My friend Kim and I studied film together in college and today we launched the very first episode of our new podcast! Check it out on YouTube, listen to the audio version, or get both on Trashwire.
Category: Pop Culture
Another day, another mediocre Marvel movie
A quarter-century of South Park
I wrote a recap of the season 26 premiere episode of South Park, “Cupid Ye”, for Trashwire and it dawned on me that I have been watching this show for most of my life. I’ve never missed an episode since I first started watching it back in the ’90s. Needless to say, I’m happy to see the show back for another season and I really enjoyed what Trey Parker and Matt Stone did with the episode. You can check out my recap on Trashwire here.
I binged 70 South Indian movies and these were my faves
Over the past six months or so, I’ve watched about 70 South Indian movies. I even started a list on Letterboxd to keep track. Since RRR is making waves and winning awards, here are a few movies I’d recommend watching if you loved RRR.
Is James Cameron an auteur?
It’s weird to think of James Cameron as an auteur since he makes the biggest movies ever, but Avatar: The Way of Water does feel like a combination of all the things he loves to put in his movies and it bears his distinct fingerprint.
I wish more filmmakers had the juice to execute their vision with a $250 million budget instead of being forced to crank out generic, studio-mandated, CGI-filled products. Avatar 2 might not be a narrative masterpiece, but it’s so much nicer when movies feel like they were made by a person instead of an algorithm.
Here’s my Avatar: The Way of Water review on Letterboxd. More reviews on Trashwire.