So far the 2019 Oscars have been… interesting
By Chris Balboni
Reader Contributor
The story of the 91st Academy Awards so far: a “Best Popular Film” category announced and then scrapped after immediate ridicule; Kevin Hart invited to …
By Chris Balboni
Reader Contributor
The story of the 91st Academy Awards so far: a “Best Popular Film” category announced and then scrapped after immediate ridicule; Kevin Hart invited to …
By Chris Balboni
Reader Contributor
In the opening scene of Boots Riley’s “Sorry to Bother You,” we meet Cash Green at a job interview for the telemarketing company RegalView. After …
By Chris Balboni
Reader Contributor
“I am not the story here,” says Edward Snowden in “Citizenfour,” Laura Poitras’s Oscar-winning documentary covering his exposure of the National Security Agency surveillance programs. …
By Chris Balboni
Reader Contributor
Every year, members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences vote for what they consider to be the best films of the year. …
By Chris Balboni
Reader Film Contributor
It’s just after Christmas and I have yet to see The Force Awakens because, despite me being a huge fan of Star Wars since …
By Cameron Rasmusson and Chris Balboni
Everyone has their own holiday traditions, and movies and television are no exceptions. For many people, the Christmas season hasn’t truly begun until they’ve …
By Chris Balboni
Reader Staff
Oh, September. That awkward month where it’s too late for the massive popcorn flicks of summer but still too early for the obligatory Oscar contenders. …
By Chris Balboni
Reader Contributor
Firefighters in the western United States have seen a new obstacle this season: drones.
Labeled “hobby drones” by officials, the unmanned vehicles that typically carry …
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