Michael Burgin

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2 hours agoTrump Administration Orders IRS Workers Back To Office, Ignoring Union ContractTreasury employees are "furious" about a new return-to-office mandate that their union says clearly violates the collective bargaining agreement.

Dec 12, 2024 | pastemagazine.com | Michael Burgin

Not counting the 1977 TV movie—and it’s best for everyone that we not count that one—there have now been at least 10 different Spider-Man feature films, and a litany of ill-advised spinoffs that allude to the webcrawler and feature some of his comics co-stars, but have never been so lucky as to snag the character himself.

Feb 28, 2024 | pastemagazine.com | Michael Burgin

Ever since the pandemic hit in 2020, studios, movie theaters and Nicole Kidmans everywhere have spent a lot of time trying to convince us that the only real way to experience a movie is via the Big Screen.

Feb 5, 2024 | pastemagazine.com | Michael Burgin

Argylle opens with a (much promoted) premise that many filmgoers will find intriguing, if not familiar: Something supposedly fictional an author is writing may, in fact, be true! In this case, could the spy hijinks involving the film’s titular character (Henry Cavill) and written about by author Elly Conway (Bryce Dallas Howard) somehow actually be describing real organizations, people and threats? If yes, how exactly is that possible? If no, what’s wrong with Conway?

Jun 26, 2023 | pastemagazine.com | Michael Burgin |Michael Dunaway