Of everything I've ever written, this particular piece holds the record for being the one I hear about the most that I personally don't think of that fondly. And it's actually been brought up quite a few times recently as a piece I should
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Thank you, once again, for being a reader of The Hard Pass. This newsletter launched two months ago and things have been encouraging enough that I am floating around the idea of getting a logo made. If you are someone who does such a thing please let me know at
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A few days ago I was asked if I'd write a post on "how to fix Star Wars," which is, at the same time, both a fair request for a low stakes newsletter and an inherently frustrating topic to even try to broach. It's
True story: A few years ago I saw a screenshot of some viral Chris Evans quotes going around on Twitter (which is what that website was called at that time), which I read, not having any idea where or when they were from. The quote getting the most attention was
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Maul, formerly known as Darth Maul, is The Great Gazoo of Star Wars villains. It's at this point it hits me that you may not know who The Great Gazoo even is, though it does appear he still makes appearances in modern media from time to time. The
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I've been thinking about that day a lot recently, December 16, 2019 ... now, somehow, over six years ago. Obviously a lot happened in the coming months right after that day that would overshadow just "seeing a bad movie." There was something both innocent and sad about
Although this is being sent out on April Fool’s Day, pay no heed, the only fool in this whole endeavor was me. This has been, by far, the most requested “post that had been deleted from the internet” request since The Hard Pass was launched in February. Well, here
This was a piece that published at Uproxx on August 17, 2018, which has been deleted from the internet. So here it is again. There are two things I remember distinctly about putting this piece together. First, that it took a surprisingly long time, which is a big reason I
A version of this post published on September 3, 2021 on Uproxx, but is no longer on the internet. With this one I did, let's say, tidy it up a little bit. In 2021, we were still very much feeling the affects of the pandemic and I edited
This was a piece that published on February 28, 2018 when I worked at Uproxx. I would just link to it, but Uproxx has removed its archives before 2022, so this piece has been lost to the internet. But, today, I am here to save it. The funny thing about
A couple of Sundays ago, I was sitting at a bar during the NFC Championship game when a longtime friend asked if she could tell me something that might upset me. Now, there's really no good way to answer this question. No matter what I say, the chances
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This piece is literally 15 years in the making. I've been obsessed with one particular plot point of Steven Soderbergh's Ocean’s Twelve since I first saw it 22 years ago (wait, what?) and anytime I've interviewed someone who was involved in the making
Jamie Dornan hosted SNL UK today and the wonderful “Edgar’s Prayer” sequence from the also wonderful Barb and Star Go To Vista Del Mar is being shared on social media like it should be shared. This originally published at Uproxx on February 26, 2021 and I just assumed this
Thank you for your continued support of The Hard Pass. In a perfect world I would write this newsletter free for everyone. The day I am independently wealthy I will vow to do this. (Or try to go to Mars, it’s one or the other, who’s to say?
Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice is ten years old now, somehow. A movie that, at the same time, seems more recent and are we sure it didn’t come out in 2013? The 10-years-later reappraisal of Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice seems to be about what it was
No one will be able to complain about not getting to see enough Daredevil actually wearing his Daredevil costume in the eight episodes of the second season of Daredevil: Born Again. There's certainly no, "Woe is me, I don't want to be Daredevil anymore and
Watching Saturday Night Live UK felt like I had gone back in time, righted some sort of wrong, and was confident that I made made it to the past and back to the present undetected. I then turn on SNL to see what Mikey Day, Kenan Thompson and Andrew Dismukes
The Hard Pass turned six weeks old yesterday, so, again, thank you to everyone who supports this endeavor. I like doing it! And as long as you like reading it, I will continue to write these posts. I realize things are, um, fraught right now. I basically live my life
In honor of Bruce Willis's birthday, for this week's "May the Bridges I Burn Light the Way Thursday" I will share the story of the time Bruce Willis called me out of the blue. This really happened and that's not an exaggeration.
Over the last couple of weeks I re-watched the Star Wars prequel trilogy in its entirety. I still maintain the best movie of these three is Attack of the Clones, the film in the series most people like the least. This is not a contrarian point of view on my
During the Academy Awards I posted on social media about my experience interviewing Robert Redford.¹ Then, today, I remembered this interview was no longer online. So, yes, this seems like a good enough excuse as any to bring it back. ¹This got a surprising amount of attention for what I
The Academy Awards are on Sunday (behind the scenes the insiders call them "Oscars") and a few of your favorite filmmakers will be going home with new trophies. Here's the thing, I am privy to the same information you have about the past winners during this
It's Thursday, finally, which means it's time for another installment of "May the Bridges I Burn Light the Way," in which I air grievances or tell stories in which I embarrass only myself. Today, you get both. But, before we start, I do want