Bridget Jones: Mad About the Girl
If there were an Oscar for Best Creation of a Character Over Time, Renée Zellweger would be the just victor.
And the 2025 Oscar Nominees Should Be…. (According to Bennett)
If I ran the Academy….
Of Sinners and Supermen: Morgan’s Top 10 Movies of 2025
This list aims to highlight the best, brightest, and bizarre-est of the bunch.
Bennett’s Top 10 Movies of 2025
To invoke my favorite fictional critic of the year, this list is actually really emotional! Maybe it’ll resonate with you.
Before the Dead Man Wakes: A Rian Johnson Retrospective Ranking
With the world waiting to see “Wake Up Dead Man,” now is the perfect time for a retrospective ranking of Johnson’s films.
Last Flag Acting: What Democrats Can Learn From Movie Politicians
Cinema is uniquely suited to dramatize politics. Here are three lessons from the careers of movie politicians.
Bennett’s Summer 2025 Best-to-Worst Movie List
These are the movies I watched this season, presented in order of preference.
Astonishing, Uncanny, Extreme: An Oral History of “X-Men” (2000)
A chronicle of the 25-year-old film’s chaotic origin, based on more than 30 accounts.
How History Fulfilled the Prophecies of Satoshi Kon
Kon revealed the effect the internet would have on our psyches, with his predictions coming to pass in horrific ways.
Michael Bay’s “The Island” Turns 20 in an Era of Bioethical Nightmares
“The Island” reveals an uncharacteristically thoughtful side of Michael Bay.
