Posts by Wesley Morris
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My Top 10 Best (Favorite) Movies of 2013
10. Let the Fire Burn, directed by Jason Osder Part civic-social drama, part horror story, this found-footage documentary reconstructs a history of the black-radical MOVE organization and the 1985 inferno the city of Philadelphia sparked to drive its members out. The movie lets every side speak, and the result is a chilling symphony of racial […]
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Wesley Morris and Alex Pappademas
This week, Alex and Wesley bow down before Beyonce, admire the screwball style of ‘American Hustle,’ and discuss what on earth to do about R. Kelly.
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Do You Like Prince Movies? Podcast: Beyonce, American Hustle, and R. Kelly
This week, Alex and Wesley bow down before Beyoncé, admire the screwball style of American Hustle, and discuss what on earth to do about R. Kelly. Listen to the podcast here: ESPN.com Podcenter Subscribe to the Grantland Network on iTunes, and check out our podcasts page.
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Funny? No, Die: The Many Problems of Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues
You can tell when an actor adores a character, because breaking it becomes tough. Will Ferrell loves being the idiot anchorman Ron Burgundy, whether he’s in a movie or not. Since the fall, he has donned Burgundy’s burgundy three-piece suit and mustache to sell Dodge Durangos in TV ads. Ferrell has been doing Burgundy on […]
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Peter O’Toole: 1932-2013
One doesn’t typically look at a classically trained, highly skilled stage actor and focus on a single physical feature barely visible from the middle of the house. But Peter O’Toole didn’t become a movie star just because of all that training and talent. He became a star in David Lean’s Lawrence of Arabia because he […]
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Art of the Steal
On American Hustle and The Desolation of Smaug.
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Wesley Morris and Alex Pappademas
Wesley joins Alex in Los Angeles to say a few words about Nelson Mandela. Alex wants to talk about ‘Inside Llewyn Davis.’ There’s also a lot of enthusiasm for Christmas songs.
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Do You Like Prince Movies? Podcast: Nelson Mandela, Inside Llewyn Davis, and Christmas Songs
Wesley joins Alex in Los Angeles to say a few words about Nelson Mandela. Alex wants to talk about Inside Llewyn Davis. There’s also a lot of enthusiasm for Christmas songs. Here’s their Christmas playlist:
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My Bodies of the Year: Kim Kardashian’s Instagram Moment and 12 Unsexy Months
Now more than ever, pop culture is about the small stuff — an obscure TV show, a few notes in a pop song, a tweet. To celebrate a year of micro moments, every day a new Grantland writer will highlight one specific thing — a Big Little Thing — that we won’t soon forget. Part […]
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Saint and Superhero: Long Walk to Freedom and the Problems With Nelson Mandela Onscreen
Mandela: The Long Walk to Freedom would seem beatific even if its subject, Nelson Mandela, hadn’t succumbed to illness last week. It presents Idris Elba as the hallowed South African freedom fighter, political prisoner, and president. It imagines him as a vision of stoicism, temperance, and wisdom — not a man so much as a […]
