Neal Pollack

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Throw a Champagne Supernova on the Wonderwall

September 19, 2026September 22, 2026 Neal Pollack 0 Comments Britpop, Cardiff, concert documentary, Don't Look Back in Anger, Dylan Southern, film review, Liam Gallagher, Live '25 Tour, Manchester, Music Documentary, Noel Gallagher, Oasis, Oasis reunion, Oasis reunion tour, rock documentary, rock music, Steven Knight, Will Lovelace, Wonderwall

The Gallagher Brothers ‘Don’t Look Back In Anger’

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Korea’s Most Expensive Movie Ever Opens a Pandora’s Box

September 17, 2026September 22, 2026 Neal Pollack 0 Comments action thriller, Alicia Vikander, Alien Invasion, Avatar, CGI, creature feature, Hope, Hoyeon, Hwang Jung-min, Korean film, Michael Fassbender, monster movie, Na Hong-jin, Predator, Quentin Tarantino, sci-fi horror, science fiction, South Korean cinema, Troma Entertainment

Prepare to be thrilled and bewildered by ‘Hope,’ Na Hong-jin’s latest SF action thriller

With ‘Coyote Vs. Acme,’ WB Drops the Anvil

August 30, 2026August 30, 2026 Neal Pollack 0 Comments animation, Bugs Bunny, Coyote Vs. Acme, Daffy Duck, Dave Green, Elmer Fudd, Foghorn Leghorn, hybrid animation, Ian Frazier, James Gunn, Jeremy Slater, John Cena, Lana Condor, live action, Looney Tunes, movie review, Porky Pig, Road Runner, Samy Burch, The Lego Batman Movie, The Lego Movie, The New Yorker, Warner Bros., Warner Bros. Animation, Who Framed Roger Rabbit, Wile E. Coyote, Will Forte

A set of cartoon icons gets rescued from the locker

‘End of Oak Street’ Is a Stroll in Triassic Park

August 15, 2026 Neal Pollack 0 Comments 1980s, Aliens, Anne Hathaway, David Robert Mitchell, dinosaur movie, Ewan McGregor, horror, It Follows, Maisy Stella, Michigan, monster movie, Nashville, Poltergeist, Ray Harryhausen, Romancing the Stone, science fiction, Sigourney Weaver, The End of Oak Street, time travel

One amazing performance makes David Robert Mitchell’s 1980s B-movie worth watching

Since When Did It Become A Crime To Be a Jewish Writer?

July 14, 2026July 14, 2026 Neal Pollack 0 Comments A Silent Moratorium, Amazon reviews, Antisemitism, antisemitism in publishing, authors, book bans, book publishing, book reviews, books, Censorship, cultural boycott, Dinaw Mengestu, Frankenstein's Matzah, free speech, freedom of expression, Gaza, Hamas, Israel, Israeli writers, jewish identity, Jewish writers, K. Marcus, literary criticism, literary culture, October 7, Passover, PEN America, Publishing, publishing industry, Sally Rooney, Suzanne Nossel, writing

PEN’S latest scandal should be the final wakeup call

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Traumatized Young Woman?

July 10, 2026July 14, 2026 Neal Pollack 1 Comment Book and Film Globe, comic book movies, CW Supergirl, DC Comics, DC Studios, DC Universe, Fantasy, film review, Gal Gadot, graphic novels, Guardians Of The Galaxy, Helen Slater, James Gunn, Justice League Unlimited, Kara Zor-El, Krypton, Melissa Benoist, Milly Alcock, Patty Jenkins, science fiction, Supergirl, Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow, superhero movies, Superman, women superheroes, Wonder Woman

‘Supergirl’ disappoints in all the key ways

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‘Spider Noir’ Is the Strangest Spider-Man Yet

June 5, 2026 Neal Pollack 0 Comments 1930s New York, alternate universe, Amazon Originals, Amazon Prime Video, art deco, black and white cinematography, Brendan Gleeson, comic book adaptations, comic book television, Crime Drama, Edward G Robinson, Electro, film noir, Genre Television, Humphrey Bogart, Jack Huston, James Cagney, Karen Rodriguez, Lamorne Morris, Li Jun Li, Marvel adaptation, Nicolas Cage, Nicolas Cage performances, noir fiction, Pop Culture, Prime Video, private detectives, Pulp Fiction, Sam Fuller, Sandman, Spider Noir, Spider Verse, Spider-Man, Streaming Television, superhero television, superhero TV, Television Review, The Black Cat, The Lizard, TV criticism

Nicolas Cage does his best Humphrey Bogart as a webslinger who’s also a hardboiled 1930s private eye

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Should We Be Flocking To See ‘The Sheep Detectives’?

