The Night Manager. Just one show: We’re now reviewing stuff on screens on a weekly-ish basis! Paul and Elgin review #TheNightManager: The Night Manager, directed by Susanne Bier and starring Tom Hiddleston, Hugh Laurie, Olivia Colman, and Elizabeth Debicki. Recently awarded several Golden Globes, this adaptation from the BBC and AMC is now available on Amazon Prime. Does […]

The Night Manager. Just one show: We’re now reviewing stuff on screens on a weekly-ish basis! Paul and Elgin review #TheNightManager: The Night Manager, directed by Susanne Bier and starring Tom Hiddleston, Hugh Laurie, Olivia Colman, and Elizabeth Debicki. Recently awarded several Golden Globes, this adaptation from the BBC and AMC is now available on Amazon Prime. Does […]

Hidden Figures. Just one movie: We’re now reviewing stuff on screens on a weekly-ish basis! Elgin and Paul review #HiddenFigures: Hidden Figures, directed by Theodore Melfi and starring Taraji P. Henson, Octavia Spencer, and Janelle Monáe. A hit at the box office in early 2017, this film is based on a true stories of African-American women who made […]

Fences, plus brief takes on The Good Wife (season 5), VICE News (on HBO) and other VICELAND shows, Moonlight, and Silence. Paul and Elgin are now reviewing stuff on screens on a weekly-ish basis! This time they review #Fences: Fences (18:38), directed by Denzel Washington, written by August Wilson, and starring Washington and Viola Davis. Does the translation of the […]

The Handmaiden (아가씨). Just one film: We’re now reviewing stuff on screens on a weekly-ish basis! Paul and Elgin review #TheHandmaiden: The Handmaiden, directed by Park Chan-wook (the Korean auteur of Oldboy). Based on the novel Fingersmith, this is an intricately plotted Korean- and Japanese-language costume thriller set in Korea during the Japanese occupation. In a spoiler […]

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, plus brief takes on Hell or High Water, Search Party, Manchester by the Sea, and The Neon Demon. Paul and Elgin are now reviewing stuff on screens on a weekly-ish basis! This time they review #RogueOne: Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (16:12), directed by Gareth Edwards and starring Felicity Jones, Diego Luna, Alan Tudyk, Donnie […]

Westworld and a host of other TV shows that premiered this fall. Elgin and Paul have a long conversation about a generally strong wave of new TV, which has premiered over the past month or so: Westworld (HBO), starring Evan Rachel Wood, Jeffrey Wright, Thandie Newton, Ed Harris, and Sir Anthony Hopkins; Divorce (HBO), starring Sarah […]

Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, The Last Man on Earth, and American Crime, along with other screen stuff. Elgin and Paul discuss Stuff on screens over the past month (of hibernating in Chicago) that they’ve liked (e.g., the finale of Parks and Recreation and Whiplash) and not liked as much. Netflix’s Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, created by Tina […]

Fresh Off the Boat, Better Call Saul, and Togetherness, plus other screen stuff we’re watching. Paul and Elgin talkin’ about Shows they’re catching up on (e.g., Downton Abbey); SNL’s 40th anniversary; and Neil Patrick Harris projects. ABC’s Fresh Off the Boat, based on the memoir by Eddie Huang. Is the first sitcom centered on an […]

American Sniper, Inherent Vice, and Black Mirror, plus awards season & new Amazon and Netflix deals. Elgin and Paul chitchat about Shows they’re catching up on (e.g., CBS’s The Good Wife and FX’s The Americans); Golden Globes winners and Oscar noms/snubs; and big moves to produce new content by Amazon and Netflix. Clint Eastwood’s American […]