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'Tick, Tick... Boom!": A Love Letter to Jonathan Larson, Broadway, and the Creative Process
PHOTO: Netflix In January 1996, the musical Rent was getting ready to begin its off-Broadway run. Just one day before it was scheduled to...

Saxon Whitehead
Nov 28, 20216 min read


'King Richard': Will Smith Shines in an Otherwise Standard Biopic
PHOTO: Warner Bros. Pictures Venus and Serena Williams have had legendary careers in the world of tennis. Even people who don't follow...

Saxon Whitehead
Nov 24, 20216 min read


'Eternals': An Interesting, Messy Outing for Chloé Zhao and the MCU
PHOTO: Marvel Studios I find it fascinating that Marvel, one of the biggest, most profitable forces in modern mainstream cinema, decided...

Saxon Whitehead
Nov 23, 20217 min read


'Ghostbusters: Afterlife': A Middling, Nostalgia-Fueled Sequel
PHOTO: Sony Pictures Entertainment Of all the films of the 1980s, very few have had such a long-lasting cultural impact as 1984's...

Saxon Whitehead
Nov 21, 20215 min read


'Spencer': A Meditative Portrait of a True Icon
PHOTO: Neon It's no secret that Diana, Princess of Wales, has a bit of a complicated legacy. While she was beloved by many for her...

Saxon Whitehead
Nov 18, 20215 min read


'Mass': A Haunting and Thought Provoking Slow-Burn
PHOTO: Bleecker Street On paper, a dialogue-heavy film that takes place almost entirely in one room doesn't seem too cinematic. You would...

Saxon Whitehead
Nov 16, 20215 min read


'The French Dispatch': A Loving Ode to Art and The People Who Create It
PHOTO: Searchlight Pictures Wes Anderson has made a name for himself as one of today's most well-known filmmakers. From his humble...

Saxon Whitehead
Nov 14, 20215 min read


5 Films I'm Looking Forward To (November 2021)
PHOTOS: Neon/Focus Features/MGM Welcome to a new series I will be doing every month where I take a look at five films being released in...

Saxon Whitehead
Nov 4, 20218 min read


'Last Night in Soho': Edgar Wright's Latest is an Intoxicating, Yet Flawed Trip Back in Time
PHOTO: Focus Features From the very first scene of Last Night in Soho , we know that our protagonist, Eloise (played by Thomasin...

Saxon Whitehead
Nov 1, 20215 min read


'Halloween Kills': A Mixed Bag of a Sequel
PHOTO: Universal Pictures I understand that I am ridiculously late to the party with this review, but I initially wasn't planning on...

Saxon Whitehead
Oct 31, 20213 min read


'Dune': A Stunning Epic That Could Be The Beginning of Something Big
PHOTO: Warner Bros. For decades, many have considered Frank Herbert's 1965 sci-fi novel Dune to be absolutely unfilmable. Herbert's...

Saxon Whitehead
Oct 24, 20215 min read


'Only Murders in the Building': A Witty Mystery and One of the Year's Biggest Surprises
PHOTO: Hulu As someone who is a big fan of Steve Martin, I was intrigued when it was announced that he was set to star in a new show on...

Saxon Whitehead
Oct 19, 20216 min read


'No Time to Die': A Solid, Yet Overlong Swan Song for Daniel Craig's James Bond
PHOTO: Everett Collection After many delays due to COVID-19, No Time to Die , the latest entry in the James Bond franchise, is finally...

Saxon Whitehead
Oct 17, 20215 min read


Welcome to Doctor Popcorn!
Welcome to Doctor Popcorn! This is a website where I will post reviews, thoughts, discussions and much more related to film and TV. I am...

Saxon Whitehead
Oct 17, 20211 min read
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