David Crow
@dcrowsnest.bsky.social
Critic, film journalist, Den of Geek editor. Member of the Critics Choice Association and Online Film Critics Society.
Read ramblings here: https://www.denofgeek.com/author/david-crow/
Read ramblings here: https://www.denofgeek.com/author/david-crow/
Had the pleasure of touring Nevermore Academy ahead of Wednesday Season 2 with showrunners Alfred Gough and Miles Millar, and stars Luis Guzmán and Hunter Doohan for @DenofGeekUS magazine. We talk more Addams, more darkness, and Hyde ambiguity… www.denofgeek.com/tv/wednesday...
Wednesday Season 2: Exclusive Look Inside a Darker Danse Macabre with the Addams Family
The Wednesday Season 2 showrunners, and stars Luis Guzmán and Hunter Doohan, take us back to Nevermore, explaining why they're upping the Addams, the terror, and Tim Burton's collection of "sensitive ...
www.denofgeek.com
July 23, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Had the pleasure of touring Nevermore Academy ahead of Wednesday Season 2 with showrunners Alfred Gough and Miles Millar, and stars Luis Guzmán and Hunter Doohan for @DenofGeekUS magazine. We talk more Addams, more darkness, and Hyde ambiguity… www.denofgeek.com/tv/wednesday...
Had the pleasure of speaking with Gareth Edwards about Jurassic World, Jurassic Park the OG, Reservoir Dogs, and the effect ‘90s cinema had on his life, beginning with a close encounter with Quentin Tarantino while in university… www.denofgeek.com/movies/why-q...
Why Quentin Tarantino Calls Gareth Edwards ‘Mr. Purple’
Exclusive: Jurassic World’s Gareth Edwards chats one of his formative moviegoing experiences, Reservoir Dogs, and what happened when he met Quentin Tarantino as a hungry film school kid.
www.denofgeek.com
July 2, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Had the pleasure of speaking with Gareth Edwards about Jurassic World, Jurassic Park the OG, Reservoir Dogs, and the effect ‘90s cinema had on his life, beginning with a close encounter with Quentin Tarantino while in university… www.denofgeek.com/movies/why-q...
I am old enough to remember the sinking feeling I got when Cheney insisted "we will be greeted as liberators" in Iraq. I felt it again tonight when I read Trump obliviously tweet "now is the time for peace." It will age poorly, but probably live forever.
June 22, 2025 at 3:30 AM
I am old enough to remember the sinking feeling I got when Cheney insisted "we will be greeted as liberators" in Iraq. I felt it again tonight when I read Trump obliviously tweet "now is the time for peace." It will age poorly, but probably live forever.
Got to deep dive with Kevin Smith on Mooby, Dogma, and what might have been the happiest time of Matt Damon and Ben Affleck's professional lives - www.denofgeek.com/movies/dogma...
Dogma: Kevin Smith Confesses Secrets of Infamous Boardroom Scene and Mooby the Golden Calf
Exclusive: Dogma is back in theaters, so Kevin Smith chats the origins of Mooby, why he went Old Testament on pseudo-Disney, and just how joyful Ben Affleck and Matt Damon were on set.
www.denofgeek.com
June 12, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Got to deep dive with Kevin Smith on Mooby, Dogma, and what might have been the happiest time of Matt Damon and Ben Affleck's professional lives - www.denofgeek.com/movies/dogma...
So the President of the United States is deploying the marines against his fellow American citizens. Let that sink in. We creep ever closer to midnight... or maybe we're galloping toward it.
June 10, 2025 at 1:49 AM
So the President of the United States is deploying the marines against his fellow American citizens. Let that sink in. We creep ever closer to midnight... or maybe we're galloping toward it.
My chat with Wes Anderson, including why he's now interested in making a musical and how he ended up thinking of Boris Karloff in The Mummy while directing Benicio del Toro... www.denofgeek.com/movies/wes-a...
Wes Anderson Talks Fatherhood, Interest in Making a Musical, and Why He Had Benicio del Toro Channel The Mummy
Exclusive: Wes Anderson tells us about the influences on The Phoenician Scheme, how becoming a parent has changed his relationship with troubled father figures, and why he’s thinking about musicals so...
www.denofgeek.com
June 6, 2025 at 12:03 AM
My chat with Wes Anderson, including why he's now interested in making a musical and how he ended up thinking of Boris Karloff in The Mummy while directing Benicio del Toro... www.denofgeek.com/movies/wes-a...
There's some debate over Ballerina, which can be uneven, shameless franchise extension... but it also has wall-to-wall Stahelski action in the back half where Ana de Armas enters a flamethrower duel and smashes plates on her enemies heads like a deadly Three Stooges. I was smiling.
