Alex TolkinTop Ten Favorite Books I Read This Year(s), 2021–2022Welcome back! As per a long-running tradition, I like ranking my favorite books I’ve read over the past two years. It’s an interesting way…Dec 31, 2022Dec 31, 2022
Alex TolkinTop 10 favorite books I read this year (and last year)For the past 6 years I’ve made a list of my top 10 non-work-related books I read that year. I swear I did this last year too and somehow…Dec 30, 2020Dec 30, 2020
Alex TolkinTop 10 Animated Movies of the DecadeThis was a fascinating decade for animated movies. There was the (relative) decline of Pixar, the Disney Revival, Studio Ghibli closing…Jan 15, 2020Jan 15, 2020
Alex TolkinI’m Watching the Future of Reality TVFor everyone who had “Reality TV” as the topic for your office’s “what will Alex blog about next” pool, congratulations.Mar 12, 2018Mar 12, 2018
Alex Tolkin100 Years of Animated Movies2017 was the 100th anniversary of animated feature films. Today, animated movies are box office juggernauts. In 2016, of the worldwide top…Jan 11, 20181Jan 11, 20181
Alex TolkinYour Name is the most exciting animated movie I’ve seen in yearsThis is not a review of Your Name (Kimi no Na wa), the film by Makoto Shinkai that came out last year and is finally showing in theaters in…Apr 21, 2017Apr 21, 2017
Alex TolkinWhy you should be upset Boston Public Schools has adopted a new mapA bunch of articles have been circulating the internet praising the Boston Public School (BPS) system’s decision to adopt a new map. They…Mar 22, 2017Mar 22, 2017
Alex TolkininApplaudiencePredicting the “Best Animated Film” nominees for 2017For animated movies, the announcement of the Oscar nominations is a much more exciting announcement than the announcement of the winners…Jan 22, 2017Jan 22, 2017