Yeah, not with a fizzle. Well, we’ll see about that. This is my final post as Second Breakfast, a blog I’ve been writing since October 2012. I’ve published every Sunday since then (I even once published from JFK airport). I think, having done that, I have achieved what I wanted to when I started. Without…
If you’ve heard anything at all about Swiss Army Man, there’s a chance you’ve already made up your mind about whether or not it’s going to be your thing. Since it’s debut at Sundance earlier this year (and the storied theater walk-outs that accompanied it), Swiss Army Man has been most commonly known by another, admittedly accurately…
Modern dating is hard. I mean, past dating was hard too, but it didn’t lend itself quite as well to high concept sci-fi as the age of finding romance on Tinder and OKCupid (do people still use that?). In The Lobster, which premiered at Cannes in 2015 and found it way to US theaters this…
The problem with Oscar movies is that they are incredibly hyped up by virtue of critical acclaim, and then, if the movie isn’t quite as great as the nominations imply, that can be devastating to how the viewer takes the movie. This wasn’t so much an issue with, say, Gravity or 12 Years a Slave or American…
Oscar season! Oh my goodness, remember last year? Argo, Lincoln, Les Mis, Silver Linings Playbook, Beasts of the Southern Wild, Life of Pi, Zero Dark Thirty, Django Unchained, Amour… others… that didn’t get nominated for Best Picture. Ah… good times. Plus, so many links in this article! Ten, I guess. I’ll toss in a few…
