Neal Pollack, Author at Book and Film Globe

Tuesday, November 12, 2019

Skrein Of Fools

November 8, 2019November 8, 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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History NON-FICTION

The End Of The Book is Always Near

October 30, 2019October 30, 2019 Neal Pollack 0 Comments Dan Carlin, Hardcore History, Sarah Vowell, The End Is Always Near

‘Hardcore History’, the Podcast, Becomes a Book That is Actually a Podcast

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A ‘Parasite’ for Sore Eyes

October 25, 2019October 28, 2019 Neal Pollack 0 Comments 5 stars, Bong Joon-Ho, bulgogi, Palme D'Or, Parasite, Snowpiercer, South Korea

The Class-War Masterpiece from Bong Joon-ho

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CREATORS Directors FILM

Space Mopes

October 2, 2019October 2, 2019 Neal Pollack 2 Comments Amy Adams, Brad Pitt, Christopher Nolan, Damien Chazelle, George Clooney, Gravity, Interstellar, James Gray, Jessica Chastain, Matt Damon, Matthew McConaughey, Sam Rockwell, Sandra Bullock, The Right Stuff

Why are All the Astronauts So Sad?

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Judy, Judy, Judy

September 27, 2019September 27, 2019 Neal Pollack 0 Comments Judy, Judy Garland, Renée Zellweger

Renée Zellweger as Judy Garland at Rainbow’s End

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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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Netflix TELEVISION

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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Netflix TELEVISION

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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