Posts by Wesley Morris
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Now Playing: Bad Luck, Tragedy, and Travesty
The Coen Brothers, Dame Judi Dench, and a mess starring Christian Bale and Casey Affleck.
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Do You Like Prince Movies? Podcast: Paul Walker, Getting On, Sarah Silverman, and Bill Cosby
Alex and Wesley discuss the death of Paul Walker and the death-adjacent HBO comedy Getting On, then move on to lighter subjects, including Sarah Silverman and Bill Cosby. 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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Black Panties Drops: The Nearly Perfect New R. Kelly Album
Album leaks aren’t my thing. I prefer to wait until the scheduled release date, at which time iTunes will tell me my preordered purchase is ready for download. But sometimes being a traditionalist is not possible. When there’s water dripping from your ceiling, you’ve got to get a bucket. R. Kelly’s Black Panties isn’t due […]
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Wesley Morris and Alex Pappademas
Alex and Wesley discuss the death of Paul Walker and the death-adjacent HBO comedy ‘Getting On,’ then move on to lighter subjects, including Sarah Silverman and Bill Cosby.
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Movie Review Roundup: Four Thanksgiving Weekend Options, From ‘Oldboy’ to ‘Nebraska’
After dinner, after football, you’ll want a movie. Here are four options. Oldboy, directed by Spike Lee Everything is wrong with Lee’s version of Park Chan-wook’s notorious, super-violent super-action-thriller. For one thing, it’s far from super. Not the quality, per se (although, for Lee, that’s off, too), but the energy. Park’s movie lunged and charged […]
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Do You Like Prince Movies? Podcast: Oldboy, Hunger Games, and Pharrell Williams
Alex and Wesley discuss the perfunctoriness of the new Oldboy, the ever-increasing provocativeness of the Hunger Games movies, and the sheer ubiquity of Pharrell Williams. Listen to the podcast here: ESPN.com Podcenter. Subscribe to Grantland Pop Culture on iTunes, and check out our podcasts page.
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Wesley Morris and Alex Pappademas
Alex and Wesley discuss the perfunctoriness of the new ‘Oldboy,’ the ever-increasing provocativeness of the ‘Hunger Games’ movies, and the sheer ubiquity of Pharrell Williams.
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The Weird, Wonderful New Short Film Companion to Gravity (and a Bonus From Wes Anderson)
Last week Kanye West released a video for “Bound 2.” It is the year’s most ridiculous musical achievement, which in 2013 is really saying something. But in part because West took all the air from all the rooms, not enough has been made about a couple of short films that’ve been making the rounds. Wes […]
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The Girl Who Played With Fire
On the excellent Hunger Games sequel.
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Smaller Movie Roundup: Because There’s More to Life Than The Hunger Games
Go for Sisters, directed by John Sayles Once upon a time, John Sayles would release a movie — Matewan, Eight Men Out, City of Hope, Passion Fish, Lone Star — and both the cultural tastemakers and people who heed them engaged with it. They marveled at the vastness and authenticity of the casts (the Joe […]
