So, the actors’ union, SAG-AFTRA, approved a tentative agreement with AMPTP on November 8th, but the agreement has yet to be ratified by the membership and there appear to be a lot of questions about how AI is being dealt with (actors’ concerns being similar yet different in some important regards than writers). So I’ll plan to write something post-ratification (and yes, the presumption is that the agreement will be ratified). But the ratification vote…
This isn’t the first time I’ve posted about spaceships you may want to avoid, but this seems especially seasonal… and it may just give you ideas about some films to bump to the top of your queue:
Like many, many other people, I had hoped that the end to the WGA strike would lead to a quick negotiation with SAG-AFTRA in its wake. Unfortunately, the AMPTP has evidently walked away from the negotiating table because learning nothing is… a power move? I’m not sure. Anyway, I am already speculating on what the future will bring, because even though we’ve heard a lot about how streaming isn’t the most lucrative business model ever…
Okay, I’ll be honest: I was putting off finishing this post in hopes that I could do one big post about the end of both the WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes. Although SAG-AFTRA and AMPTP are back at the negotiating table since last week, as of this writing, they haven’t made a deal. The WGA, however, has made a deal and, in a trend they established from the get-go, the WGA has provided a great summary…
I’m not gonna lie: I thought of the Monty Python skit when I saw this video as Victor Sweeney is everything you thought a mortician might be. This was apparently decently popular, so they brought him back for a part 2: And wouldn’t you know it? Mr. Sweeney has also done one of those experts-review-films videos and it’s very informative: Hope everyone’s spooky season is starting off right.
Although I did make a post last week giving an excellent resource to all sorts of banned books to start reading for this week, aka Banned Books Week, I would be remiss if I didn’t make another post during the week itself. Last week’s post from Harper’s Bazaar drew from an exhaustive report done by PEN America, and you can learn all sorts of details about the who, what, why, and when of the various…
(Note: this capsule review is part of my farewell to the Netflix DVD service. #GetThroughMyQueue) I’ve heard only good things about this film since it first came out and since, but I avoided it back in the day because it sounded like it involved no mecha, no sci-fi/fantasy, and was also a downer. All of this was proven correct. American bombers are the closest we get to mecha… and the only fantastical elements are occasional…
(Note: this capsule review is part of my farewell to the Netflix DVD service. #GetThroughMyQueue) Another late era Hitchcock, this time with Paul Newman… and Mary freakin’ Poppins! Alas, Julie Andrews doesn’t have much to do for most of the film which is less than supercalifragilisticexpialidocious. However, if we’re talking about something really quite atrocious, it’s the paranoid police state that is East Germany, which is well represented in the film. Not only that, many…
(Note: this capsule review is part of my farewell to the Netflix DVD service. #GetThroughMyQueue) I confess, I haven’t seen several of the later Hitchcocks and they’re all in my Netflix queue. This is another one of movies that had a “Very Long Wait” until it was suddenly headed my way. I wonder if there was a reason I didn’t see this one as a kid. Oh. Oh, yes. Now I see. This is way…
(Note: this capsule review is part of my farewell to the Netflix DVD service. #GetThroughMyQueue) This is one of those classics I can’t remember if I’ve seen, which usually means it’s been over 30 years if I did see it. And speaking of classics, if you’re not in a “Turner Classic Movies” mood, the action may seem to slow-paced and tame… and you might focus on the fact that this film was so clearly based…