An Ode to Hangout Movies: Irreverent and Important
Photo: The Big Lebowski/Gramercy Pictures First: what exactly is a “hangout” movie? Is it a film genre? An aesthetic? An absence of a three-act plot maybe? A film that contains characters that you’d want to hang out with if they were real? Or is it just hanging out...
The Winner’s Journey: Phoebe Waller-Bridge Is One Of The Most Brilliant Entertainers Of Today
Video Version of this Article Photo/Video: Phoebe Waller-Bridge at Cannes Film Festival/Andrea Raffin/Hollywood Insider YouTube Channel There are a lot of well-written television shows available nowadays. There are many well-directed television shows available. There...
2021 Movies Have Asian American Men in Heroic, Attractive Leading Men Roles – Correcting History of Discrimination, Emasculation, and Racism
Photo: Asian Americans Men as Heroes 2021 is already shaping up to be an incredible year for Asian American representation in the film industry. From the characters of ‘Raya and the Last Dragon’ to Jessie Mei Li’s performance in Netflix’s new show, ‘Shadow and Bone,’...
A Retrospective on Ron Howard’s ‘Rush’: A Spectacular Film Adrenaline Ride Starring Chris Hemsworth & Daniel Bruhl
Photo: ‘Rush’/Universal Pictures Hemingway once said, “There are only three sports: bullfighting, motor racing, and mountaineering; all the rest are merely games.” I am inclined to agree with Hemingway. I imagine he said that given each sport’s proximity...
