Category Archives: Pop! Goes the Culture
Book Review: The Legend of Broken
As much as I enjoyed Carr’s The Alienist, something is out of whack in his recent attempt at fantasy. My review of his The Legend of Broken would have been a bit more negative had it been written for a … Continue reading
Movie Review: Silver Linings Playbook
My review of Silver Linings Playbook for Paste. While there were good performances all around, Bradley Cooper was a revelation for me. Russell sure knows how to write likable, questioning male leads.
Film Review: Looper
Bruce Willis continues an impressive streak—the most impressive streak?—of starring in quality sci-fi films. My review of Looper in Paste.
Film Review: Total Recall
Phillip K. Dick may be more responsible for the tenor and tone of cinematic sci-fi than any other sci-fi great, even as many of the films lack the depth of the source material. That doesn’t mean they aren’t fun. For … Continue reading
Film Review: The Dark Knight Rises
I remember, when I watched The Dark Knight, thinking how terminal, or “end of career” the battle with the Joker felt. This wasn’t one of the many skirmishes between Batman and his arch-foe—instead it felt like a culmination minus anything … Continue reading
Film Review: The Amazing Spider-Man
I don’t what I expected—maybe at least a cool visual or two I could insert in my mental “perfect Spider-Man collage” (sort of like “best James Bond moments”). Regardless of what I hoped for—here’s my review for Paste on what … Continue reading
Film Review: Brave
There is much to enjoy with the new Pixar film—and enough un-Pixar-like fumbles, however small, to cause at least a smidge of concern. Regardless, it’s gorgeous, and a treatment of this aspect of the mother-daughter relationship, so common in real … Continue reading
Film Review: Snow White and the Huntsman
In the midst of the barrage of fabled content (Snow White and the Huntsman, Mirror, Mirror, ABC’s Once Upon a Time, etc.), I yearn for Bill Willingham’s Fables to make it onscreen somewhere, somehow. Nonetheless, my review for Paste.
Film Review: The Avengers
As my review for Paste shows, I had a blast seeing the comic book team dynamic finally captured on the Big Screen. Some personal context that I couldn’t really go into in the review proper: I collected comic books actively … Continue reading
Book Review: The Bones of the Old Ones
Though I’ve discovered plenty of good works by new authors since I began writing review for BookPage, Howard Andrew Jones’ Arabian Nights’-themed pulp has been by far the most enjoyable find. I review the second book in the series, The … Continue reading →