Brent Leuthold
Whatzup Features Writer
Articles
Acclaimed director swings, misses
After winning Academy awards for Best Director back-to-back years for Birdman and The Revenant, Alejandro González Iñárritu had doors open to him in terms of what project to pursue next. […]
‘Pinocchio’ gets del Toro treatment
There have been numerous cinematic adaptations of Carlo Collodi’s children’s book The Adventures of Pinocchio over the years, so perhaps it was inevitable that two would arrive in the same […]
Spielberg turns camera on himself
On a 1999 episode of his revered series Inside the Actors Studio, James Lipton asked Steven Spielberg about a connection that he saw between Spielberg’s parents and a moment in […]
Dark comedy serves just deserts
Comedian Patton Oswalt has a hilarious bit titled “Great Food Is Cooked By Psychos,” in which he equates his past love for out-there authors and musicians to his recent adoration […]
‘Panther’ sequel is tasteful, exciting
When news of Chadwick Boseman’s passing shook the world in August 2020, Black Panther director and co-writer Ryan Coogler was already deep into development on the sequel for his massive […]
Yankovic story gets a little … weird
When Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story was released 15 years ago, it skewered music biopics like Walk The Line and Ray so thoroughly that the subgenre was in danger […]
Blanchett delivers in 5-star movie
The cultural conversation around “separating the art from the artist” has been around for decades, but the public discourse surrounding the philosophy has been especially fervent the past few years. […]
‘Black Adam’ is yet another DC misfire
Swooping in to spoil spooky season, the latest addition to the DC Extended Universe exacerbates the franchise’s identity crisis that has existed since its inception with Man of Steel in […]
This should be end of Michael Myers
The leaves are changing to golden hues, and the brisk air smells of pumpkin spice latte. That can mean only one thing: a new Halloween sequel is on Peacock. Whether […]