What a silly thing to exist! Perhaps those six words best sum it all up best. Because there’s no other way to react to the fact that Tom Hoo
Big Hero 6 Proves It: Pixar's Gurus Have Brought the Magic Back to Disney Animation
John Lasseter is tearing up. His eyes are shining and his lashes are moist. He reaches out a warm hand to cover mine and looks deep into my eyes as he talks. He's feeling things, powerful things, and it's impossible not to feel them too. From any other studio executive, this would come across as insincere, even manipulative, but Lasseter, chief creative officer of Walt Disney Animation Studios and Pixar, is quite possibly the most earnest, emotional, enthusiastic man working in Hollywood. So check your cynical heart at the door of his toy-crammed office. His emotions—and his tears—are real.
The Emperor Only Has Groove | Film Crit Hulk
I’m so tired of writing about J.J. Abrams. It feels like from minute one of the LOSTaissance, we’ve been on our heels reacting to his unique
James Cameron and the Art of Fine-Tuned, So-Called Simplicity | Film Crit Hulk
[Don't worry, no spoilers for The Way of Water within] A little over three decades ago there was a movement in fine dining that emerged and
Nothing Beside Remains — Big Echo
There’s a line in an old Martin Petto review of Zachary Jernigan’s No Return that prompted me to take a long hard look at my understanding of the recent history of genre literature. Having explained that Jernigan’s book is not actually about the brutal face-punching depicted on its cover, Petto observes that Jernigan uses so many tropes from so many different genres that attempting to locate these tropes within a particular literary tradition is effectively impossible:
The CNET Fake News Fiasco, Autopilot, and the Uncanny Cognitive Valley
Some things we all need to watch out for.
The cute and cursed story of Furby
On Version History: your favorite, most annoying furry friend.
In Depth: Miscellaneous
*this is a giant, everchanging collection of micellaneous tidbits about my life and career.* On The Moniker I had a habit as a kid of creating fictional enti...
Iron Man and the Science of His Suit
“My armor was never a distraction or a hobby. It was a cocoon. And now I am a charged man, you can take away my house, all my tricks and toys. One thing you cannot take away… I a…
1,000 True Fans
This is an edited, updated version of an essay I wrote in 2008 when this now popular idea was embryonic and ragged. I recently rewrote it to convey the core ideas, minus out-of-date details. This revisited essay appears in Tim … Continue reading →
“No Anchorman, no Wes Anderson, and no Lonely Island if Sabotage did not exist”: New Vevo Footnotes version of Beasties Boys' landmark vid unleashed
It’s part of the Ill Communication's 30th anniversary celebrations
What Steven Spielberg Taught Me About Fear, Catharsis, and Being Human
Hollywood is struggling, but Spielberg insists that the big screen is still the best place to work out our collective dreams, joys and sorrows.
‘Andor’ Creator Tony Gilroy Gives the Interview He Couldn’t During Its Release
While promoting his cautionary tale about fascism, Disney asked Gilroy to refrain from using the word. Nine months after it aired its finale, the 'Star Wars' series feels scarily prescient.
