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Poetry is a Game of Loser Take All
.I only realized too late when I took half of last week off for my birthday that I'd be missing my favorite mid-monthly occurrence -- New Criterion Announcement Day! So we're doing it a few days late...
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5 Off My Head: Siri Says 1932
.When I asked Siri for a number between one and one-hundred this afternoon and she gave me "32" -- meaning I'd now have to list my favorite movies from the Movies of 1932 -- I groaned a little because...
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Good Morning, World
.One of my "many""vital""accomplishments" over my several-day birthday break last week was that I plowed through the entirety of the new series Brave New World starring Alden Ehrenreich, which I spoke...
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Everything You Ever Need To Know About Life...
... you can learn from:The Virgin Suicides (1999)Trip Fontaine: You'll love it.Peach schnapps. Babes love it.Lux: That stuff tastes really good.A happy 42 to Josh Hartnett today! When I wrote up my...
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Today's Fanboy Delusion
Today I'd rather be...... swabbing Jake Picking's poop-deck.Hollywood actor Jake Picking -- he's the fella who played Rock Hudson on that Netflix show, if you're unfamiliar with his name -- did a...
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Aaron Hangs Ten, Eleven, Twenty
.Man am I sad that I used my "poop deck" joke up on those Jake Picking pictures a little earlier today -- how could I have ever known that an hour later Aaron Taylor-Johnson would show up surfing and...
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Killer Sputniks From Outer Space
.I have about thirteen reviews of excellent upcoming horror movies to write if I could get my head outta my bum (or rather Aaron Taylor-Johnson's bum) today so you'll excuse me for sighing with relief...
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Listen to the Children of the Night...
.Have I really made it entirely clear how much I love, just love, Sheila Vand? She's in a new horror movie out this weekend called The Rental (directed by Dave Franco of all people; more on that later...
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Good Morning, World
.Yesterday after those wetsuit pictures broke I went scrolling alllll the way back through all exactly two-hundred posts in MNPP's Aaron Taylor-Johnson Archives (we've been at it for so long with him...
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River Phoenix Fifteen Times
.Inspired by our pal Cláudio's wonderful piece on River's performance in My Own Private Idaho over at The Film Experience this week here are some photos of the late blessed actor taken by the...
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5 Off My Head: Willem at Heart
.The living legend Willem Dafoe turns 65 today, and even I, a staunch Dafoe supporter, feel as if I don't give him enough credit. We take him for granted dammit! The man's been turning in legendary...
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Paul Schrader's Many Manny Men
.Although I will not be writing it today I think there's definitely an interesting piece to be written about male sexuality and the films of Paul Schrader (who's celebrating his 74th birthday today) --...
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Jonathan Majors Loves Underwear
.When I saw that The Last Black Man in San Francisco and Da 4 Bloods actor (slash huge new MNPP crush) Jonathan Majors had a new interview and photoshoot up today at Variety (thx Mac) I promise you...
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Don't Go in the Attic, Alec!
.A couple days ago I spoke of having thirteen billion reviews of very good horror movies nipping at my heels to write -- well I managed to get one of 'em out today, huzzah for moi, and if you click on...
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Good Morning, World
.This morning were wishing our Woody Harrelson a happy 59th birthday with a quick shower clip from the 1992 basketball comedy White Men Can't Jump, which teenaged me watched a million billion times...
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Everything You Ever Need To Know About Life...
... you can learn from:Life During Wartime (2010)Mark Wiener: Sure. Forgive and forget.But it's like freedom and democracy. In the end,China will take over, and none of this will matter.Todd Solondz's...
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Michael Fassbender Has Troubles
.Michael Fassbender has been popping his beautiful big head out of quarantine here and there over the past couple of weeks (see here) and so I wasn't surprised to see some news regarding his career...
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