISION 

What Price ‘Glory’?

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