Neal Pollack, Author at Book and Film Globe

Monday, January 27, 2020

The Gentlemen

‘The Gentlemen’, Another Ludicrous British Crime Cartoon From Guy Ritchie

January 24, 2020January 24, 2020 Neal Pollack 0 Comments Bugzy Malone, Charlie Hunnam, Colin Farrell, Eddie Marson, Guy Ritchie, Henry Golding, Hugh Grant, Matthew McConaughey, Michelle Dockery, The Gentlemen

Plus It’s Racist Against Chinese People!

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Sunset Boulevard pool

FILM TELEVISION

Each Best Picture Nominee Rated By the Linearity of Its Narrative

January 23, 2020 Neal Pollack 0 Comments 1917, Academy Awards, Best Picture, Christopher Nolan, Ford Vs. Ferrari, Greta Gerwig, Jojo Rabbit, Joker, Little Women, Marriage Story, Once Upon A Time In Hollywood, Oscar, Parasite, Pulp Fiction, Quentin Tarantino, Sunset Boulevard, The Irishman, Watchmen

Introducing ‘The Murph Scale’

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‘Curb Your Enthusiasm’ Meets #MeToo

January 21, 2020January 22, 2020 Neal Pollack 2 Comments #MAGA, #metoo, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Jeff Garlin, Larry David, Richard Lewis, Ted Danson

And Yes, Jeff Garlin Looks Like Harvey Weinstein

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The Best Tough Jew Movies

January 14, 2020January 14, 2020 Neal Pollack 0 Comments Adam Sandler, Barbra Streisand, BJ Novak, Brad Pitt, Casino, Chariots Of Fire, Daniel Craig, Defiance, Exodus, Inglorious Basterds, Liev Schreiber, Martin Scorsese, Paul Newman, Sal Mineo, Uncut Gems, Yentl

Don’t Mess With Us

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Actors CREATORS FILM Remembrance TELEVISION Writers

Screenwriters, Comedians React to the Death of Buck Henry

January 9, 2020January 9, 2020 Neal Pollack 0 Comments Alan Spencer, Ben Mankiewicz, Buck Henry, Get Smart, Joyce Maynard, Larry Karaszewski, Mark Harris, Mel Brooks, Mike Nichols, Mike Sacks, Pictures at A Revolution, Terry Southern, The Graduate, Tina Fey, To Die For, Warren Leight

Creator of ‘Get Smart’ and Writer of ‘The Graduate’ Dead at 89

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‘The Two Popes’ Soft-Pedals the Church’s Misdeeds

January 8, 2020January 8, 2020 Neal Pollack 5 Comments Anthony Hopkins, Fernando Meirelles, Jonathan Pryce, Juan Minujín, Two Popes

Just a Couple of Miter-Wearing Cuddlebears

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If You Did Drugs and Saw ‘Cats,’ You’re a Moron

January 7, 2020January 7, 2020 Neal Pollack 0 Comments Cats, Jennifer Hudson, marijuana, Washington Post

And an Amateur

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DOCUMENTARY FILM

No Safe Spaces for Old Men

January 2, 2020January 3, 2020 Neal Pollack 3 Comments Adam Carolla, Adam McKay, Ann Coulter, Ben Shapiro, Bill Maher, Bret Weinstein, Dennis Prager, No Safe Spaces, Robert Smigel, Van Jones

Adam Carolla and Dennis Prager’s Free-Speech Warning Shot

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The Best TV of 2019

December 16, 2019December 17, 2019 Neal Pollack 0 Comments Barry, BH90210, Big Mouth, Charmed, Chernobyl, Dark Crystal, Fleabag, Los Espookys, Mindhunter, Nancy Drew, Roswell, Russian Doll, Single Parents, Succession, The Boys, The Good Place, The Man In The High Castle, The Mandlorian, The Society, Unbelievable, Watchmen

Believe it or Not, Some of Our Critics Liked ‘Watchmen’

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Balloon Animals

December 6, 2019 Neal Pollack 0 Comments Eddie Redmayne, Felicity Jones, Hamish Patel, The Aeronauts

‘The Aeronauts’ is Wholesome, Semi-Lame Old-Timey Entertainment

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DOCUMENTARY FILM

Yoga Monster

December 6, 2019December 6, 2019 Neal Pollack 2 Comments Anusara, Ashtanga, Bikram, Iyengar, John Friend, Manouso Manos, Patthabi Jois, Yoga

Netflix Bikram Doc Exposes the Rot at the Core of the Yoga World

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‘Watchmen’ is Too Smart For Its Own Good

December 3, 2019December 2, 2019 Neal Pollack 1 Comment Damon Lindelof, Elizabeth Shue, Jean Smart, Jeremy Irons, Karl Urban, Regina King, The Boys, Tim Blake Nelson, Watchmen

Superhero TV For The Elite

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Watershed Down

November 27, 2019December 1, 2019 Neal Pollack 1 Comment Anne Hathaway, Barbie dolls, Bechdel test, Bill Pullman, Dark Waters, DuPont, Karen Carpenter, Mare Winningham, Mark Ruffalo, New York Times Magazine story, suppurating tumors, Teflon, Tim Robbins, Todd Haynes, Victor Garber, West Virginia town

‘Dark Waters’: Mark Ruffalo Vs. The Man

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Life of Skrein

November 8, 2019November 14, 2019 Neal Pollack 0 Comments Aaron Eckhart, Charlton Heston, Dennis Quaid, Ed Skrein, Henry Fonda, Luke Evans, Midway, Nick Jonas, Patrick Wilson, Ronald Emmerich, Woody Harrelson

‘Midway’ Features Our Worst Actor Playing the Best of the Greatest Generation

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Brooklyn Lows

October 31, 2019October 31, 2019 Neal Pollack 1 Comment Alec Baldwin, Bruce Willis, Cherry Jones, Edward Norton, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Jonathan Lethem, Michael Kenneth Williams, Motherless Brooklyn, Willem Dafoe

Why is ‘Motherless Brooklyn’ Set in the 1950s? And Other Problems.

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