Posts by Wesley Morris
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Do You Like Prince Movies? Podcast: A Look Back at Robin Williams’s Career
Alex and Wesley take a look back at the one-of-a-kind career of Robin Williams.
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The Legacy of Robin Williams: The Movies
It’s tough to remember now, but his movie career began with him playing relatively quiet men.
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Cowabunga, Dud! The Spectacularly Dumb ‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles’
In this mini opus of spectacularly wasteful anti-seriousness, you need an actor, Megan Fox, whose anti-seriousness titillates while, say, she dangles from a collapsing tower.
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Do You Like Prince Movies? Podcast: ‘Get on Up’ and ‘Guardians of the Galaxy’
This week, Alex and Wesley discuss the James Brown biographical dramedy ‘Get on Up,’ which Alex really liked and Wesley liked fine. But they agree that Chadwick Boseman is great. Wesley also spends a few minutes trying to help make sense of why Alex hasn’t lost his mind over ‘Guardians of the Galaxy.’ Basically, he’s entitled to be meh.
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In Memoriam: Robert Drew, Documentarian and Cinema Verité Pioneer
Robert Drew, 1924-2014: the father of watching non-actors live on camera.
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I Feel Groot!
When James Brown makes you happy and ‘Guardians of the Galaxy’ sends you over the moon.
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Do You Like Prince Movies? Podcast: ‘The Purge,’ Scarlett Johansson, and ‘The Flamethrowers’
Alex and Wesley on the economics of ‘The Purge’ and why Scarlett Johansson might be the artist of the year. Plus, the long-awaited ‘Flamethrowers’ discussion.
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Blockbuster Talk: Scarlett Johansson is All-Powerful, But ‘Lucy’ Still Has Some ’Splainin to Do
This summer, two Grantlanders will gather to discuss the weekend’s mega-franchise, counterprogramming comedy, or teen weepie to consider truth, spoilers (!), and the Hollywood way. This week: Wesley Morris and Molly Lambert discuss Luc Besson and Scarlett Johansson’s gonzo brain game, ‘Lucy.’
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No Brain, No Gain
Scarlett Johansson is inhuman again in ‘Lucy,’ while Dwayne Johnson is wasted in ‘Hercules.’
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Knocked Out
Have romantic comedies become obsolete?
