Will Leitch's posts

1. It is difficult not to approach Pan with a deep, weary sigh. I am fortunate that people pay me to write about…

1. The Martian will make you feel better about America, about the goodness of your fellow man, about the limitless…

1. Stonewall misses the point of the Stonewall riots in almost the exact same way that Pearl Harbor missed the point…

1. If nothing else, you should see Everest on as big a screen as possible. I was fortunate enough to see it in 3-D…

1. Whatever your thoughts on The Departed or The Town—the modern Boston mob/crime thrillers that all modern Boston…

1. Man oh man, remember the Newsweek that dubbed M. Night Shyamalan “The Next Spielberg?” Has an entertainment-cover…

1. New York City is obviously the central setting of thousands of movies, and, being New York City, it’s adept at…

Will Leitch is a senior writer at Sports on Earth, culture writer for Bloomberg Politics, contributing editor at New…

1. There’s an undeniable kick in watching a reedy nerd unleash cinematic violence, particularly when he’s confused…

1. You need a pretty good reason to resuscitate The Man From U.N.C.L.E.—a ’60s television series that went off the…

1. You know, until everybody turns into a superhero, the new Fantastic Four reboot isn’t half bad. You can see what…

1. I think if the Mission: Impossible franchise starred anyone other than Tom Cruise, we’d regard all these movies…

1. The original 1983 National Lampoon’s Vacation is a classic because deep down, it’s essentially a sweet movie. The…

1. Pixels is a perfectly acceptable idea for a movie that has unfortunately been Sandlerized. Based off a famous…

1. If you’re going to make a movie about a superhero whose superpower is being able to shrink to the size of an ant…

1. Terminator Genisys seems specifically designed to give you a headache. It’s a reboot, a sequel, a reimagining,…

1. How sincere is Sincere Seth MacFarlane? I know I’m a dope for even asking—associating a genuine emotion with such…

1. Considering how many Pixar films seem designed solely to trigger your tear ducts, it’s fitting that the studio…

1. Dope is a movie about ’90s hip-hop and black culture, but it feels like a throwback in other ways, too. That…

1. Here’s the only real question you need to ask yourself about Jurassic World: Does it bother you that such a theme…