I‘ve watched so many movies that if I tried to give you a ballpark number you would quite possibly think I’ve either spent too much of my life in front of screens or that I don’t sleep enough. Both and neither are true. It’s becoming more of a rarity for me to come across a […]
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Point Breakin’
Staying hot with summer adventure movies
OK, it’s officially hot outside, which means most of you are going to start summer adventuring. I’ve heard of such things, but being that I am what the experts call an “indoor kid,” I will continue living vicariously through all of you while you do all those outdoor things that would definitely break me in […]
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May the Source Be With You: June Edition
A case for AppleTV+, a podcast about words and more to tune into this month
Is it summer yet? I’m pretty sure it’s supposed to be, but it’s windy and raining as I type this, so I guess maybe we’re just taking a mulligan and calling this Fall 2.0. 1.5? I don’t know. Regardless, there are plenty of things to watch when you’re done with the sun for the day, […]
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Chasing Anya
“Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga” crashes into theaters
I don’t think this is a controversial opinion, but “Mad Max: Fury Road” is one the best action movies of all time and George Miller is still one of the most innovative and fearless filmmakers at 79 years of age. Just look at the breadth of his filmography going back to 1979. 1979: “Mad Max” 1981: […]
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Liminal Spaces
‘I Saw the TV Glow’ is full of strange beauty
My job as a writer about film, food and television has never been about pretending I’m some elevated being whose taste is so refined and on point that anything I like should be appreciated by the most people possible. Instead, I try to share what kind of human being I am with you so then […]
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Monkey Business
A look at 50 years of "Planet of the Apes"
It’s such a nice feeling to be surprised by movies. That’s why I keep my cynicism buried underneath a giant pile of ridiculous and unwarranted optimism; that way every bad movie is a mild disappointment and every good one is delightful. But what usually ends up being a real rarity is when almost an entire […]
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Blockbuster Season
Summer movies quietly return
OK, so here we are, creeping into another summer movie season and the upcoming deluge of blockbusters and the movies that the studios put the most money into marketing while looking for their next four-quadrant smash like “Barbie” or “Oppenheimer.” If you’d asked me a month ago, I would have bet that the Ryan Gosling/Emily […]
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May the Fourth Be With You
The Original Trilogy comes to Bend…live!
Everyone has a different relationship to the “Star Wars” franchise, and it mostly depends on how old you are. I’m “Return of the Jedi” years old, so that’s the one I watched a thousand times before I discovered that a vocal majority of “Star Wars” fans hated the Ewoks and that “The Empire Strikes Back” […]
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May the Source Be With You: April Edition
What show has your favorite ending?
We’ve talked about this in the past, but I want to get into it a little bit more: I don’t trust streaming services anymore…especially Netflix and Max. Maybe it’s my OCD, maybe it’s the fact that I’ve been let down too many times before, but it’s getting harder and harder for me to want to […]
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Political Prisoners
Alex Garland’s newest provocation imagines a modern civil war
My grandma turned 99 this year, and whenever she talks about the future she laughs and says she wants to live long enough to see the next election because she’s excited for a civil war. I think there’s a dark anarchy to my grandma that scares the shit out of me, but I also can’t […]
