Neal Pollack, Author at Book and Film Globe

Friday, July 19, 2019

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

TELEVISION

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

Netflix TELEVISION

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

FILM

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

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!

TELEVISION

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

FILM

‘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

FICTION TELEVISION

What’s the Catch?

May 27, 2019May 27, 2019 Neal Pollack 7 Comments Alan Arkin, Band Of Brothers, Catch-22, Christopher Abbott, Daniel David Stewart, Full Metal Jacket, George Clooney, Jon Voight, Joseph Heller, Kyle Chandler, M.A.S.H., Mike Nichols, Three Kings

George Clooney’s ‘Catch-22’ Miniseries is Flat, Dull, and Pointless

COMICS FILM TELEVISION

Adrift in the DC Universe

May 16, 2019June 6, 2019 Neal Pollack 7 Comments Alan Tudyk, April Bowlby, Arrow, Batman, Brendan Fraser, Crazy Jane, DC Universe, Diane Guererro, Doom Patrol, Elasti-Woman, Green Lantern, Jessica Cruz, Legends Of Tomorrow, Matt Bomer, Miss Martian, Negative Man, Robot Man, Supergirl, Superman, The Flash, Wonder Woman, Young Justice, Young Justice: Outsiders

All the Heroes Disney Doesn’t Own

CLASSICS FILM

The New Criterion

May 9, 2019May 9, 2019 Neal Pollack 0 Comments Agnes Varda, Carol Reed, Douglas Sirk, Jacques Demy, John Woo, Jubal, Kelly Reichardt, Last Hurrah For Chivalry, Martin Scorsese, Michelle Williams, Ralph Richardson, Rod Steiger, TCM, The Criterion Collection, The Fallen Idol, The Tarnished Angels, The Umbrellas Of Cherbourg, Turner Classic Movies, Vagabond, Wendy and Lucy

Self-Guided Film School, 24/7, on the Criterion Collection App

Actors CREATORS TELEVISION Writers

‘Schitt’s Creek’ and the Appeal of Vanilla Gay Romance

April 29, 2019April 30, 2019 Neal Pollack 2 Comments Annie Murphy, Catherine O'Hara, Daniel Levy, Emily Hampshire, Eugene Levy, Noah Reid, Schitt's Creek, The Best, Tina Turner

Live in Austin, the Comiccon that Never Ends

History TELEVISION

Who Writes Our History?

April 24, 2019April 30, 2019 Neal Pollack 0 Comments Ava DuVernay, Bert Williams, Cornel West, Henry Louis Gates Jr, Ida B. Wells, Jill LePore, PBS, Reconstruction, Stony The Road, Thaddeus Russell

Henry Louis Gates Jr.’s ‘Reconstruction,’ on PBS

FILM

Kinda Stinky

April 23, 2019April 24, 2019 Neal Pollack 0 Comments

‘Her Smell’: a Pretentious, Manic Dive into Feminist Rock-n-Roll Madness

CREATORS Directors FICTION FILM Netflix Writers

The BFG Interview: Owen Egerton

April 18, 2019April 19, 2019 Neal Pollack 0 Comments Blood Fest, Blumhouse, Follow, Hollow, Mercy Black, Owen Egerton, Rooster Teeth

Tips and Motivation From an Indie Literary Author Turned Pulp Horror Film Director

TELEVISION

James Holzhauer’s Reign of Terror

April 17, 2019April 17, 2019 Neal Pollack 0 Comments Alex Jacob, Alex Trebek, James Holzhauer, Jeopardy!

His Jeopardy! Dream is Every Other Player’s Nightmare

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