Category: Film
Resignedly Independent: Pamela, A Love Story
For those in search of the modern-day answer to the goddess of love, there is no better example of an American (North American, to be [Read More…]
Dog Gone, Or: Dogs Are Not (Capitalist) Pigs
It would be easy to write the film adaptation of Dog Gone off as “treacle,” “schmaltz,” “overwrought tripe,” etc.—which, in fact, a large majority of [Read More…]
Shotgun Wedding: J. Lo’s Attempt at Sandra Bullock Greatness in The Lost City
In the spirit of “action-adventure rom-coms” that have lately come back into favor, Shotgun Wedding continues the tradition of this niche with the “twist” of [Read More…]
A Uniquely American (The) “Whale” of a Tale
The Whale wastes no time in cutting to the quick of human desperation and sadness. As most stage plays tend to do. And yes, the [Read More…]
To Leslie: A Semi-Realistic Fairy Tale
As Vivian Ward in Pretty Woman once said, “People put you down enough, you start to believe it.” That statement couldn’t be any truer for [Read More…]
More Generational Shade Is Coughed Up in Sick
COVID-19, despite being an ongoing “phenomenon,” is presently something that the masses prefer to “relegate” to “the past.” And, being that it currently feels like [Read More…]
SZA’s “Kill Bill” Video: A Sequel, of Sorts, to the Equally Tarantino-Influenced “Shirt”
By now, paying homage to Quentin Tarantino movies in music videos and songs has been done to death (no pun intended, or whatever). Among others, [Read More…]
Revenge Is A Dish Best Served In Subterfuge: The Pale Blue Eye
It’s easy to forget about Edgar Allan Poe’s “lost months” at West Point. For any cursory knowledge of the author would never lead one to [Read More…]
M3GAN Is Ultimately A Techno-Horror Version of Baby Boom and Raising Helen
Although the automatic correlation to make with M3GAN is that it’s a mere pale imitation of the Child’s Play movies (particularly the 2019 one), at [Read More…]
Breaking Free of A Friendship Prison Is Especially Challenging on an Island: The Banshees of Inisherin
It’s a simple, yet largely unaddressed subject matter: when one friend wants out of a long-standing friendship and the other doesn’t. But now, Martin McDonagh’s [Read More…]
