By JASON MARTIN (@JMartRadio – August 6, 2021) Jamie Tartt figured it out. It wasn’t about PS5s for the team or other means of buying affection, it wasn’t even pleasantries. It was standing next to the biggest target of his bullying, not just to win Sam over, but because it was the right thing to…… more
By JASON MARTIN (@JMartRadio – July 30, 2021) “Lavender” builds to two giant decisions for a pair of crucial characters at turning points in their professional lives, and although Jamie Tartt is at the center of one of them, he’s not one of the two. This wasn’t as much about Jamie as it was about…… more
By JASON MARTIN (@JMartRadio – July 23, 2021) Earl Greyhound was a very very good boy. He was a very special boy. He ran and he played right up until that last moment, chasing a bird that had flown onto the pitch, like any good boy should. He was having fun and being a dog……… more
By JASON MARTIN (@JMartRadio – July 19, 2021) Thank goodness Ted Lasso is back. End of review. Nah, not really, but it truly is good to have a television show that almost always puts a smile on its audience’s face. Season 1, basically built off a commercial spot, not picked up by NBC, and finding…… more
By JASON MARTIN (@JMartRadio – July 15, 2021) “How does a storyteller check out without leaving a note?” – John Lurie (artist) By any metric, Roadrunner is a fantastic documentary. By any metric, Roadrunner is eye-opening. By any metric, Roadrunner is painful and dark. It would have to be in order to capture the essence…… more
By JASON MARTIN (@JMartRadio – June 29, 2021) It feels like we’ve been within a month of Black Widow‘s release for about three years, but in reality it’s been just a shade over 12 months. The pandemic and absence of movies it caused are both coming to a close and finally, Scarlett Johansson’s character centerpiece…… more
By JASON MARTIN (@JMartRadio – June 7, 2021) Loki is going to be a fun ride, but there is a barrier to entry. That barrier? Enjoyment is largely, if not wholly dependent on your ability to trust Kevin Feige and Marvel to help you understand a lot of it later, because it’s far more akin…… more
By JASON MARTIN (@JMartRadio – May 25, 2021) This is why we go to the movies, and it’s why the experience of driving to a theater is unmatched when the finished product delivers. When the publicist asked for my comments walking out of the film, I simply said I found it hard to believe anyone…… more
By JASON MARTIN (@JMartRadio – September 27, 2020) EPISODE 1: WELCOME TO THE ALTERNATE ECONOMY EPISODE 2: THE LAND OF TAKING AND KILLING I’m geeked… I’m geeked for a number of reasons lately, but make no mistake, Fargo‘s return on FX is near the top of that list. Whatever you believe to be the best…… more
By JASON MARTIN (@JMartRadio – April 18, 2020) There’s a moment in the sixth episode of Jason Hehir’s astonishingly good documentary on the Phil Jackson-dubbed “Last Dance” of the Chicago Bulls where an exhausted Michael Jordan, mere minutes after leading his team to a third-straight NBA Championship where he says, “Do I have to…… more
