The enormous success of 2009's 'The Blind Side,' in which Sandra Bullock makes a black teenager one of the family, demonstrates that America isn't post-racial. It is thoroughly mired in race - the myths that surround it, the guilt it inspires, the discomfort it causes, the struggle to transcend it.
The Dictator' lands somewhere between wan Mel Brooks and good Adam Sandler, whose 'You Don't Mess With the Zohan,' about an Israeli Special Forces so… - Wesley Morris
The Dictator' lands somewhere between wan Mel Brooks and good Adam Sandler, whose 'You Don't Mess With the Zohan,' about an Israeli Special Forces so…
- Wesley Morris
Most Pixar films are better than most live action films. - Wesley Morris
Most Pixar films are better than most live action films.
Computers are scary. Theyre nightmares to fix, lose our stuff, and, on occasion, they crash, producing the blue screen of death. Steve Jobs knew this… - Wesley Morris
Computers are scary. Theyre nightmares to fix, lose our stuff, and, on occasion, they crash, producing the blue screen of death. Steve Jobs knew this…
In movies, there are some things the French do that Americans are increasingly incapable of doing. One is honoring the complexities of youth. It's a … - Wesley Morris
In movies, there are some things the French do that Americans are increasingly incapable of doing. One is honoring the complexities of youth. It's a …
I just have to be able to follow and enjoy the writer's voice and the writer's point of view. Liking what the person has to say is not really importa… - Wesley Morris
I just have to be able to follow and enjoy the writer's voice and the writer's point of view. Liking what the person has to say is not really importa…
There comes a point in your moviegoing life where you look at the screen and then you look at the world and you ask, 'What is going on?' You want the… - Wesley Morris
There comes a point in your moviegoing life where you look at the screen and then you look at the world and you ask, 'What is going on?' You want the…
The problem with a lot of movies when it comes to race is that they want to be moral, and they want to make the audience feel good about something th… - Wesley Morris
The problem with a lot of movies when it comes to race is that they want to be moral, and they want to make the audience feel good about something th…
Poor decisions and bad luck are contingencies of most horror films. - Wesley Morris
Poor decisions and bad luck are contingencies of most horror films.
I definitely have a kind of Stockholm Syndrome for superhero movies because it's very clear that's the era we're in. It's like Christianity in the Mi… - Wesley Morris
I definitely have a kind of Stockholm Syndrome for superhero movies because it's very clear that's the era we're in. It's like Christianity in the Mi…
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