Great TV Theme Music
What makes a TV theme great? The music may be enjoyable on its own — but it should also sell the show.
Hollywood
No, Hank Azaria Doesn’t Have to Apologize to Indian Americans for Apu
That a white man voiced an Indian character on The Simpsons is not the cause of anti-Indian racism in the United States.
Nobody’s Almost Normal Action Hero
All that distinguishes Nobody from its action peers is the sheer emptiness of its violence.
Hollywood Won’t Really Leave Georgia
Progressive values rarely come before profits in the movie business.
Zack Snyder’s Cyborg: The Black Kid Hollywood Ignored
A superhero who rejects martyrdom and vengeance.
The Big Chill: When Boomers Stumble on the Truth about Their Own Failings
How the quintessential Boomer movie developed into an unintended parable about how the Flower Power generation missed what actually went wrong.
One Night in Miami Erases the True History of 1960s Black Icons
Craving heroes, the filmmakers contrive a celebrities-of-color fantasy that’s woke — and dull.
The Undying Glory of The Ten Commandments
Why does Cecil B. DeMille’s retelling of the Moses saga still hold our attention 65 years later?
The Secret Pact of Godzilla vs. Kong
Juvenile consumer distraction is back.
The California Economy vs. Sacramento
Progressive governance has diminished opportunity and raised costs.