Posts by Wesley Morris
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Do You Like Prince Movies?
In a very special live in studio podcast, Alex and Wesley answer 237 listener questions about ‘The Amazing Spider-Man 2,’ superhero-movie fatigue, and ‘Under the Skin.’
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Small(er) Movie Review Roundup: Because the Word ‘Amazing’ Should Have Been a Red Flag
‘Ida,’ ‘The Railway Man,’ ‘Blue Ruin,’ ‘Belle,’ ‘Walk of Shame,’ and ‘Locke.’
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Climbing the Walls
This is how you wind up with ‘The Amazing Spider-Man 2.’ Like its 2012 predecessor, the movie is competent but dull. It’s not desperation you feel, spending two more hours with Peter Parker and his computer-enhanced crime-fighting self. It’s indolent thrift. ‘Amazing 2’ really is the financial equivalent of swishing water around in a mostly empty jar of tomato sauce to make sure you get it all.
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Do You Like Prince Movies? Podcast: ‘Star Wars’ Casting, Chick Flicks, and Future
This week Alex and Wesley react to the recent J.J. Abrams’s Star Wars casting news. The reaction is loud. So lower the volume on your headphones. But to summarize: Why, why, why? This isn’t a response to the news, per se, but to the ongoing Star Wars mania.
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Do You Like Prince Movies?
This week, Alex and Wesley discuss ‘Star Wars’ casting news and Future’s album ‘Honest.’ They also call journalist and novelist Meredith Goldstein to talk about chick flicks.
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The Owner and the Owned: A Discussion About Donald Sterling
There’s so much to discuss: Sterling’s history of racism; his ability to be completely nondiscriminatory with regard to bigotry; the racist, guilt-trip filled, “world’s worst boyfriend” exchange between him and his then-girlfriend; the response from the basketball community; and talks of boycotts and protests and lost sponsorships, to name just a few.
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All Class: The Surprisingly Subversive ‘Brick Mansions’
This is ultimately a movie about class warfare and social oppression that isn’t remotely science-fictional. It’s real, and as dumb as this remake is, it sends you home thinking.
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Poison Candy: ‘The Other Woman’ and the Disastrous State of Female Comedies
‘The Other Woman’ floats in a toilet-bowl universe not far from ‘Bride Wars’ and ‘Something Borrowed,’ proving you no longer need Kate Hudson to make a Kate Hudson movie.
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Tribeca Film Festival 2014: Discovering the Underdiscovered
What I’ve come to love about the Tribeca Film Festival: Its guard is overwhelmingly new, if there’s any guard at all.
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Do You Like Prince Movies? Podcast: ‘Mad Men,’ Tarantino, and Denzel on Broadway
Alex and Wesley discuss the live reading of Quentin Tarantino’s leaked script, Denzel Washington in ‘A Raisin in the Sun,’ and the joys of ‘Mad Men.’ Also: Is Wesley rude?
