Omar Gallaga, Author at Book and Film Globe

Saturday, September 19, 2020

We’re Talkin’ Blaseball

September 10, 2020September 15, 2020 Omar Gallaga 0 Comments Blaseball, Jessica Telephone, Miguel Wheeler, The Game Band, Where Cards Fall

The weirdest fantasy baseball sim ever is part-satire, part social-media experiment, all fun

DOCUMENTARY Gaming TELEVISION

‘High Score’ Plays it Safe

August 27, 2020 Omar Gallaga 0 Comments

Fun Netflix docuseries about video-game history underplays the dark side of the industry

DOCUMENTARY FILM Netflix

Walter Mercado: the Brightest Star

July 8, 2020July 7, 2020 Omar Gallaga 0 Comments Lin-Manuel Miranda, Mucho Mucho Amor, Walter Mercado

‘Mucho Mucho Amor’ highlights the fabulous life and not-so-tragic death of the Latin world’s most famous astrologer

DOCUMENTARY FILM

Stormy Leather

July 1, 2020July 1, 2020 Omar Gallaga 0 Comments Joan Jett, Liam Firmager, Lita Ford, Suzi Q, Suzi Quatro

The worshipful documentary ‘SUZI Q’ fleshes out the life of bass-playing ’70s phenom Suzi Quatro

FILM Netflix TELEVISION

‘Shaun the Sheep’ Will Keep You Safe at Home

June 24, 2020June 25, 2020 Omar Gallaga 0 Comments Aardman, Chicken Run, Early Man, Nick Park, Shaun the Sheep, Tales From Mossy Bottom, Wallace and Gromit

All the Sheeple should be watching Aardman animation while the world burns

FILM TELEVISION

School’s Out

June 6, 2020June 6, 2020 Omar Gallaga 0 Comments Allison Janney, Bad Education, Hugh Jackman, Ray Romano

HBO’s ‘Bad Education’ could have been a much better and more damning indictment of the system

Actors CREATORS FILM Remembrance TELEVISION

The Best of Fred Willard

May 18, 2020May 18, 2020 Omar Gallaga 0 Comments

Five essential performances from the brilliant comic actor

FILM

Ghosted

May 8, 2020 Omar Gallaga 0 Comments Barry Ward, Extra Ordinary, Maeve Higgins, Will Forte

Horror comedies almost never work, but ‘Extra Ordinary’ has low-key charm

TELEVISION

‘SNL’ and Second City Find Laughs in Streaming Self-Confinement

April 22, 2020April 28, 2020 Omar Gallaga 0 Comments Aidy Bryant, Chloe Fineman, Chris Martin, Colin Jost, Edgar Blackmon, Ego Nwodim, Fred Willard, Heidi Gardner, Jack McBrayer, Jeff Tweedy, Kate McKinnon, Larry David, Lorne Michaels, Michael Che, Mikey Day, Saturday Night Live, Second City, SNL, Tom Hanks, Tyler Davis

Not so live, but still alive

FILM Netflix TELEVISION

Is the Streaming Going to Run Dry?

April 15, 2020April 14, 2020 Omar Gallaga 0 Comments Adam McKay, Amazon Prime, Blumhouse, Emma, Jason Blum, Killing Eve, Quibi, SNL At Home, The Invisible Man, Trolls World Tour, Westworld

And what might fill the program gap

Netflix TELEVISION

‘Community’ Spreads

April 8, 2020April 9, 2020 Omar Gallaga 0 Comments

Netflix has all six seasons of the early 2010s sitcom. Here’s where you should start

TELEVISION

Not the Best World

March 31, 2020April 7, 2020 Omar Gallaga 0 Comments Aaron Paul, Ed Harris, Evan Rachel Wood, HBO, Jeffrey Wright, Lena Waithe, Thandie Newton, Westworld

Three seasons in, it’s pretty clear that ‘Westworld’ isn’t going to be a hit franchise

Business FILM TELEVISION

SXSW Activations We Dodged Because of Coronavirus

March 12, 2020March 19, 2020 Omar Gallaga 0 Comments Dark Phoenix, GORE-TEX, Hightown, Marvel, Michelle Pfeiffer, New Mutants, Poo~Pourri, STARZ, SXSW, The Office

A roundup of Paradise Lost

FILM Gaming

‘Sonic the Hedgehog’ and the History of Video Game Movies

February 24, 2020February 25, 2020 Omar Gallaga 0 Comments Angelina Jolie, Bob Hoskins, Detective Pikachy, Final Fantasy, John Leguizamo, Max Payne, Mortal Kombat, Pokémon, Silent Hill, Sonic the Hedgehog, Super Mario Brothers, Tomb Raider

The pixels-to-shit ratio is improving

TELEVISION

Brown at Last: ‘Gentefied’ and Latino Families on TV

February 21, 2020February 26, 2020 Omar Gallaga 3 Comments

From ‘I Love Lucy’ to the new ‘Party of Five’

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