Posts by Wesley Morris
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Do You Like Prince Movies? Podcast: With Special Guest Bill Simmons!
In Part 1 of a two-part podcast, special guest Bill Simmons joins Alex and Wesley to discuss the squandered potential of Lady Gaga’s R. Kelly duet and other issues of the day. In Part 2 of Do You Like Robby Benson Movies? Week, Bill, Alex, and Wesley discuss Alexander Payne’s Nebraska and more. Listen to […]
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Life, Death, Laughter: Epic Romantic Comedy in The Best Man Holiday and About Time
The Best Man Holiday, directed by Malcolm D. Lee What kind of title is The Best Man Holiday? This isn’t a question I’m asking. It’s been asked of me. Some of the askers are looking for a hyphen or a comma or a colon. They aren’t grammar police. They’re just confused. If you don’t know […]
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Do You Like Prince Movies? Podcast: R.E.M., Thor: The Dark World, and the End of Blockbuster
Alex and Wesley talk to Rolling Stone’s Jon Dolan about R.E.M.’s Green, which turned 25 years old last week. Plus, dark worlds for the Thor sequel and Blockbuster. 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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Let’s Talk About Celine Dion: Why She Still Matters
Do you watch American Idol? Have you ever watched American Idol? Of course you have! It’s popular. But it’s sad, too. Every year the country spends half a television season watching contestants sing. They vote for their favorite performer — or against yours. The weeks grind on. Someone wins, even though we all realize that […]
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Thor 2: Hammer of the Plods
Right now we’re stuck between technology that can pretty much do everything and movies that haven’t a clue what to do without it. Joss Whedon’s Avengers demonstrated a way forward for the comic-book movie: action-television. Without anything interesting to say, these Avengers 2 teasers (or whatever we’re calling them; “movie” usually feels wrong) exist to […]
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The Gospel of Matthew
The problematic Dallas Buyers Club and its deeply weird, brilliant star.
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Do You Like Prince Movies? Podcast: Homeland and Matthew McConaughey
Wesley is calling in from a landline, Alex is ready to break it off with Homeland, and Matthew McConaughey is curing AIDS with nothing but pure McConaugheyness. 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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Cosmic Slop: Death by Ender’s Game
There are so many reasons to go to the movies — too many to list, really. But no matter how long the list, one item would never be “watching stars recite exposition.” Enough people attended Ender’s Game last weekend to place it at the top of the box office. But could any of them have […]
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New Country for Old Men: On Last Vegas, The Counselor, All Is Lost, and Bad Grandpa
Last Vegas, directed by Jon Turteltaub It’s easy to forget that nerds and teenagers aren’t the only moviegoers who want their fantasies indulged. I thought about that watching Morgan Freeman in Last Vegas. As Archie, a twice-married Air Force retiree who recently suffered a stroke, all Freeman does for his first two or three scenes […]
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Do You Like Prince Movies? Podcast: The Counselor, Lou Reed, and Katy Perry
This week, Wesley asks Alex where in New York he should live. They talk about Ridley Scott and Cormac McCarthy’s The Counselor, Katy Perry, and the death of Lou Reed. Listen to the podcast here: ESPN.com Podcenter. Subscribe to Grantland Pop Culture on iTunes, and check out our podcasts page.