May 15, 2026May 19, 2026 Neal Pollack 0 Comments adaptations from novels, Agatha Christie, animated animals, Babe, British cinema, Bryan Cranston, cgi animals, Charlotte's Web, children’s movies, Chris O'Dowd, comedy drama, cozy mystery, Craig Mazin, detective stories, Emma Thompson, family films, film criticism, Hugh Jackman, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Knives Out, Kyle Balda, leonie swan, Molly Gordon, murder mystery films, Nicholas Braun, quirky british towns, Succession, talking animal movies, The Bear, Three Bags Full, whodunnit

Hugh Jackman and ‘Cousin Greg’ star in this cinematic hybrid of ‘Babe’ and ‘Knives Out’

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‘Margot’s Got Money Troubles’ is Actual Money for Apple+

May 8, 2026May 8, 2026 Neal Pollack 0 Comments Apple TV, Apple TV Plus, Bodhi, character driven drama, comedy drama, contemporary TV, dramedy, Elle Fanning, Emmy buzz, entertainment, Euphoria, Family Drama, feminism, feminist television, Gen Z culture, Greg Kinnear, Hollywood, Marcia Gay Harden, Michelle Pfeiffer, millennial culture, modern sexuality, motherhood, Nick Offerman, Nicole Kidman, OnlyFans, parenting, Pop Culture, prestige TV, rufi thorpe, Sex Education, sex positivity, sex work discourse, Shyanne, single motherhood, streaming culture, Streaming Television, streaming TV, Television Review, television series, TikTok culture, TV criticism, TV review, women on television

Elle Fanning, Michelle Pfeiffer, Nick Offerman, Nicole Kidman, Marcia Gay Harden and more star in an Emmy-destined show

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Boodled by the Art and Artists of ‘The Christophers’

April 29, 2026May 13, 2026 Neal Pollack 0 Comments art world films, British actors, contemporary cinema, Ed Solomon, film review, Ian McKellen, indie cinema 2026, James Corden, Jessica Gunning, Michaela Coel, Steven Soderbergh, The Christophers

Steven Soderbergh comes out of retirement yet again to direct Sir Ian McKellen and Michaela Coel

‘The Stranger’ Turns Existentialism Into Something Dangerous

April 26, 2026 Neal Pollack 3 Comments absurdism, Albert Camus, Algiers 1930s, arthouse cinema, Benjamin Voisin, best films 2026, black and white film, book adaptation, Camus adaptation, classic literature, colonial history, colonialism, culture criticism, existential philosophy, existentialism, film adaptation, film criticism, film reviews, foreign film, François Ozon, French Algeria, French cinema, French New Wave, Italian neorealism, Jean-Paul Sartre, media analysis, Meursault, movie reviews, Orson Welles adaptation, philosophy in film, Pierre Lottin, postcolonial themes, race and identity, Rebecca Marder, The Cure Killing an Arab, The Myth of Sisyphus, The Stranger, violence and morality

François Ozon’s elegant Camus adaptation finds new urgency in colonial Algiers

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‘The Pitt’ Season 2: A Postmortem

April 17, 2026 Neal Pollack 0 Comments ensemble cast, Gerran Howell, healthcare drama, hot doctor trope, ICE storyline, Isa Briones, Katherine LaNasa, Max TV series, medical drama, Noah Wyle, Patrick Ball, political TV, Prestige Television, Shawn Hatosy, Taylor Dearden, The Pitt, The Pitt Season 2, TV review

Taking stock of Noah Wyle and HBO Max’s hot docs

‘The Drama’ Uses Vomit in Place of Emotion, That’s Just the Start

April 10, 2026April 10, 2026 Neal Pollack 1 Comment Alana Haim, Boston films, controversial films, dark comedy, European cinema, film criticism, film review, Indie Film, Kristoffer Borgli, Mamoudou Athie, Millennials, Robert Pattinson, romantic comedy satire, The Drama, Zendaya

Kristoffer Borgli wants to skewer modern romcom conventions but ends with a smug exercise in millennial self-loathing

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BFG Podcast #202: SXSW, ‘Project Hail Mary,’ and Guy Fieri’s ‘Tournament of Champions’

March 23, 2026March 23, 2026 Neal Pollack 1 Comment America's Culinary Cup, Apple TV Plus, astronauts, Austin Texas, BFG Podcast, Book and Film Globe, CBS cooking show, Dan Friedman, Elle Fanning, Festival Coverage, festival culture, Film festival, film review, flashback narratives, food competition shows, Food Network, Guy Fieri, HBO comedy, Larry David, live music, Margot's Got Money Troubles, media criticism, Neal Pollack, Nick Jonas, Omar Gallaga, Once film, Paul Rudd, podcast episode, power ballad, Project Hail Mary, Robert Dean, science fiction, Sing Street director, South By Southwest, space movies, SXSW 2026, Top Chef, Tournament Of Champions, TV previews

Neal Pollack, Omar Gallaga, Dan Friedman, and Robert Dean talk food, film, and the future of humanity

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As for the Audiences, Just ‘Fackham Hall’

March 19, 2026March 23, 2026 Neal Pollack 1 Comment adult humor, agatha christie homage, airplane inspiration, bechdel test parody, blazing saddles reference, british comedy, british manor setting, comedy film review, comedy writing, Damian Lewis, downton abbey parody, Emma Laird, fackham hall, farce, film satire, genre parody, hbo max streaming, irreverent comedy, jimmy carr, katherine waterston, lady gaga joke, locked room mystery, mel brooks influence, netflix comparison, period drama spoof, slapstick comedy, spoof film, tailor swift pun, the naked gun, thomasin mckenzie, tom felton, trainspotting reference, wordplay jokes, young frankenstein comparison, zucker brothers style

Jimmy Carr’s ‘Downtown Abbey’ parody has been overlooked so far

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