Neal Pollack, Author at Book and Film Globe

Monday, September 16, 2019

The Goldflinch

September 13, 2019September 13, 2019 Neal Pollack 0 Comments Ansel Elgort, Donna Tartt, Finn Wolfhard, Jeffrey Wright, Luke Wilson, Nicole Kidman, Sarah Paulson, The Goldfinch

A Weird Non-Linear Film Adaptation of Donna Tartt’s Modern Classic

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Crocodile Dundon’t

August 29, 2019August 29, 2019 Neal Pollack 0 Comments Alison Bell, The Letdown

‘The Letdown’ and the End of Australian Men

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Where’s The Wrestling?

August 28, 2019August 28, 2019 Neal Pollack 0 Comments Alison Brie, Betty Gilpin, Geena Davis, GLOW, Marc Maron

The New Season of ‘GLOW’ Rejects the Show’s Premise

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NON-FICTION Politics

Who’s Right? What’s Left?

August 26, 2019August 26, 2019 Neal Pollack 0 Comments Meghan Daum, Michael Malice, Panic Attack, Robby Soave, The New Right, The Problem With Everything

Books That Try to Make Sense of Our Confounding Ideological Landscape

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Stand By Weenus

August 16, 2019August 16, 2019 Neal Pollack 0 Comments Brady Noon, Gene Stupnitsky, Jacob Tremblay, Keith L. Williams, Lee Eisenberg, Midori Francis, Molly Gordon, Stephen Merchant

‘Good Boys’: a By-The-Book Raunch Comedy

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The Slog Of Bernadette

August 16, 2019 Neal Pollack 0 Comments Bernadette, Billy Crudup, Cate Blanchett, Judy Greer, Kristen Wiig, Laurence Fishburne, Richard Linklater, Where'd You Go

A Rich Lady Finds Her Smile in the Antarctic

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Farewell to All That

July 31, 2019July 31, 2019 Neal Pollack 0 Comments Awkwafina, Lulu Wang, The Farewell, This American Life

If You’ve Experienced Grief Lately, You Might Find ‘The Farewell’ a Little Triggering

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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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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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Feel Bad TV

June 26, 2019June 26, 2019 Neal Pollack 0 Comments Breaking Bad, Don Draper, Euphoria, Holocaust, Holocaust on NBC, Meryl Streep, Roots, The Handmaid's Tale, Tony Soprano, Treme, When They See Us

Watching is Our Moral Duty, Apparently

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Tales of the Kinda Shitty

June 18, 2019June 18, 2019 Neal Pollack 2 Comments Anna Madrigal, Armistead Maupin, Ellen Page, Jen Richards, Laura Linney, Olympia Dukakis, Tales of the City, Zosia Mamet

Netflix’s ‘Tales of the City’ Revival Wallows in Nostalgia for the Present

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By the Time She Gets to Dark Phoenix

June 7, 2019 Neal Pollack 0 Comments Dark Phoenix, James McAvoy, Jean Grey, Jennifer Lawrence, Jessica Chastain, Magneto, Michael Fassbender, Mystique, Nicholas Hoult, Sophie Turner, X-Men

‘X-Men: Dark Phoenix’ is Less Powerful Than You Can Ever Imagine

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FILM TELEVISION

The Mummy Returns to Deadwood

June 1, 2019June 4, 2019 Neal Pollack 0 Comments Brad Dourif, David Milch, Deadwood, HBO, Ian McShane, John Hawkes, Molly Parker, Paula Malcomsen, Robin Weigert, Timothy Olyphant, Westworld, William Sanderson

We’re Old, You Cocksucker!

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Shows That Made the Hit Parade

May 29, 2019May 31, 2019 Neal Pollack 0 Comments Anthony Anderson, Archie Bunker, Edith Bunker, Ellie Kemper, Ike Barinholtz, Jackeé Harry, Jamie Foxx, Jimmy Kimmel, Jovan Adepo, Kerry Washington, Marisa Tomei, Marla Gibbs, Norman Lear, Sean Hayes, Stephen Tobolowky, The Jeffersons, Wanda Sykes, Will Ferrell, Woody Harrelson

Live Performances of ‘All In The Family’ and ‘The Jeffersons’ Remind Us of Television

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‘Booksmart’ Did Not Fail, and Who Cares if it Did, Anyway?

May 28, 2019May 28, 2019 Neal Pollack 0 Comments Aladdin, Blockers, Booksmart, John Cena, John Wick, Pokémon, The Avengers

All the Snooty-Snoots are in a Panic

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