Category: Film
Hustlers and Zola Accent the Pratfalls of a Friendship Founded on Hoedom
Just like another well-received stripper movie of late, Hustlers, Zola, too, is based on a true story. But rather than originating from an article, Zola [Read More…]
Spring Breakers, Stripper Edition: Zola
They say the truth is always stranger than fiction, and in A’ziah “Zola” King’s case, that’s very true indeed. For how else could a 148-tweet [Read More…]
There Are Many Issues With Fatale—A Fatal Attraction Rip-off—But Making L.A. Look Fly Is Not One of Them
Lately, it seems as though directors are so entranced with the idea of making an “L.A. movie,” that they don’t bother too much with worrying [Read More…]
Get A Clue and Its Tinges of Clueless and Gossip Girl
On the precipice of fully blowing up in the mid-00s, Lindsay Lohan put in her time with some less appreciated Disney movies in between The [Read More…]
Parodying Gender Identity in But I’m A Cheerleader
As Pride Month begins to cum to a close, it’s important to remember that, for most of the rest of the year, the straights and [Read More…]
Death of a Cheerleader and the Lengths A Girl Will Go to Feel Part of the “Right” Class
It was appropriately coined in the 80s by Cyndi Lauper that “Girls Just Wanna Have Fun.” Though it would take a few decades for t-shirts [Read More…]
Wrath of Toxic Masculinity: Guy Ritchie’s Latest Displays A Comical Disregard for the Present
Maybe it was only a matter of time before Nicolas Boukhrief’s 2004 movie, Le Convoyeur, was bound to be remade. Called Cash Truck en anglais [Read More…]
Mare of Easttown’s (Non-Supernatural) Twin Peaks Feels
The rave reviews for Mare of Easttown are, of course, unsurprising considering how Kate Winslet refuses to participate in any project that won’t get the [Read More…]
Anita Is Estella and Cruella Is Baroness in 1996’s 101 Dalmatians
The Devil Wears Prada angle of Cruella might, for many, be seen as “new” in terms of approaching the world of Cruella de Vil, but [Read More…]
Two Emmas, Two-Tone Hair: Duality is the Word in Cruella
Everyone has been wondering for some time now how Disney would manage to make a sympathetic origin story about a puppy-skinning fiend. Cruella de Vil [Read More…]
