Author: Genna Rivieccio
Genna Rivieccio writes for myriad blogs, mainly this one, The Burning Bush, Missing A Dick, The Airship and Meditations on Misery.
The 355, James Bond and Why Heavy-Handed Feminism Doesn’t Work in Female Spy Movies That Take Themselves Seriously
With a cast as star-studded as The 355’s, it was one of many box office shocks in 2022 (including the runaway success of Top Gun: [Read More…]
In Les Amours d’Anaïs, Acting on Attraction Can Be More Than a Mere “Experience”
It’s no secret that something happens to “old people” to make them disbelieve in such “jejune notions” as “true love.” For, after disappointments and/or abandonments, [Read More…]
On How Sean and Madonna Should Have Starred in Blind Date Instead of Shanghai Surprise
Blind Date is one of many 80s movies that serves as more of a footnote in pop culture than a “main event” (à la E.T. [Read More…]
Morrissey Should Have Been at the Jubilee to Sing “The Queen Is Dead”
While Morrissey has, over the years, often become a greater source of polarization than the monarchy itself, he is perhaps more “unapologetically British” than said [Read More…]
Body is (Un)Reality: Crimes of the Future
With such a title, one would think Crimes of the Future might show a more escalated version of cyber warfare or even technological advancements in [Read More…]
On the Count of Three Serves That Rare Genre: The “Suicide Buddy Movie”
Addressing suicide “comedically” is one of the impossible feats in general, but most especially in film. Maybe that’s why the “suicide buddy movie” doesn’t happen [Read More…]
Mondo Ironico #6: Lady Gaga Soundtracking a “Butch” Movie
In a series called Mondo Ironico, let us discuss how fucking antithetical something in pop culture is. Arriving before Pride Month, Lady Gaga’s single designed [Read More…]
Ageism Is the Safe Bet for “Humor Rebranding” in Top Gun: Maverick
“Oh my god. This thing is so old,” Rooster (Miles Teller) says at one point when he’s given no choice but to board an F-14 [Read More…]
Top Gun Is Homoerotic Republican Porn
It feels like one of many ironies that Top Gun was ultimately the product of an Israel-born Jewish man. For in writing an article for [Read More…]
Stranger Things Offers a New Addition to the High School Bitch Brigade, Or: There’s A Girl Like Angela In Every Decade
While there are many notable aspects about Stranger Things’ fourth season (including, of course, that Kate Bush moment at the end of “Dear Billy”), one [Read More…]
