If I Had an Emmy Ballot: The Best of the 2017-2018 TV Season

The Emmy FYC window ended yesterday and after taking stock of the television season, I can say that this year was truly wild. TV has never been more diverse and we have never had as many shows as we have had in any point in the history of television. In the past TV season, I

Film Review: Ghost in the Shell

“The shell belongs to them, but not your ghost.” This quote has been pinging around my head since I got home from a screening of what turned out to be an extremely disappointing film, Ghost in the Shell. The shell in this case, is the completely miscast Scarlett Johansson, her of the ivory white skin

If I Had an Oscar Ballot, 2015 Edition

This had to be the toughest fake Oscar ballot, I’ve ever done. Some of these categories were so tough I literally yelled in anguish at getting rid of people. I mean there were 15 finalists for Cinematography and 7 in Director, which is crazy. Ex Machina is the leader with 9 nominees (including Picture), but my

Film Review: Clouds of Sils Maria

Clouds of Sils Maria is not the first film to comment on movies, theater, or the state of the entertainment industry, but I’m hard pressed to think of one that comes as ethereal as this film. There’s a breezy feeling that flows through the film, very much mimicking the cloud formation that winds through the mountain

Film Review: Godzilla

There might not be too many movies this summer that I will be more excited to see than I was when I watched Godzilla, and probably with good reason. I can’t recall a movie in recent memory that had a more pitch perfect marketing campaign than Godzilla, whose trailers and images highlighted amazing visuals and