Posts by Wesley Morris

October 28, 2013
Sportstorialist: New Jerseys!

Phoenix and Golden State look mah-velous as the NBA unveils its updated 2013-14 uniforms.
October 24, 2013
The Song of Solomon

The cultural crater of 12 Years a Slave.
October 23, 2013
Do You Like Prince Movies? Podcast: 12 Years a Slave, Boardwalk Empire, and Special Guest Rembert Browne!

This week Alex and Wesley discuss urgent Boardwalk Empire improvements, the greatness of TLC, and the new movie 12 Years a Slave. With special guest Rembert Browne! Listen to the podcast here: ESPN.com Podcenter. Subscribe to Grantland Pop Culture on iTunes, and check out our podcasts page.
October 22, 2013
Beetlejuice 2 and Pop Culture’s Current Obsession With the Past

The showbiz trades are talking, and what they’re talking about is Tim Burton making Beetlejuice 2. OK, they’re barely talking about it. But according to The Hollywood Reporter, Warner Bros. has made Burton an offer, and if he goes through with it, that item turns into actual news and the news turns into a movie. […]
October 22, 2013
Gravity’s Rainbow

Alfonso Cuarón’s near-perfect moviegoing experience.
October 18, 2013
Trials and Fire: The Unnecessary and Extremely Interesting Carrie Remake, and Jason Osder’s MOVE Documentary

Parents always ask me whether certain movies are appropriate for certain kids. I know where they’re coming from. Who wants to have to sit up all night because someone saw The Wizard of Oz before she was ready? Who wants to have that argument with a spouse who told you 60 times The Birds was […]
October 17, 2013
Bloody Hell

Chloe Moretz’s pointless — but not entirely uninteresting — Carrie remake.
October 16, 2013
Do You Like Prince Movies? Podcast: Kanye and Machete Kills

Recording in the same room for the first time ever, Wesley and Alex talk Kanye, taking back the night, and Machete Kills. Listen to the podcast here: ESPN.com Podcenter. Subscribe to Grantland Pop Culture on iTunes, and check out our podcasts page.
October 15, 2013
Machete Kills Is DOA … and Other Dispatches From the Smaller Corners of Your Multiplex

Machete Kills, directed by Robert Rodriguez It’s a shame that Robert Rodriguez is trapped in the shadow of Quentin Tarantino. After Grindhouse it felt like together they were Wham! and apart one was George Michael and the other was the guy who put up with George Michael’s fame. Comparing Rodriguez to Andrew Ridgeley might actually […]
October 11, 2013
Water and Power

Tom Hanks’s surprising, subversive new thriller, Captain Phillips.

Load More Results