The series has plenty of thrills, but the title character feels out of place in his own narrative — In the original Star Wars trilogy, Boba Fett was cool, mysterious, and interesting. He had a badass helmet. Darth Vader warned him about disintegrating people. Of course, he then “died” in Return of the Jedi but the thirst for more Boba Fett caused him to pop up in the prequel…

The ceremony is out-of-date and irrelevant to the broader public, just as its members want — Hollywood Awards shows are unique. Nearly every industry has some sort of awards ceremony, but only the entertainment industry thinks its awards shows should be actual entertainment. …

Things we hated can become things we love given enough time — Spoilers below, just in case you haven’t seen a movie that apparently everyone has seen or read a pop culture website in the past 6 months or so. Months before production there were (vehemently denied) rumors that No Way Home would feature all three live-action Spider-Men (in chronological order: Tobey…

The focus was never the Mother, so don’t make the focus the Father — Eight years after How I Met Your Mother’s (HIMYM) aired its (generally hated) finale, a successor series has finally aired. Unsurprisingly titled How I Met Your Father (HIMYF), the central premise for the show is “HIMYM, but this time the Mom narrates.” Of course, there have been changes. HIMYM aired…

There have been good movies and bad movies, but never one this discombobulated — Let’s be clear about what’s meant by “hot mess.” Per the most popular definition of Urban Dictionary, a “hot mess” is “when ones [sic] thoughts or appearance are in a state of disarray but they maintain an undeniable attractiveness or beauty.” That’s The Eternals. To be clear: The Eternals is…

Denis Villeneuve’s new adaptation papers over the messy elements of Herbert’s novel with a great cast, stunning visuals, even if he only tells half a story — Frank Herbert’s Dune is a classic film development trap. On the one hand, it’s an enormously popular book with a series of (increasingly bizarre) sequels, with incredible visuals (Gigantic sandworms! Dragonfly helicopters!). Sounds like a surefire box-office hit! …

The show is still immensely enjoyable, but it could be better — Ted Lasso, the darling of pandemic programming in 2020, is receiving a much more mixed reception for its second season, airing in 2021. …

And talent will want to get paid no matter how the movie is distributed — After much brouhaha, the pending lawsuit between Scarlett Johansson and Disney over the release of Black Widow (Johansson not only starred as the titular Marvel superhero but also produced, a first for an actor in the Marvel Cinematic Universe) has been unceremoniously resolved. According to Deadline, Disney agreed to pay…

The company should refocus its entertainment strategy so that it’s more like their other segments — More than any other large tech company, Amazon inspires panic. As soon as Amazon announces that it’s going to enter an industry, whether that’s grocery stores or pharmacies, the stocks of potential competitors drop. Amazon combines tremendous breadth (how many companies are simultaneously growing cloud computing resources and freight airplanes)…