Posts by Wesley Morris
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Do You Like Prince Movies?
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?
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Summer Movie Preview: Same Dudes, More Women!
This year, things appear to be looking up. Seventeen of the 40 major or majorish studio movies scheduled for release between May and Labor Day star a woman or prominently feature women in an ensemble.
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Nano Tech: ‘Transcendence’ and Small Thinking in Modern Sci-Fi
Johnny Depp, for his part, might actually be out of performances. Without a complete physical transformation and without Tim Burton, he seems in contempt of acting. His face doesn’t move. His rich, bizarrely accented baritone operates without inflection here.
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Do You Like Prince Movies?
Alex and Wesley have a long discussion on Nicolas Cage’s career and reflect on Madonna’s ‘Like a Prayer’ 25 years later. Plus, should Wesley be watching ‘Game of Thrones’?
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Do You Like Prince Movies? Podcast: Nicolas Cage and ‘Like a Prayer’
This week Alex and Wesley have a long discussion about the last 10 years of Nicolas Cage. They weren’t all bad. In fact, this stretch includes one of the best performance by him — or anyone, for that matter — in the last decade. But mostly, it’s a lot of Nic Cage-apocalypse-movie-of-the-month. For a certain kind of gonzo movie-star acting, he can’t be beat.
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Small(er) Movie Roundup: Because There Is Life Beyond Marvel and ‘Mad Men’ and Westeros
Reviews of ‘Oculus,’ ‘Hank and Asha,’ ‘Cuban Fury,’ Jim Jarmusch’s ‘Only Lovers Left Alive,’ and ‘Nymphomaniac.’
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Political Footballs: ‘Draft Day,’ ‘The Unknown Known,’ and ‘Rio 2’
Wesley Morris reviews Kevin Costner’s latest, Errol Morris’s documentary on Donald Rumsfeld, and a sequel with talking birds.
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Do You Like Prince Movies?
Alex and Wesley talk about the new ‘Captain America’ movie and what’s wrong with comic-book blockbusters. Plus, Steven Hyden comes on to discuss the state of music criticism.
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Do You Like Prince Movies? Podcast: ‘Captain America: The Winter Soldier,’ the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and Guest Steven Hyden
Alex and Wesley talk about the new ‘Captain America’ movie and what’s wrong with comic-book blockbusters. Plus, Steven Hyden comes on to discuss the state of music criticism.
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Mickey Rooney: 1920-2014
Although it seems impossible, Mickey Rooney died on Sunday. He was, as they say, 93 years young, as old as both modern entertainment and modern celebrity. He was a child star whose stardom was permanently affixed to an idea of childhood and youth — its electric essence and inevitable ebb. His acutely expressive, severely all-American Andy Hardy was also America’s first modern teenager, part boy, part man (he topped out at barely five feet tall), full of a desperate need for fun — but also the perfect son, brother, and dance partner.
