Neal Pollack

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

Fury of the Gods

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

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

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

Creed 3

‘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

Emily

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

Cunk

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

Apocalypse

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

That 90s show

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’

A Man Called Otto

‘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

Emily the Criminal

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

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

Jeanne Dielman

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’

The Menu

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

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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