Posts by Wesley Morris

  • Patriot Act

    ‘Captain America’ has the cleverest gimmick of any comic-book movie. Government science turned Steve Rogers (Chris Evans) from a patriotic runt too scrawny for WWII into a strapping supersoldier put on ice and thawed, many decades later, into a literal walking anachronism who works for the spy agency S.H.I.E.L.D.

  • Do You Like Prince Movies? Podcast: ‘Noah’ and ‘House of Cards’

    Alex and Wesley discuss the humanist fundamentalism of ‘Noah’ and the antihuman ‘House of Cards.’ Plus: a tribute to the late house-music pioneer Frankie Knuckles.

  • Small(er) Movie Roundup: Total Sleazebag Edition

    Jude Law in the muddled ‘Dom Hemingway,’ Jason Bateman fails to charm in ‘Bad Words,’ and the ugly, pointless brutality of ‘Sabotage.’

  • Holy Men

    Darren Aronofsky might be the greatest American director never to direct a great movie. You can always feel him trying, though. He’s going for greatness almost every time, and every time it wipes you out.

  • Do You Like Prince Movies?

    Karina Longworth joins Alex and Wesley to discuss her book ‘Meryl Streep: Anatomy of an Actor’ and ponder Anthony Lane’s profile of Scarlett Johansson.

  • Actress Meryl Streep

    Do You Like Prince Movies? Podcast: With Special Guest Karina Longworth!

    Karina Longworth joins Alex and Wesley to discuss her book ‘Meryl Streep: Anatomy of an Actor’ and ponder Anthony Lane’s profile of Scarlett Johansson.

  • Sportstorialist: What the NFL’s Leaders Wore on Picture Day

    Mike Zimmer wore a short-sleeve Vikings warm-up over what appeared to be a purple polo shirt with boot-cut jeans and loafers. There’s no category for this combination of clothes.

  • Hand Job: The Intermittent Joy (and Significant Tedium) of ‘Muppets Most Wanted’

    What you want most in a Muppet movie is for the non-Muppets to seem happy. You have to ask this with a Muppet movie because guest stars are essentially the only variable. Kermit, Miss Piggy, Fozzie, Gonzo, Animal, and the rest — they’re pretty much the same. So you’re looking at, say, the Siberian gulag scenes in the new ‘Muppets Most Wanted,’ and asking, Is Ray Liotta enjoying himself doing all those musical numbers?

  • Death, Taxes, and Dystopia: ‘Divergent’ Is Anything But Special

    If you crave a postapocalyptic world that’s been divided into competitive factions and is derived from a young-adult trilogy, and you can’t wait for ‘Mockingjay – Part 1,’ there’s ‘Divergent.’

  • Do You Like Prince Movies? Podcast: The Careers of Aaron Paul and Alec Baldwin

    Alex and Wesley discuss the cultural resonances of the MH370 story, plus TV actor turned would-be movie star Aaron Paul and would-be movie star turned TV actor Alec Baldwin.

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