Category: Film
Beyond Brat Summer, Or: Why It Was A Summer of Americana Via The Bikeriders and “Tough”
In many ways, Jeff Nichols’ The Bikeriders and Lana Del Rey x Quavo’s “Tough” achieve the same dichotomous thing: acknowledging the death of what America [Read More…]
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice: Not Quite “Twice As Nice” As the Original (Mainly Because of a Tonal Shift From Bona Fide Weird to Corporate Weird), But Good Enough
In 1988, the movie releases of the day were something of a mixed bag. From titles like Killer Klowns from Outer Space to Who Framed [Read More…]
Alien: Romulus: Rain Lacks the Grit of Ripley
Just when you thought there couldn’t possibly be another installment in the Alien franchise, “20th Century Studios” goes and releases Alien: Romulus. In fact, it [Read More…]
The Crow 2024 Is More Caca Than Caw-Caw, But That’s to Be Expected When Compared to the Original
In a perfect world, remakes and reboots wouldn’t need to exist at all. Or if they did, the final product would be the result of [Read More…]
On Carrie Bradshaw Developing the Idea for Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Although it’s easy to shit on Sex and the City in the present, there are occasional moments in the show when one realizes how truly [Read More…]
The Boons and Banes of Memory Erasure in Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind and Blink Twice
Romy Schneider once said, “Memories are the best things in life, I think.” But are they, really, if some of them serve only as a [Read More…]
Zoë Kravitz Aims to Open Eyes With Blink Twice
As a film whose working title was Pussy Island, it’s to be expected that the subject matter of Blink Twice is “controversial.” That is, if [Read More…]
Blake Lively Shows Where Her Millennial-Oriented Loyalties Are By Donning A Signature Britney Dress, Britney Swings Her Dick in Response
Even if Ryan Reynolds insisted upon wielding NSYNC’s “Bye Bye Bye” (and its signature choreo) as the song for the opening scene of Deadpool and [Read More…]
Trap’s Greatest Horror Is Being Confined to a Stadium of Teen and Tween Girls Worshiping the Same Taylor Swift-esque Pop Star
Perhaps the thing that comes to mind as the most blatantly unbelievable—and, to be sure, there are many to choose from—in Trap is the idea [Read More…]
I’d Like A Quiet Ride: Daddio
Before even going into Daddio, the premise is already a hard sell. It’s just Dakota Johnson and Sean Penn talking for roughly one hour and [Read More…]
