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‘Power Ballads’ Shows How Jams Can Get Sticky

June 4, 2026June 8, 2026 Stephen Garrett 0 Comments 2026 movies, authorship, character driven films, comedy drama, contemporary cinema, creative ambition, creativity and art, Dublin, emotional honesty, feel good movies, film review, Havana Rose Liu, independent film, Irish cinema, Jack Reynor, John Carney, Marcella Plunkett, movie review, music and relationships, music comedy, music industry, music movies, musical drama, musicians, Nick Jonas, original songs, Paul Rudd, power ballad, rock music, singer songwriters, wedding bands

Paul Rudd and Nick Jonas star in John Carney’s latest music-themed comedy-drama

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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

Humanity Counters Robot Overload at SXSW 2026

March 20, 2026March 19, 2026 Omar Gallaga 0 Comments ai robots, ai themes in film, alex prager, Amy Poehler, Apple TV Plus, artificial intelligence, Austin Texas, automation culture, Barack Obama, Better Call Saul, Bill Hader, Boots Riley, Curry Barker, David E. Kelley, Demi Moore, Disclosure Day, dreamquil, Elizabeth Banks, Elle Fanning, Eric Andre, Festival Coverage, Film festival, Film Premieres, HBO comedy, human vs ai, I Love Boosters, iheartradio awards, Inde Navarrette, Indie Film, jeff schaffer, John C. Reilly, John Carney, Juliette Lewis, Keke Palmer, Larry David, life larry and the pursuit of unhappiness, margos got money troubles, Michelle Pfeiffer, Nick Jonas, Nick Offerman, obsession horror, Paul Rudd, Pluribus, podcasting trends, power ballad, Rhea Seehorn, robotics, rufi thorpe, self driving cars, Sorry To Bother You, South By Southwest, Steven Spielberg, streaming TV, susie essman, SXSW 2026, tech festival, Terry Gross, tesla robot, the big picture podcast, TV Premieres, vanessa prager, Vince Gilligan, waymo, Will Ferrell

The film and TV slate doubled down on the value of the human touch amid what felt like a ‘bot takeover.

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SXSW’s Reality Check

March 18, 2026March 18, 2026 Omar Gallaga 0 Comments AI anxiety, AI culture, Alanis Morissette, Amazon Prime Video, Apple TV Plus, artificial intelligence, Austin Convention Center, Austin Texas, Boots Riley, Demi Moore, Disclosure Day, Ego Nwodim, Eric Andre, festival culture, Film festival, future of media, HBO comedy, I Love Boosters, John Carney, Keke Palmer, Larry David, Mark Zuckerberg, media consolidation, metaverse, music festival, Nick Jonas, Paul Rudd, Penske Media, Ready Player One, robotics, South By Southwest, Spotify showcase, St Vincent, Steven Spielberg, streaming industry, SXSW 2026, Taylor Sheridan, tech conference, The Madison TV show, Will Ferrell, You Oughta Know

Austin’s annual bacchanal of tech, movies, and music South by Southwest faces its biggest challenge yet: staying human

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SXSW 2025: The Final Roundup

March 17, 2025March 23, 2025 Pablo Gallaga 0 Comments Alison Brie, Amy Wang, Another Simple Favor, Ben Leonberg, Brandon Sklenar, Clown in a Cornfield, Dave Franco, Death of a Unicorn, Drop, Evan Goldberg, Friendship, Good Boy, Indy, Jenna Ortega, Kari Fischer, Linus O’Brien, Mckenna Grace, Meghann Fahy, Nicolas Cage, Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie, Paul Feig, Paul Rudd, Richard O’Brien, Selena y Los Dinos, Seth Rogen, Shirley Chenn, Shuffle, Slanted, Strange Journey The Story of Rocky Horror, Susan Sarandon, SXSW, SXSW Film & TV, The Age of Disclosure, The Python Hunt, The Studio, The Surfer, Tim Curry, Tim Robinson, Together, Trixie Mattel, Will Poulter

Comedy and body horror reign supreme at this year’s film festival

‘Friendship’: The Tim Robinson Movie That’s Not Really a Tim Robinson Movie

March 13, 2025March 20, 2025 Neal Pollack 1 Comment Andree DeYoung, Conner O'Malley, Friendship, Kate Mara, Paul Rudd, Tim Robinson

