For around 15 years I was staff at Uproxx, HuffPost and Movieline. I’ve written for a lot of places like Vanity Fair, New York, GQ, Wired, and Empire. I now own a newsletter.
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
SNL
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
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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?
DC
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
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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
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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
may the bridges I burn light the way
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.
Star Wars
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
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
Oscars
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
may the bridges I burn light the way
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