movies
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The Masculine, the Feminine, and the Struggle for Balance in Marvel’s Eternals
What if Eternals wasn’t a failure of Marvel storytelling, but its most radical, visionary film yet? It may have taken me four years to fully realize it, but this movie quietly redefines what it means to be strong, heroic, and a true leader. And the reason so many of us missed it? We were too busy expecting…
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I (Re)Watched All 9 Spider-Man Movies Back-to-Back — and Here are My Biggest Takeaways
I love Spider-Man. Just about everyone who knows me knows that about me. But besides my post about my tattoo that includes a Spider-Man logo, I’ve never actually written about Spider-Man on this site. But that ends today! Or, as Norman Osborne might say: I recently rewatched all 9 (as of this writing) Spider-Man movies.…
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Opening the Doors to R-rated Movies and M-rated Games for my Child: A Parenting Win Story
Today I want to write about screen time. If you’re a parent in these crazy modern and financially privileged times, I’m sure you’re familiar with it. Everyone has their thoughts, their criticisms, their frustrations…their judgments of other parents’ thoughts and criticisms. I’ve often hated it. How much is too much? Does it really matter if…
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Stunt-Centric vs. Choreo-Centric Action: Part 2
This is Part 2 of my post attempting to more accurately describe and delineate the differences between two general approaches to action. Click here for Part 1, in which I describe the general priorities and emphases of a stunt-centric approach to action. This post will deal with the choreo-centric approach. To recap my goal real…
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Stunt-Centric vs. Choreo-Centric Action: Part 1
Intro and Main Claim I originally wanted to call this post: “A Certain Tendency of the American Cinema or, La politique des martial arteurs” in homage to Francois Truffaut’s seminal work, but ultimately decided against it. : ) Since my last post on the Emmy snub of Into the Badlands for Best Stunt Coordination, I’ve been thinking a…
Munib Rezaie, PhD 