Admittedly, it’s pretty exciting to watch a movie I thought I’d never get a chance to see. If you don’t know what I’m talking about, Coyote vs. Acme was filmed back in 2022, then Warner Bros. decided not to release the film. Now, that doesn’t
In 2023 I went to the New York City premiere of Air, the Ben Affleck directed film about the creation of the Air Jordan shoe. It was held at Warner Bros. NYC offices at Hudson Yards, a somewhat muted affair for a movie starring Matt Damon and Ben Affleck. But
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The Hard Pass turned six months old this week. In celebration, I commissioned some stickers with a logo that I spent way too long learning how to make. My goal was I wanted it to look "pleasant." Which, for me, is something that would be on an overpriced
A big reason I started The Hard Pass six months ago this week was so I could write about Star Wars anytime I had an idea about Star Wars. My favorite pieces to write about Star Wars aren't dissections of the franchise, or where things went wrong, or
Vincent Pastore's death this past weekend¹ reminded me of a story that happened, as it turns out, 20 years ago this month. I was sitting at a bar called Gaslight Lounge in Greenwich Village. It was 2:15 a.m. on a Monday morning. I had two friends
First, yes, this is a real thing that happened and not some vague metaphor. Second, I am as shocked as anyone. Third, as I allude to in my title, I think Kevin Feige may be right. This past weekend at San Diego Comic-Con, Marvel Studios head Kevin Feige was
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It's kind of nuts Tom Holland that has now been playing Spider-Man for a full decade, making his debut way back in Captain America: Civil War. For the first time, over seven movies, we've watched a cinematic Peter transform before our eyes from a high
Last June, my girlfriend Kate and I were at a premiere party for a movie you probably don't know, but it was directed by and starred a famous person who has a lot of famous friends and they were all there. At one point, Kate pointed at a
This was a piece that published at Uproxx on August 17, 2018, which has been deleted from the internet. So here it is again. There are two things I remember distinctly about putting this piece together. First, that it took a surprisingly long time, which is a big reason I
A version of this post published on September 3, 2021 on Uproxx, but is no longer on the internet. With this one I did, let's say, tidy it up a little bit. In 2021, we were still very much feeling the affects of the pandemic and I edited
This was a piece that published on February 28, 2018 when I worked at Uproxx. I would just link to it, but Uproxx has removed its archives before 2022, so this piece has been lost to the internet. But, today, I am here to save it. The funny thing about
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I always feel I do a bad job at relaying how bizarre this entire encounter with Larry King actually was when I tell people about it — which isn’t just one of the nuttiest things I’ve ever experienced during San Diego Comic-Con, but one of the nuttiest things
Philip Seymour Hoffman would have turned 59 this week, on July 23rd. It actually makes no sense whatsoever he's now been gone for over 12 years. A lot of this probably has to do with how timeless a lot of his movies are and that a great number
When no one knew what Christopher Nolan's next movie would be after Oppenheimer (which, of course, became The Odyssey), one of the strangest rumors was that Nolan was going to remake the 1983 John Badham film, Blue Thunder. Now, I happen to love Blue Thunder. (So much, in
Talking to a famous actor or filmmaker at a premiere or event party is, usually, a terrible experience. Here are a couple of examples. There was an event for John Wick 2 around the time New York Comic Con was happening. A publicist I like asked me to stop by.
It's always interesting to see what a filmmaker makes after winning Best Picture. You know, when that filmmaker is in the best position of their career to make their passion project. But it's doubly interesting with Christopher Nolan, who was already in a position of getting
First of all, "I just fit in with whatever’s going on," is a quote directly from Sam Neill as I tried to give him praise during an interview. At the time I dismissed this as Neill being affable, which he certainly was. But, in retrospect, today, after
It's ... unusual to get a message from a well known actor that includes a reference about having me killed. I remember exactly where I was when this happened. It was a Friday night and I was waiting for a friend at a local New York City bar that
Today, Harrison Ford was nominated for an Emmy. His second nomination for Shrinking. There was a brief, few months window in late 1986 when Harrison Ford was about to be considered an perennial Oscar nominee. After three Star Wars movies and two Indiana Jones movies, Ford was moving into the
Of anything I've ever written, my attempt to find out what happened to Cocoon is the one I hear the most about from strangers. "What Was Luke's Plan in Return of the Jedi" was the most read, but the Cocoon piece is the one
On the Fourth of July, I like to have movies playing. This is not a situation in which people are sitting around, actively watching movies, so this is more a list of something to have on that is both entertaining, yet doesn't require constant attention. Though, this year
Supergirl is, at times, unpleasant. And I expected a polarizing reaction, which I mentioned in my review, imagining parents taking their young daughter to a movie about sex trafficking and a protagonist on a murderous revenge tour. Not exactly a "feel good" offering. But I admire its audacity.
The day I'm typing this is on a Friday. So that's good in that, if you're reading this on Friday, we have all made it another week. Anyway, this post on Bluesky got my attention: Getting past my own neuroticism about assuming I'