Posts by Wesley Morris
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Welcome to Madness: Kristen Wiig in ‘Welcome to Me’ and Carey Mulligan in ‘Far From the Madding Crowd’
In Welcome to Me, Alice Klieg (Kristen Wiig) hits the California lottery for $86 million, moves into a room at a Palm Desert casino hotel, and buys herself a morning-television show on a budget cable channel, starring her. That’s not all. She ceases taking her antipsychotic medication and offers to bribe her therapist (Tim Robbins) […]
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Grantland Summer Movie Preview: ‘What’s at Stake?’
In the first installment of the Grantland Summer Movie Preview, Bill Simmons, Wesley Morris, and Chris Connelly ask, “What’s at stake?” for Tom Cruise, Melissa McCarthy, Judd Apatow, Pixar, and many others.
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‘Do You Like Prince Movies?’ Podcast: ‘Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck,’ Stevie Wonder, and More
This week, Alex and Wesley get excited about an old Stevie Wonder album and a new Kurt Cobain documentary.
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Nerd Plus Ultron: There Has to Be More to ‘Avengers: Age of Ultron’ Than Printing More Money
Ultra Ultron: When does ‘more’ become too much?
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The Black Dress: Some Thoughts on the Coming Out of Bruce Jenner
When you look back to 1976 and to the 1980s — to the Olympics and Can’t Stop the Music, say — you realize that he’s seemed ready for this moment all along.
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Liars’ Club: ‘About Elly,’ The Age of Adaline,’ and ‘True Story,’ Three Movies About Hiding the Truth
Tall Tales: ‘The Age of Adaline,’ ‘About Elly,’ and ‘True Story.’
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‘Do You Like Prince Movies?’ Podcast: ‘Unfriended,’ Poptimism, and More
Alex and Wesley discuss the desktop horror movie ‘Unfriended’ and the latest salvo in a certain kind of critic’s ongoing war on “poptimism.”
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Clickbait: The Many Open Windows of ‘Unfriended’
Sure the latest Jason Blum cheapie horror movie has made tons of money — but is it any good?
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Necessarily the News
Understanding the explosion of outrage around the announcement of Trevor Noah as the new ‘Daily Show’ host requires looking at everything from the state of political satire to the Brian Williams mess to the racial politics of South African popular culture. In other words: It gets really complicated, really quickly.
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‘Do You Like Prince Movies?’ Podcast: ‘Daredevil,’ ‘Ex Machina,’ and ‘While We’re Young’
Alex and Wesley discuss Marvel’s ‘Daredevil,’ the AI thriller ‘Ex Machina,’ and Noah Baumbach’s generation-gap comedy ‘While We’re Young.’
