Category: Film
New York Comes Across As Generically As Woodsboro in Scream VI
For all the promotional hype surrounding the latest installment in the Scream franchise (officially poking fun at itself for having become that) and how it [Read More…]
The Link Between Sammy Fabelman and Dawson Leery
Despite the many accolades (rightly) showered upon Steven Spielberg’s latest addition to an auteur’s oeuvre, The Fabelmans, quite a few critics seem to be overlooking [Read More…]
Magic Mike’s Last Dance Takes A Pretty Woman Route (With More Sexist Implications)
Just when you thought you had seen the last of “Michael Jeffrey Lane” (Channing Tatum), he comes along and decides to surprise you. As perhaps [Read More…]
Heaven Knows What: The Rihanna and Lana Del Rey of Movies
In 2011, Rihanna released the music video for “We Found Love.” Directed by Melina Matsoukas, its central focus is Rihanna in the role of a [Read More…]
If You Can Afford It, The Punishment Doesn’t Have to Fit the Crime: Infinity Pool
“Let’s get away,” he said. “Find some inspiration,” he said. A few days in Li Tolqa (a fictional town that serves as Anywhere, Vacationland) cures [Read More…]
Penn Badgley Confirms What You Already Knew: It’s A Sexless, Sexless, Sexless, Sexless World
There are some who have speculated that we live in such a sexless time because of technology. Not just because porn made the transition to [Read More…]
Your Place or Mine Pulls From The Holiday and A Lot Like Love For a Banal Effect
It seems telling that the intro to Aline Brosh McKenna’s latest rom-com, Your Place or Mine, is set in the 00s. Namely, 2003. We’re hit [Read More…]
Mondo Bullshittio #46: The Inquiry Into Andrea Riseborough’s Oscar Nomination
In a series called Mondo Bullshittio, let’s talk about some of the most glaring hypocrisies and faux pas in pop culture… and all that it [Read More…]
If Only Britney Spears’ Sons Were As Protective and Supportive As Pamela Anderson’s
It hasn’t taken many people long to notice an unfortunate comparison between how Pamela Anderson’s two sons treat their mother versus Britney Spears’ (with Spears [Read More…]
Celluloid Immortality Doesn’t Make A Slow Career Death Any Less Painful: Babylon
There is Old Hollywood and then there is Germinal Hollywood (“Silent Era” Hollywood, if you prefer). The latter has been less a fascination in the [Read More…]