June 5, 2025 at 3:41 PM
There's some debate over Ballerina, which can be uneven, shameless franchise extension... but it also has wall-to-wall Stahelski action in the back half where Ana de Armas enters a flamethrower duel and smashes plates on her enemies heads like a deadly Three Stooges. I was smiling.
Donald Trump sees movies from "foreign lands" as a national threat so grievous that he wants to use tariffs to derail the film industry for our protection. Still, I think there's one UK-based movie he'd love about a leader who always got his way, no matter the cost. www.denofgeek.com/movies/movie...
A Movie from ‘Foreign Lands’ Donald Trump Should Love
Donald Trump has signaled he considers movies made in “foreign lands” a threat to national security. But here’s one from an ally that would be right up his alley…
www.denofgeek.com
May 5, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Donald Trump sees movies from "foreign lands" as a national threat so grievous that he wants to use tariffs to derail the film industry for our protection. Still, I think there's one UK-based movie he'd love about a leader who always got his way, no matter the cost. www.denofgeek.com/movies/movie...
I wrote about the devil’s bargain of Remmick in Ryan Coogler’s Sinners and the fork-tongued protestation of “why can’t we all just get along?” www.denofgeek.com/movies/sinne...
Sinners: Ryan Coogler Reveals the Devil’s Bargain of America
Ryan Coogler’s Sinners features ghosts and vampires, but the monster wishing to suck the blood out of the blues and Michael B. Jordan is the land they’re born in.
www.denofgeek.com
April 21, 2025 at 5:44 PM
I wrote about the devil’s bargain of Remmick in Ryan Coogler’s Sinners and the fork-tongued protestation of “why can’t we all just get along?” www.denofgeek.com/movies/sinne...
I wrote about the devil’s bargain of Remmick in Ryan Coogler’s Sinners and the fork-tongued protestation of “why can’t we all just get along?” www.denofgeek.com/movies/sinne...
Sinners: Ryan Coogler Reveals the Devil’s Bargain of America
Ryan Coogler’s Sinners features ghosts and vampires, but the monster wishing to suck the blood out of the blues and Michael B. Jordan is the land they’re born in.
www.denofgeek.com
April 21, 2025 at 5:14 PM
I wrote about the devil’s bargain of Remmick in Ryan Coogler’s Sinners and the fork-tongued protestation of “why can’t we all just get along?” www.denofgeek.com/movies/sinne...
I spoke with Colossal Biosciences CEO Ben Lamm about why they selected the dire wolf as the first animal to go through "de-extinction," how they did it, and most interestingly for this North Carolinian boy, how it could save the red wolf - www.denofgeek.com/culture/why-...
Why the Dire Wolf Returned and How It Could Save the Red Wolf
Exclusive: Colossal Biosciences CEO Ben Lamm tells us why they made the dire wolf the first species to experience “de-extinction,” and how the tech offers a door to save the red wolf.
www.denofgeek.com
April 8, 2025 at 3:46 PM
I spoke with Colossal Biosciences CEO Ben Lamm about why they selected the dire wolf as the first animal to go through "de-extinction," how they did it, and most interestingly for this North Carolinian boy, how it could save the red wolf - www.denofgeek.com/culture/why-...
So tonight's The White Lotus in a nutshell
April 7, 2025 at 3:58 AM
So tonight's The White Lotus in a nutshell
Val Kilmer will always be my huckleberry.
April 2, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Val Kilmer will always be my huckleberry.
I had some lengthier thoughts about the so-called "controversy" around Snow White and the overall rightward drift of fandom communities in the last decade... and how that's been deliberately manipulated www.denofgeek.com/movies/beyon...
Beyond Snow White: Fandom Must Stop Falling for the Hate
Disney’s Snow White can no longer “hurt” Disney Adults’ childhoods. But if fans in general don’t want their communities perceived as the worst, something still needs to change.
www.denofgeek.com
March 24, 2025 at 4:27 PM
I had some lengthier thoughts about the so-called "controversy" around Snow White and the overall rightward drift of fandom communities in the last decade... and how that's been deliberately manipulated www.denofgeek.com/movies/beyon...
Saw the 1st ep of The Studio. It's as great as the raves claim, and not just because of the cameos. There's also something deeply truthful about depicting modern studio heads as not big swaggering Les Grossman or Ari Gold, but a petrified Seth Rogen desperate to make IP "and art"
March 23, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Saw the 1st ep of The Studio. It's as great as the raves claim, and not just because of the cameos. There's also something deeply truthful about depicting modern studio heads as not big swaggering Les Grossman or Ari Gold, but a petrified Seth Rogen desperate to make IP "and art"
I chatted with Robert De Niro, Nicholas Pileggi, and Irwin Winkler about how the real history in The Alto Knights, and how it offers a demythologizing counterpoint to The Godfather www.denofgeek.com/movies/rober...
