On what makes a movie so bad it’s good, and why Showgirls is just bad.  Read More »

I realize I haven’t been posting these this week: my nice editor at The Atlantic has agreed to let me drop my posting frequency a bit so I can do longer pieces. This one is an example: on the complications of gay family life and Modern Family.  Read More »

I asked why all these invading aliens want our damn planet, anyway?  Read More »

I wrote about why what we really need is a crop of badass nun movies.  Read More »

I wrote about the awesomeness that is All of Me.  Read More »

I wrote about what J.K. Rowling might write about if she wrote more Harry Potter books (which she’s said she’d consider).  Read More »

I wrote about why Hollywood keeps working with Roman Polanski: privilege keeps famous actors and actresses from seeing him and his past conduct as a threat.  Read More »

I wrote about 2AM Club and how they’re pretty good!  Read More »

I heaved an enormous sigh over the prospect of a 3-D Paradise Lost.  Read More »

I wrote about why Glee does so poorly when it covers hip-hop songs.  Read More »