Posts by Wesley Morris
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License to Bore
Getaway stalls out and The Grandmaster kicks itself senseless.
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Do You Like Prince Movies? Podcast: The VMAs and Songs of the Millennium
Miley Cyrus twerks her way into history; Alex and Wesley share their short lists for Grantland’s Song of the Millennium bracket. ♦♦♦ Listen to the podcast here: ESPN.com Podcenter. Subscribe to the Grantland Pop Culture on iTunes, and check out our podcasts page.
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The Biggest Winners of Summer Movie Season
Summer’s almost over, and so, fortunately, are summer movies. This was not the greatest summer for heading to the multiplex, even if the box office numbers don’t ultimately bear that out. After Labor Day, the 2013 season looks negligibly bigger than 2012 — the North American annual total has been holding steady in the $4.2 […]
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Craft Fear
The World’s End and the Grantland small(er) movie roundup.
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Do You Like Prince Movies? Podcast: Lee Daniels' The Butler, Elmore Leonard, and the Kardashians
Zac Efron gets peed on! John Cusack plays Nixon! The Kardashians are thoughtfully considered. Looks like it’s So Wrong It’s Right Week. Plus: a tribute to Elmore Leonard. 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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Movie Poster Roundup: Because What Else Are You Going to Stare at Waiting on Line?
I don’t have any science to support this, but at some megaplexes the trip from the entrance to the seat of your movie has got to be a quarter of a mile. In some cases, it’s easer to find the car you parked than it is the film you drove there to see. Families are […]
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The WWE's Big Chance: Fred Rosser Comes Out. What's Next?
On Friday, not long before The Today Show dropped in on Kathie Lee Gifford’s 60th birthday party and Luke Bryan treated morning coffee drinkers to a live cup of frat country, Fred Rosser told Matt Lauer he wanted to be a gay role model. Rosser wrestles for the WWE under the basic name Darren Young, […]
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You Got Served
The limits of pulp in The Butler and Kick-Ass 2.
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Do You Like Prince Movies? Podcast: Elysium and 'Tom Ford'
In Elysium, cyborg Matt Damon is out to stop the all-white wheel in the sky from turning. Plus: Who gets to use the N-Word? (Spoiler: Probably not you.) Listen to the podcast here: ESPN.com Podcenter. Subscribe to the Grantland Pop Culture on iTunes, and check out our podcasts page.
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Future Imperfect
The dim dystopia of Elysium. Plus: We’re the Millers comes close and The Canyons crash-lands.