Robert De Niro’s The Alto Knights Reveals True Story Behind The Godfather Myth
Exclusive: The Alto Knights brain trust, including Robert De Niro and screenwriter Nicholas Pileggi, open up about telling the story of how the Mafia died.
www.denofgeek.com
March 21, 2025 at 4:27 PM
I chatted with Robert De Niro, Nicholas Pileggi, and Irwin Winkler about how the real history in The Alto Knights, and how it offers a demythologizing counterpoint to The Godfather www.denofgeek.com/movies/rober...
It's been a long, long week. And now a friend and I have decided to crack open some cold ones and see what everyone has been, uh, raving about in The Electric State. Are we masochists? I dunno, but I figure I might as well live-tweet this experiment in pain. And. Here. We. Go.
March 15, 2025 at 12:33 AM
It's been a long, long week. And now a friend and I have decided to crack open some cold ones and see what everyone has been, uh, raving about in The Electric State. Are we masochists? I dunno, but I figure I might as well live-tweet this experiment in pain. And. Here. We. Go.
The morning after and it still feels a little strange that the Academy agreed with me on the best film of the year again. Either the #Oscars tastes are legitimately getting cooler this decade or mine more conventional. Either way congrats, Queen!
March 3, 2025 at 3:39 PM
The morning after and it still feels a little strange that the Academy agreed with me on the best film of the year again. Either the #Oscars tastes are legitimately getting cooler this decade or mine more conventional. Either way congrats, Queen!
Interesting that the Academy is doing a tribute/farewell to James Bond like the character just died. And you know what? Maybe he did.... Godspeed, James.
March 3, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Interesting that the Academy is doing a tribute/farewell to James Bond like the character just died. And you know what? Maybe he did.... Godspeed, James.
Hulu was giving me so much trouble that I forgot to post this at 7pm. Trust me that it was done on the honor system. Plus, I want to still say I called it if Conclave pulls an upset
March 3, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Hulu was giving me so much trouble that I forgot to post this at 7pm. Trust me that it was done on the honor system. Plus, I want to still say I called it if Conclave pulls an upset
As a lifelong James Bond fan, this is an easy one to call: I will never watch a James Bond streaming series, nor will I ever want to watch a James Bond movie that doesn't star James Bond. Good luck on that billion dollar investment. deadline.com/2025/02/jame...
Amazon MGM Studios Shelled Out An Extra $1 Billion-Plus To Take Control Of James Bond: What’s Next For The Franchise
It's taking around $1 billion to have James Bond stewards Barbara Broccoli and Michael G. Wilson cede oversight to Amazon MGM Studios, sources say.
deadline.com
February 20, 2025 at 9:38 PM
As a lifelong James Bond fan, this is an easy one to call: I will never watch a James Bond streaming series, nor will I ever want to watch a James Bond movie that doesn't star James Bond. Good luck on that billion dollar investment. deadline.com/2025/02/jame...
James Bond was the last movie franchise that still felt like it had that human touch. It was a family business. Not every movie was good, but each had a personality. Welp, that's over. www.aboutamazon.com/news/company...
Amazon MGM Studios announces new joint venture with Michael G. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli for James Bond franchise rights
Amazon MGM Studios, Michael G. Wilson, and Barbara Broccoli today announced that they have formed a new joint venture to house the James Bond intellectual property rights, and those parties will remai...
www.aboutamazon.com
February 20, 2025 at 2:20 PM
James Bond was the last movie franchise that still felt like it had that human touch. It was a family business. Not every movie was good, but each had a personality. Welp, that's over. www.aboutamazon.com/news/company...
Nothing unsettling about a billionaire gutting oversight of his Dr. Moreau island at all.
February 18, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Nothing unsettling about a billionaire gutting oversight of his Dr. Moreau island at all.
The moment where in the large sweep of history your country officially sides with autocracy, kleptocracy, and the evils of a form of conquest we thought were over.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy unexpectedly canceled his visit to Saudi Arabia where he was to be briefed about the outcome of talks between the US and Russia on the future of his country
Zelenskiy Out in Cold as US Discusses Ukraine’s Fate With Russia
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy unexpectedly canceled his visit to Saudi Arabia where he was to be briefed about the outcome of talks between the US and Russia on the future of his country.
www.bloomberg.com
February 18, 2025 at 3:26 PM
The moment where in the large sweep of history your country officially sides with autocracy, kleptocracy, and the evils of a form of conquest we thought were over.