We’re all trying to find the guy who made this

Death of a Unicorn

‘Death of A Unicorn’ Is Another Fun Notch in the Horror-Comedy Belt

March 10, 2025March 13, 2025 Neal Pollack 0 Comments Alex Scharfman, Anthony Carrigan, Death of a Unicorn, Jenna Ortega, Paul Rudd, Richard E. Grant, Téa Leoni, Will Poulter

The movie doesn’t take itself too seriously, which is good, because it’s about killer unicorns

Ghostbusters Frozen Empire

Too Many Ghostbusters

March 22, 2024March 26, 2024 Stephen Garrett 0 Comments Annie Potts, Bill Murray, Carrie Coon, Celeste O’Connor, Dan Aykroyd, Ernie Hudson, Finn Wolfhard, Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire, Jason Reitman, Kumail Nanjiani, Logan Kim, Mckenna Grace, Patton Oswalt, Paul Rudd

‘Frozen Empire’ bogs down with an overloaded cast of characters and more lore than the series needs

Mutant Mayhem

Turtle Power

August 4, 2023August 8, 2023 Pablo Gallaga 0 Comments Ayo Edebiri, Brady Noon, Jackie Chan, Micah Abbey, Mutant Mayhem, Nicolas Cantu, Paul Rudd, Seth Rogen, Shamon Brown Jr., Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

‘Mutant Mayhem’ sets the gold standard for Ninja Turtles media

August

Everything That’s Streaming in August 2023

August 2, 2023August 7, 2023 Rachel Llewellyn 0 Comments Archer, Ashoka, Billions, Damian Lewis, Dan Harmon, John C. Reilly, Johnny Cash, Jon Benjamin, Lodge 49, Martin Short, Matthew Broderick, Meryl Streep, Only Murders In The Building, Painkiller, Paul Giamatti, Paul Rudd, Physical, Reservation Dogs, Rosario Dawson, Rose Byrne, Selena Gomez, Steve Martin, Strange Planet, The Chi, The Wonder Years, Winning Time

Last call for ‘Physical,’ ‘Archer,’ ‘Reservation Dogs,’ and ‘Billions’

Quantumania

Kang Bang

February 17, 2023 Stephen Garrett 0 Comments Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania, Bill Murray, Corey Stoll, David Dastmalchian, Evangeline Lilly, Jonathan Majors, Kathryn Newton, Katy O’Brian, Loki, Michael Douglas, Michelle Pfeiffer, Paul Rudd, Peyton Reed, William Jackson Harper

‘Quantumania’ brings a killer new big-screen villain to the MCU, but not much else

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Chat GPT Reviews ‘Quantumania’

February 16, 2023February 16, 2023 Book and Film Globe Staff 0 Comments Ant-Man, ChatBot GPT, Evangeline Lilly, Jonathan Majors, Michael Douglas, Paul Rudd, Quantumania

We bow down to our new AI movie-review overlords

Ghostbusters

Don’t Call Us

November 19, 2021November 19, 2021 Stephen Garrett 0 Comments Bill Murray, Carrie Coon, Celeste O’Connor, Dan Aykroyd, Ernie Hudson, Finn Wolfhard, Ghostbusters, Ghostbusters: Afterlife, Harold Ramis, Jason Reitman, Logan Kim, Mckenna Grace, Paul Rudd

‘Ghostbusters: Afterlife’ is more like half-life

Summer

Summer Movies for Summer Moviegoers

May 31, 2021 Matt Hanson 1 Comment Bull Durham, Christopher Meloni, David Gordon Green, Dazed and Confused, Do The Right Thing, George Washington, Jurassic Park, Katharine Hepburn, Paul Rudd, Richard Linklater, River Phoenix, Samuel L. Jackson, Stand By Me, Steven Spielberg, Summer, Summertime, Wet Hot American Summer

Great films about being outside for people who want to stay inside

Summer Trailers Happened So Fast

December 10, 2019December 11, 2019 Pablo Gallaga 0 Comments Black Widow, David Harbour, Florence Pugh, Gal Gadot, Ghostbusters, Jason Reitman, Patty Jenkins, Paul Rudd, Rachel Weisz, Scarlett Johansson, Wonder Woman

Wonder Woman, Black Widow, and Ghostbusters Show Us the Light at the End of Oscar Season

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