Mortal Kombat: a flawed, but nonfatal affair
Video game film adaptations are famous for their lack of high quality, and with every new release there is some hope of among anxious fans that they are at least “somewhat decent.” The more offensive of these adaptations, like Super Mario Bros. or Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li, seem to take conceptual issue with … Continue reading Mortal Kombat: a flawed, but nonfatal affair
Six years after #OscarsSoWhite, the 93rd Academy Awards nominations are record-setting
On January 15, 2015, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced its full list of nominees for its 87th Academy Awards ceremony. The announcements were made early, shuffled to an at-dawn time slot for what the Academy likely guessed would be an uneventful lead-up procedure for the big night. They were wrong. Audience … Continue reading Six years after #OscarsSoWhite, the 93rd Academy Awards nominations are record-setting
The Problem with Piers
Piers Morgan loves to hear himself talk. So much so that on a Monday broadcast of Good Morning Britain the 55-year-old news presenter and media personality made certain that he was first to speak on the controversial “Harry & Meghan” interview, wherein, among other things, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex accused the Royal Family … Continue reading The Problem with Piers
